Individual Details
Earl Brunswick Smiley
(19 Sep 1892 - 20 Mar 1981)
Events
| Birth | 19 Sep 1892 | San Franciscio, California, United States |  | ||
| Census | 1900 | Murray, Alameda, California, United States | | ||
| Residence | 15 Aug 1904 | Truckee, Nevada, California | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1909 | Truckee, Nevada, California | | ||
| Census | 1910 | Sutter, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 10 Jun 1910 | visiting his grandma - El Dorado County, Shingle, Placerville, California | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 11 Aug 1910 | Castella, near Dunsmuir, California | | ||
| Occupation | 1911 | 3004 Cypress Ave, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Residence | 1914 - 1915 | 3004 Cypress Ave, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Voter List | 1914 | Progressive - 3004 Cypress Ave, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1914 | merchant - Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Residence | 16 May 1914 - 26 May 1914 | Weed, California | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 16 May 1914 - 26 May 1914 | Weed, California | | ||
| Occupation | 17 Aug 1916 | Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Residence | 17 Aug 1916 | 3004 Cypress Ave, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Military | Bef 1917 | Corporal in the National Guard for 1 year | | ||
| Residence | 1917 | 3006 4th Ave, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1917 | Pipe Fitter for Southern Pacific Rail Rd Company - Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Signature | 1917 | Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Marriage | 14 Jan 1917 | Oak Park at her parents house, Sacramento, California, United States - Edith Elizabeth Kallan | | ||
| Residence | 1 Jun 1917 | 2815 Lower Stockton Road, Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Military | 5 Jun 1917 | WWI registered for draft - Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Occupation | 1920 - 1940 | worked for the railroad on the locomotives | | ||
| Census (family) | 1920 | 629 Oak Street, Roseville, Placer, California, United States - Edith Elizabeth Kallan | | ||
| Census (family) | 1930 | 3233 U Street, Sacramento, Sacramento, California - Edith Elizabeth Kallan | | ||
| Census (family) | 1940 | Center, Sacramento, California - Edith Elizabeth Kallan | | ||
| Residence | Abt 1940 | played Uncle Sam in a play "Swat the Kaiser", Blue Canyon, Placer, California | | ||
| Separation | 1940 - 1950 | California - Edith Elizabeth Kallan | | ||
| Occupation | 1942 | Southern Pacific Company, Roseville, California, United States | |||
| Military | 26 Apr 1942 | Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Census | 1950 | 426 Washinton, Red Bluff, Tehama, California | | ||
| Death | 20 Mar 1981 | Carmichael, California, United States | | ||
| Death | 20 Mar 1981 | Sacramento, California, United States | | ||
| Obituary | 23 Mar 1981 | The Press-Tribune, p. 5, | | ||
| Graduation | Sacramento High School, Sacramento, California, United States | ||||
| Religion | Baptist - Oak Park, Sacramento, California, United States | |
Families
| Spouse | Edith Elizabeth Kallan (1894 - ) |
| Child | Lowell Alfred "Opa" Smiley (1919 - 2018) |
| Father | Hugh J Smiley (1859 - ) |
| Mother | Ada Louise Fassett (1862 - 1944) |
Endnotes
1. "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Early Brunswick Smiley, 26 Apr 1942; citing The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147.
2. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 5 Jun 1917; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, 4582 rolls.
3. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, b. 19 Sep 1892.
4. 1920 U.S. census, Placer County, California, population schedule, Roseville, enumeration district 69, p. 2A, dwelling 38, family 39, Earl and Edith Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 6 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 124.
5. 1930 U.S. census, Sacramento County, California, population schedule, Sacramento, enumeration district 65, p. 9A, dwelling 223, family 234, Earl B and Edith E Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 6 September 2017); citing FHL microfilm 2339921, roll 186.
6. 1940 U.S. census, Sacramento Co., California, population schedule, Center Township, enumeration district 34-23, p. 3B, dwelling 69, E.B. and Edith Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 6 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication 627, roll 281.
7. 1900 U.S. census, Alameda Co., CA, population schedule, Murray, Tesla village, enumeration district 333, p. 10B, dwelling 211, family 211, Hugh and Ada Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 7 September 2017); citing FHL microfilm 1240081, roll 81.
8. "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 20 Mar 1981; citing California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
9. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 August 2024), memorial page for Earl Brunswick Smiley, Find A Grave Memorial # 198121697, citing Sierra Hills Memorial Park (Sacramento, California), memorial created by Little Orange in the Big Apple, photograph by same.
10. 1900 U.S. census, Alameda Co., CA, population schedule, Murray, Tesla village, enumeration district 333, p. 10B, dwelling 211, family 211, Hugh and Ada Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 7 September 2017); citing FHL microfilm 1240081, roll 81.
11. , Post Cards; privately held by Toni, , 2025. To Earl Smiley, Truckee, CA from WH Gilbert. Monica to Toni.
12. Card to Earl Smiley in Truckee, CA, Post Cards; privately held by Toni, , 2025. postmarked 15 Aug 1909. Monica to Toni.
13. 1910 U.S. census, Sacramento Co., CA, population schedule, Sutter, enumeration district 132, p. 3B, dwelling 53, family 56, Hugh J and Ada Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 7 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T624_92.
14. , Post Cards; privately held by Toni, , 2025. To Ada Smiley, Sacramento, California, From son Earl, Shingle/Placerville, June 10 through July 10 1910. Monica to Toni.
15. , Post Cards; privately held by Toni, , 2025. post card addressed to Earl Smiley with postmark. Monica to Toni.
16. "Sacramento Directory Company's Sacramento City & County Directory, 1911," digital images, rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sd11indx.htm: downloaded 14 September 2017), Earl B Smiley (appr Smiley & Fassett) h 3004 Cypress, 1911.
17. "California, U.S., Registrations of Motor Vehicles, 1905-1922," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 29 July 2024), Earl Brunsick Smiley.
18. "Index to Register of Sacramento County to and including October 3, 1914, Assembly District 14," database, rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/prec49.htm: accessed 28 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 1914, Progressive.
19. "Index to Register of Sacramento County to and including October 3, 1914, Assembly District 14," database, rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/prec49.htm: accessed 28 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 1914, Progressive.
20. , Post Cards; privately held by Toni, , 2025. To Earl Smiley, Weed, California from his mother, Ada Fassett Smiley, 14 & 26 May 1914. Monica to Toni.
21. , Post Cards; privately held by Toni, , 2025. post card addressed to Earl Smiley with postmark. Monica to Toni.
22. "California, Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950," digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 17 Aug 1916 as helper and 1 Jun 1917 as handyman; citing CA State Railroad Musuem Libraries.
23. "California, Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950," digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 17 Aug 1916 as helper and 1 Jun 1917 as handyman; citing CA State Railroad Musuem Libraries.
24. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 5 Jun 1917; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, 4582 rolls.
25. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 5 Jun 1917; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, 4582 rolls.
26. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 5 Jun 1917; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, 4582 rolls.
27. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 5 Jun 1917; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, 4582 rolls.
28. "," digital images, GenealogyBank (www.genealogybank.com: accessed 12 September 2017), Adolph Henry Kallen, 30 May 1942; citing The Sacramento Bee.
29. , in , 24 December 1898, privately held by Toni Smiley Moen, . her mother to her.
30. "Sacramento Union [California]," digital images, California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc.ucr.edu/: accessed 18 January 2025), Edith E Kallen weds Earl Brunswick Smiley, 16 Jan 1917.
31. "California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980," database, Ancestry (ancestry.com: accessed 24 February 2025), EB Smiley and Edith E Kallen, 1917.
32. "California, Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950," digital image, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 17 Aug 1916 as helper and 1 Jun 1917 as handyman; citing CA State Railroad Musuem Libraries.
33. "U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," digital images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 5 Jun 1917; citing NARA microfilm publication M1509, 4582 rolls.
34. 1940 U.S. census, Sacramento Co., California, population schedule, Center Township, enumeration district 34-23, p. 3B, dwelling 69, E.B. and Edith Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 6 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication 627, roll 281.
35. 1920 U.S. census, Placer Co., population schedule, Roseville, enumeration district 69, p. 2A, dwelling 38, family 39, Earl Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 6 September 2017); citing NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 124.
36. 1930 U.S. census, Sacramento Co., population schedule, Sacramento, enumeration district 65, p. 9A, dwelling 223, family 224, Earl Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded ); citing FHL microfilm 2339921.
37. 1940 U.S. census, Sacramento Co., California, population schedule, Center [rural], enumeration district 34-23, p. 3B [penned], dwelling 66, E.B. Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 5 October 2024); citing NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 281.
38. , news clipping, about 1940, photograph of the original taken 12 February 2025 by RL, privately held by Toni S M, , 2025. EB Smiley in a play, "Swat the Kaiser".
39. 1950 U.S. census, Tehama Co., California, population schedule, Red Bluff, enumeration district 52-19, p. 77, dwelling 233, Early B Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 4 May 2025); citing NARA microfilm publication Roll 1786.
40. "U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: downloaded 7 September 2017), Early Brunswick Smiley, 26 Apr 1942; citing The National Archives at St. Louis; St. Louis, Missouri; Record Group Title: Records of the Selective Service System, 1926-1975; Record Group Number: 147.
41. 1950 U.S. census, Tehama Co., California, population schedule, Red Bluff, enumeration district 52-19, p. 77, dwelling 233, Early B Smiley household; digital images, Ancestry (http://search.ancestry.com : downloaded 4 May 2025); citing NARA microfilm publication Roll 1786.
42. Find A Grave, photo of gravestone (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 16 August 2024), memorial page for Earl Brunswick Smiley, Find A Grave Memorial # 198121697, citing Sierra Hills Memorial Park (Sacramento, California), memorial created by Little Orange in the Big Apple, photograph by same.
43. "California, Death Index, 1940-1997," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, 20 Mar 1981; citing California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics, Sacramento.
44. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 11 September 2017), Earl Brunswick Smiley, Mar 1937.
45. "U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current," digital image if subscription to newspapers.com, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 5 October 2024), Earl Smiley, 20 Mar 1981.
46. "Sacramento HIstoric Churches Index," database, rootsweb (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/chur191.htm: accessed 28 September 2017), Mrs. & Earl Smiley, Oak Park Bpt, sometime between 1852-1910.