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Would anyone know who Dolly Anne Smith is? She died in the early 1970’s in either the City of Richmond, Henrico County or the City of Chesapeake. I would really appreciate any assistance because she was my Grand Mother.
Erica
Hi Erica,
The Social Security Death Index had this listing…
Name: Dolly Smith
SSN: 223-05-3672
Last Residence: 23223 Richmond, Richmond City, Virginia, United States of America
Born: 24 Mar 1916
Died: Aug 1974
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951 )
Stacey
Oops, forgot to add this.
The only other Dolly/Dollie that was listed in the Soc. Sec. Death Index in Virginia in the 70’s was…
Name: Dollie Smith
SSN: 227-24-5177
Last Residence: 24228 Clintwood, Dickenson, Virginia, United States of America
Born: 3 Aug 1891
Died: Feb 1973
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (Before 1951 )
Stacey
Erica,
Do I recall correctly that SMITH was her married name?
The Dolly Smith in Richmond City looks promising. You should be able to use that Soc. Sec. info to request a copy of the Soc.Sec. Application form (SS 5) that she filled out to get a SS card. Her parents names should be on that application, which would give us her maiden name.
Bill
My mother said that she found out that her mother died when she gave birth to my sister August 1972.
Erica
Hi Erica,
Do you know about when Dolly was born? I looked in the Index again and there were 10 Dolly’s who died in 1972 with the last residence listed as Virginia. Or, if you want all of these, just let me know and I can either post or email them to you. There was one that died in August 1972, but she was born in 1872.
Stacey
I am not sure when she was born but I was told that she died in a car accident and it was around the last week of August 1972.
Erica
I am not sure if this helps but my mother was 15 years old when she gave birth to my sister in 1972. Do you all think that if I could get my mother’s birth certificate, it would list her mother’s name and age maybe?
Erica
Your mother’s birth certificate would probably list her parents names and dates and places of birth.
Bill
Hi Erica,
Based on the age of your mom, here is one more for ya…
Social Security Death Index:
Name: Dollie Thompson
SSN: 230-42-7085
Born: 28 Nov 1935
Died: Aug 1972
State (Year) SSN issued: Virginia (1951-1952 )
This Dolly would have been about 21 or 22 when your mom was born. This time I just searched on state that the SSN was issued, instead of last residence. There were two other Dolly’s that died in August of 1972. One was born in 1872 and one was born in 1890 – too much older. If you still want those or all the ones in 1972, just let me know.
Stacey
Thanks all for your help with my search. Stacey, I would really appreciate if you could email me this list of Dolly Anne’s and maybe I can narrow the list down. It is so nice to know that there are people out there that truely care about others.
Erica
Hi Erica,
Don’t forget to come back here if you get this narrowed down some more. It’s tough getting started, but we will all help you any way that we can.
Bill
Good Morning,
I found out the following about Dollie Ann Smith (Thompson):
Her mother’s name was Lue Smith and her father’s name was Henderson Smith from Boydton, VA. Dollie had a brother named Dot Smith who is deceased also.
I also learned that Lue Smith lived with Charlie Carter and had more children by him but she did not marry him. I am not sure of their names but those children are/were my mother’s Aunts/Uncles and their children are/were my mother’s 1st cousins.
I am sure that Lue Smith and Henderson Smith are both listed in the census records.
Thanks Bill Child’s for all of your help!!!!!
🙂 🙂
Erica,
If Dollie Smith was that young when she died in 1972, she would not be on the latest available census of 1930.
Lue’s maiden name would not have been Smith and I couldn’t determine what her maiden name was – maybe you can look or have someone look for a marriage record for Henderson Smith in Mecklenburg Co., sometime after 1930.
Now, there is a Henderson Smith, 18 yrs old, on the 1930 Mecklenburg Co., Va census for Boydton. This may be the Henderson Smith who married your grandmother after 1930??
I could imagine him naming a daughter after his mother but I don’t have any records that would prove he did.
He’s the son of Henderson Smith Sr, b. Mar 1855 (per 1900 census, or b.abt. 1854 per 1920 census) . His mother would be Dollie A. (1900, 1910 & 1930 census), listed as Dorothy on 1920 census, b. abt 1870/2. The 1900 census listing her as b. Sep 1879 and 20 yrs old is probably very incorrect when compared to the other records and her children’s ages. Dollie is listed as a widow on the 1930 census.
So what I’m saying is that this Dollie A. Smith, mother of a Henderson Smith Jr, and that this Henderson Jr may be the father of your grandmother Dolly Ann Smith, but can’t prove it.
This Dollie A. Smith might match the SS info for the Dolly Smith, b.abt. 1872, d. Aug 1972, that Stacey posted.
Bill
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