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Daughter of William Farmer Clarke and Gertrude Randall-Clarke, | Daughter of William Farmer Clarke and Gertrude Randall-Clarke, | ||
- | At age 13 (substantiated by the 1930 Federal Census), on August 24, 1921 Colma married Carl Fay Smith (age 22). Carl Smith (April 8, 1899 - June 7, 1979)((http:// | + | At age 13 (substantiated by the 1930 Federal Census), on August 24, 1921 Colma married Carl Fay Smith (age 22). Carl Smith (April 8, 1899 - June 7, 1979)((http:// |
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+ | Carl Fay Smith was a “Moonshiner” and gambler. According to family rumor, after he shot and killed a man in a legal duel, the Sheriff strongly “suggested” that Carl leave Franklin County (to avoid any retribution from the dead man's family). So they moved to South Carolina for a period of time. | ||
Carl and Colma had one daughter: | Carl and Colma had one daughter: | ||
- | - Carlene Smith, | + | - Carlene |
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+ | **1940 United States Federal Census** | ||
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+ | State: Virginia \\ | ||
+ | County: Norfolk \\ | ||
+ | Township or other Division of County: Western Branch \\ | ||
+ | Dat Sheet Started: April 26, 1950 (Sheet 75)\\ | ||
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+ | ^ Name ^ Relation | ||
+ | | Carl F. Smith | ||
+ | | Colma Smith | ||
+ | | Carlene Smith | ||
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+ | Colma rented a small storefront where she operated a laundry " | ||
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+ | At some point after 1950, Carl & Colma adopted a boy named Jarrett (nicknamed Jerry). Relatives remembered that Carl & Colma considered Jerry their son... and raised him as their own. | ||
+ | Carlene Hazel Smith died on January 30, 2007, in Nags Head, Dare, North Carolina. | ||
Willie Colma Clarke (June 23, 1907 - Mar. 18, 1999)((http:// | Willie Colma Clarke (June 23, 1907 - Mar. 18, 1999)((http:// |