John K. Smith

Draft registration card: John K. Smith 15 Mar 1888   Sitka Indian (Alaska Native).  Lives in Hoonah, Alaska; works at fishing with the Northwestern Fisheries Company in Dundas, Alaska; relative, Mrs. Jennie Smith, lives in Hoonah (relationship not given). Head John K. Smith M 26 Dec 1883 Alaska He and his wife had been married for six years. Wife Jennie Smith F 30 May 1879 Alaska She had had a single child who was deceased. Adopted daughter Baby Girl Johnnie F 2 Dec 1902 Alaska David Williams reviewed a marriage certificate dated 29 Jan 1924; John K. Smith a 35 year old Alaska native fisherman from Hoonah, AK married Bessie Fox, an Alaska native woman from Haines, AK. He was a widower. She had been married twice; one marriage ended in divorce the other by the death of her spouse. The following was obtained from the 1930 US Census. Name: John K Smith Event: Census Event Date: 1930 Event Place: Sitka, First Judicial District, Alaska Gender: Male Age: 48 Marital Status: Married Race: Indian Birthplace: Alaska Estimated Birth Year: 1882 Immigration Year: Relationship to Head of Household: Head Father's Birthplace: Alaska Mother's Birthplace: Alaska Enumeration District Number: 0041 Family Number: 59 Sheet Number and Letter: 5B Line Number: 26 NARA Publication: T626, roll 2626 Film Number: 2342360 Digital Folder Number: 4661299 Image Number: 00986 Household Gender Age John K Smith M 48 Spouse Bessie Smith F 35 He was Tlingit, born in Hoonah. His father was from Klukwan and his mother was from Hoonah. Birth: DEC 1883 in Hoonah, Terr. of Alaska, USA Death: Deceased