Charity Smith | HistoryForge

Person ID

13144

About

White Female born in 1857 died in 1937

Charity Smith, 1857-1937: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187944359/charity-smith

Charity Smith and her sister-in-law, Celia Mattison Smith, created the Ithaca Kitty, a stuffed animal they patented in 1892 which sold across the country.
To learn more about the Ithaca Kitty see: https://thehistorycenter.net/Ithaca-Kitty

Census Records

Year	Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
1870	Smith, Charity			13	White	New York		None
1880	Smith, Charity	Daughter	36 Linn St	23	White	New York	Single	At Home
1900	Smith, Charity	Daughter	308 Farm St	42	White	New York	Single	Stenographer
1910	Smith, Charity	Head	308 Farm St	53	White	New York	Single	None
1920	Smith, Charity	Head	308 Farm St	62	White	New York	Single	None
1930	Smith, Charity	Head	308 Farm St	73	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1870 US Census

Name	Age	Race	POB	Occupation
Smith, Jeremy	52	White	New York	Retired Farmer
Smith, Sarah W	52	White	New Jersey	None
Smith, Ellsworth	22	White	New York	None
Smith, Simeon	20	White	New York	Student CU
Smith, William H	17	White	New York	Student CU

Relatives in 1880 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Smith, Jeremy	Head	36 Linn St	61	White	New York	Married	Retired
Smith, Sarah M	Wife	36 Linn St	60	White	New Jersey	Married	Keeping House
Smith, William H	Son	36 Linn St	26	White	New York	Single	Lawyer

Relatives in 1900 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Smith, Sarah M	Head	308 Farm St	80	White	New Jersey	Widowed	None
Seager, Rowena	Servant	308 Farm St	20	White	New York	Single	Domestic

Relatives in 1910 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Gross, Alice J	Roomer	308 Farm St	6	White	Germany	Single	None

Relatives in 1920 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Lord, Marjorie	Boarder	308 Farm St	23	White	Connecticut	Single	Teacher
Neish, Ruth	Boarder	308 Farm St	24	White	New York	Single	Teacher
Fiske, Mary L	Boarder	308 Farm St	65	White	New York	Single	None

Relatives in 1930 US Census

Name	Relation to Head	Address	Age	Race	POB	Marriage	Occupation
Baker, Langford F	Lodger	308 Farm St	29	White	New York	Single	Doctor

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