Chester L. SMITH
Ruth E. BYERS

Husband:  Chester L. SMITH
Birth:  Jun 1898, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California
Death:  Aft 1940, Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan
Burial:
Father:  Curtis A. SMITH              
Mother:  Lucinda UNKNOWN     

Marriage:   1919, Sonoma Co., California
Divorce:    aft 1920, Sonoma Co., California     

Wife:  Ruth E. BYERS
Birth:   Jan 1899, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California 
Death:  22 Mar 1937, Sonoma Co., California    
Burial:
Father:  William Albert BYERS
Mother:  Emma Elizabeth MITCHELL

Children:  
1. Russell Ray SMITH, b: 14 Jul 1920, Healdsburg, Sonoma Co., California
                                  d: 11 Jan 1976, California
                                bur: Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, San Mateo Co., California  
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Notes:   
Ruth and Chester were living with Ruth's parents in 1920.  By 1930, they had divorced and she had married Harry Sierck.  Russell was living with Ruth's mother. 

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0222, Page 276A), Washington Twp., Sonoma Co., California,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 77, Enumeration Date: 11-Apr-1930, Family #140

1930 Federal Census Data (T626_0221, Page 214B), Analy Twp., Sonoma Co., California,
                                                                                      Enumeration District: 9, Enumeration Date: 11-Apr-1930, Family #108

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Sources:    
1) Death - Wife:  Sonoma County California Vital Statistics - Deaths, State File #24991