Family Group Sheet
NameOttis Smith
Birth18 Mar 1889, Smiths Grove, Warren Co., Kentucky
DeathApr 1920, Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Marriage23 Feb 1918, Mississippi
SpouseHannah L. Tolle
Birth6 May 1886, Hendricks Co., Indiana
Death9 Aug 1920, Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana
BurialCrown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana
Other spousesAlbert Von Burg
Notes for Ottis Smith
HIs WW I draft registration card, filed 5 June 1917, records Ottis Smith, age 28, residence 1229 E. Market St., Indianapolis, Marion Co., Indiana, born 18 March 1889 in Smith Grobe, Kentucky, occupation grinder, employer E. C. Atkins Saw Works, single, no dependents.
Notes for Hannah L. Tolle
The Indiana births index lists a daughter born on 6 May 1886 in Hendricks Co. to Henry Tolle and Elvina Moore. (This is a transcription error; from censuses her mother’s given name was Elvira.)
From user trees on Ancestry.com, her father was Henry Clay Tolle born 2 Aug 1855 in Brownsbury, Indiana, died 22 Aug 1925 in Indianapolis, and her mother was Elvira Moore, born 22 Sep 1859 in Brownsbury, Indiana, died 1927 in Indianapolis.
From user trees on Ancestry.com, her father was Henry Clay Tolle born 2 Aug 1855 in Brownsbury, Indiana, died 22 Aug 1925 in Indianapolis, and her mother was Elvira Moore, born 22 Sep 1859 in Brownsbury, Indiana, died 1927 in Indianapolis.
Census
1900 census of Marion Co., Indiana, Indianapolis ward 3, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 11A as family #217/249, at 1424 N. Senate Ave:
Tolle, Henry C., 38, b. Aug 1861, motorman at St. Ry Co.; Elvira, wife, 39, b. Sep 1860, married 22 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living; Anna, dau, 14, b. May 1886; Chattie, dau, 19, b. Jan 1881; Emmet, son, 6, b. Aug 1893; Eddie, son, 10, b. Oct 1889. All recorded as born Ind Ind Ind, although that conflicts with other records.
1910 census of Marion Co., Indiana, Indianapolis ward 3, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 4A as family #82/86, at 1736 N. Senate Ave:
Tolle, Elvira, 52, widowed, mother of 5 children, 5 living, b. Ind Tenn Tenn, no occupation; Vonburg, Hannah, dau, 23, widowed, mother of 1 child, 1 living, b. Ind Ky Ind, servant house work; Chattie, dau, 28, single, b. Ind Ky Ind, laundress at home; Vonburg, Paul, grandson, 5, b. Ind Ind Ind. Rigsby, Elmer, roomer, 22, single, b. Ky Ky Ky, electrical engineer. Wade, Mack, roomer, 26, single, b. Ind Ind Ind, general laborer.
According to Paul Von Burg’s grandson Geoff Van Burg, neither Elvira nor Hannah was really widowed. Hannah was either separated or divorced, and in 1920 Henry is back with Elvira.
1920 census of Marion Co., Indiana, ward 3, enumerated 3 Jan, lists on p. 2A as family #29/34, at 1733 Elizabeth St:
Toole, Clay, 50, watchman for city; Elvira, wife, 60; Smith, Hannah, dau, 34, married. All born Ind Ind Ind.
Ottis was probably in the hospital. According to Geoff Van Burg, he died of complications from WW I injuries received in France.
Tolle, Henry C., 38, b. Aug 1861, motorman at St. Ry Co.; Elvira, wife, 39, b. Sep 1860, married 22 years, mother of 5 children, 5 living; Anna, dau, 14, b. May 1886; Chattie, dau, 19, b. Jan 1881; Emmet, son, 6, b. Aug 1893; Eddie, son, 10, b. Oct 1889. All recorded as born Ind Ind Ind, although that conflicts with other records.
1910 census of Marion Co., Indiana, Indianapolis ward 3, enumerated 20 April, lists on p. 4A as family #82/86, at 1736 N. Senate Ave:
Tolle, Elvira, 52, widowed, mother of 5 children, 5 living, b. Ind Tenn Tenn, no occupation; Vonburg, Hannah, dau, 23, widowed, mother of 1 child, 1 living, b. Ind Ky Ind, servant house work; Chattie, dau, 28, single, b. Ind Ky Ind, laundress at home; Vonburg, Paul, grandson, 5, b. Ind Ind Ind. Rigsby, Elmer, roomer, 22, single, b. Ky Ky Ky, electrical engineer. Wade, Mack, roomer, 26, single, b. Ind Ind Ind, general laborer.
According to Paul Von Burg’s grandson Geoff Van Burg, neither Elvira nor Hannah was really widowed. Hannah was either separated or divorced, and in 1920 Henry is back with Elvira.
1920 census of Marion Co., Indiana, ward 3, enumerated 3 Jan, lists on p. 2A as family #29/34, at 1733 Elizabeth St:
Toole, Clay, 50, watchman for city; Elvira, wife, 60; Smith, Hannah, dau, 34, married. All born Ind Ind Ind.
Ottis was probably in the hospital. According to Geoff Van Burg, he died of complications from WW I injuries received in France.
Notes for Ottis & Hannah L. (Family)
The Mississippi marriages index lists the marriage of Ottis Smith and Hannah Van Burg on 23 Feb 1918 in Forrest Co.
