1892 Frank Smith orphaned and parents' death

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Posted By: Robert Arens (email)
Date: 3/6/2010 at 17:25:39

I'm searching for the July 5, 1892 Frank Smith birth record and death record of his parents. He sometimes went by Frank W. Smith. He is my grandfather. After 30 years of seardching, I found his January 27, 1893 baptism/adoption record at St. John Catholic church in Arcadia, IA by Jacob and Anna (Halfman) Remackel. His baptism record states that he was born to a married Smith but it doesn't say where. In the 1900 census of Arcadia there is a Charles M. Smith born 1890 as the adopted son of Rolling and Jeanette Easterbruk. Charles and Frank may be brothers. Frank's daughter, my mother, is Henrietta. In the intensive documentation of Frank's adoptive family, there is no Henrietta. 'Henrietta' may be a clue to Frank's birth family. Frank was likely born to non-Catholic Smith. I believe there were many non-Catholic Irish Smith living in the area in the late 1800s. I see that page 2 of the Scott county Iowa Oakdale cemetery records has a Frank W. Smith with wife Delia P. Smith with no dates. Could these be my great grandparents, i.e. Frank's birth parents?
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