Nina Olivia Canevaro

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 26 Jun 1900, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas

Notes:

She was informant on her mother's d.c. in 1929, signed her name as Mrs. H.G. Smith.


Census:
73/73 Hammon Smith 33
wife Nina 24
dau Lucratia dau 6
Thomas son 4
Zilla dau 1
LLoyd son 0/12

residence 72/72
Canevaro, Paul 28 head
Anna dau 6
Antonio son 4
Paul son 1
Lucratia dau 7/12
Lucratia mother 57 TX England LA
Isabell sister 19
Summerville bro 6

Nina married Hammon George Smith on 16 Nov 1892 in Fulton, Aransas Co, Texas. Hammon (son of Francis M Smith, Sr and Arminda Elizabeth Stephenson) was born on 1 Feb 1867 in Fulton Town, Aransas Co, Texas; died on 15 Jun 1957 in Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas; was buried in Rockport Cem, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lucretia married Frederich Carl Diederich on 21 Aug 1912 in Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas. Frederich was born on 25 Jan 1886 in Fulton, Aransas Co, Texas; died on 23 Nov 1973 in Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas; was buried in Rockport Cem, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Alice Armstrong before 1921. Alice was born about 1896; died after 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zella married Leonard Casterline about 1918. Leonard was born on 15 Dec 1896 in Aransas Co, Texas; died in Aug 1981 in Aransas Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lloyd married Vaughn Lydia Brundrett about 1920. Vaughn was born about 1900; died after 1940. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fay married Alvin Leonce Brundett on 15 Apr 1922. Alvin was born on 20 Sep 1895 in Lamar, Aransas Co, Texas; died on 12 Jul 1980 in Nueces Co, Texas; was buried in Rockport Cem, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
d.c., age 71, married, boat captain, pleasure boat
father, H.G. Smith, mother, Nina O. Canevaro
informant Eula Smith (wife)

Austin married Eula Lee Close before 1927. Eula was born on 24 Jul 1908; died on 17 Feb 1986. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
d.c. age 54, married, maintenance, Aransas County Navagation Dist
father H.G. Smith; mother, Nina Canavero
informant, Sadie Smith

Somerville married Sadie Augusta Silbertsen about 1927. Sadie was born about 1907; died after 1962. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1944, Austwell, Refugio Co, Texas

Notes:

Died:
d.c., Francis Smith,
Austwell, Refugio Co,
age 30, married, laborer, dredge boat
accidental drowning, San Antonio Bay (1:30 p.m.)
"if related to occupation of deceased, specify - yes"

father. H.Q. Smith, Texas; mother Lucrecia Canaves, TX
informant, Austin Smith, Rockport (son of Hammon George Smith and Nina Oliva Canevaro)

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FRANCIS EARL SMITH b. March 18, 1912 Tx. d. March 18, 1944 Harpers Ferry crossing Age 31 years
Residence-Rcokport, Tx.
Charge to-Mrs. Cleo SMITH
Veteran-War #2
Occupation-Dredge worker
Religion-Methodist
Cause of death-Accidental drowning
Certifying physician-Gohlke (corner) Altwell, Tx.
Father-Hammond SMITH Texas
Interment-Rockport Cemetery

Francis married Cleo Bryer in 1940 in Aransas, Aransas Co, Texas. Cleo was born about 1913; died after 1941 in of, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
OBIT:

Rockport lost a member of one of its pioneer families this week in the passing of Sarah Belle "Sal" Smith. Sal was born October 7, 1916 to Hammond G. "Ham" Smith and Nina Olivia Canevaro Smith in Rockport, Texas. She died Wednesday, August 17, 2005 at the age of 88.

She was the youngest of nine children, all born in Rockport, Fulton and the Blackjack Peninsula. Her grandparents were Francis M. and Arminda Stephenson Smith and Antonio and Lucretia Court DeForest Canevaro, all early settlers in Rockport-Fulton.

Sal attended public school in Rockport and graduated in 1934 without a single absence or tardiness on her record. As a child, she enjoyed all the games and activities of that time which ranged from reading and memorizing poetry to going fishing and crabbing with her older brothers and friends. She liked to recall the time as a child when she accompanied her parents to Laredo to see an uncle. As she remembered it, the roads were dirt ruts and it took two or three days to make the trip. Motels were non-existent and they pitched a tent alongside the road wherever darkness caught them.

After her school years, Sal helped her father run his combination service station and grocery store at the intersection of then Highway 35 and Market Street, the location now occupied by Sipe Real Estate. Established in 1930, it was probably Rockport's first "convenience" store. After her father retired, she managed the business until it was sold in 1961. Years before there was a Firemen's Auxiliary, in which she was an active member for forty years and was an honorary member until the time of her death, Sal would flag down traffic on the highway to clear the way for approaching fire trucks. After health problems curtailed her activities, she moved to Rockport Coastal Care Center where she had been a resident for the last eleven years.

Sal was preceded in death by her parents, and eight siblings. Her brothers were Tom (Alice Armstrong) Smith, Lloyd (Vaughn Brundrett) Smith, Austin (Eula Close) Smith, "Somer" (Sadie Silberisen) Smith and Francis (Cleo Beyers) Smith. Her sisters were Lucretia (Fred) Diederich, Zella "Babe" (Leonard) Casterline and Fay (Alvin) Brundrett. She is survived by several generations of nieces, nephews, cousins and many friends.
(findagrave)

Notes:

Died:
d.c. premature birth, 7 mos fetus
father Leonard Casterline, Aransas Co, and Zella A. Smith, Aransas Co.
informant H.G. Smith

Notes:

Buried:
d.c. still born, 7 mos fetus.
father, Leonard Casterline, Aransas; mother Zella Arminda Smith, Aransas Co.
informant, H.G. Smith

Notes:

Birth:
Name: Carolyn Ruth Smith
Date of Birth: 6 Nov 1938
Gender: Female
Birth County: Aransas
Mother's Name: Vaughn Lydia Brundrett
Roll Number: 1938_0007

Carolyn married Keith C. Elliott on 3 Jun 1974 in Aransas Co, Texas. Keith was born about 1935. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jerald married Edna Sue Smith about 1938. Edna was born on 23 Oct 1928 in Dyersburg, Tennessee; died on 4 Jan 2012 in Corpus Christi, Nueces Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]