#surnames
Smith (Smythe) Farmer Aumack
Smith Farmer Aumack was my husband’s great grandfather. I have also seen the first name spelled “Smythe”. I don’t know which one is the preferred spelling although my mother in law thought it was with the “y”.
The original photo resides at my mother in law’s house (details private) and was scanned as part of a 3 day long scan fest I did with my Flip-Pal picture scanner. This scan turned out well despite the thickness of the frame and metal. Smith is a young boy in the photo, age unknown.
Smith (Smythe) Farmer AUMACK
Birth: 23 May 1853 Pipestone Twp., Berrien County, Michigan
Parents: Jacob AUMACK (1821 – 1917) and Harriet LEWIS (1823 – 1894)
Marriage to Jane A. CLAWSON 04 November 1877 Van Buren County, Michigan (Michigan Marriage Index)
Residence 1860, 1870, 1880, 1910, 1920 (US census, Ancestry.com) – Pipestone Twp., Berrien, Michigan
Occupation – carpenter (1880 US census), farmer (1892 Berrien County directory*, 1910 US census)
Children: John Aumack (who came to Saskatchewan, Canada), Edna (Aumack) Michaels
Residence 1892 – Section 22, 3 acres, Value $560 Eau Claire, Pipestone Twp., Berrien County, Michigan*
Death: 26 March 1931 Pipestone Twp., Berrien County, Michigan
Burial: Caldwell Cemetery, Eau Claire, Pipestone, Berrien County, Michigan (FindaGrave)
Obituary – Herald Press, March 27, 1931. (courtesy of Thomas Aumack). He is listed as Smith and was born on what was formerly known as the Tabor Farm.
References:
*Graden, Debra, ed. Berrien County, Michigan 1892 Directory. [database online] Orem, UT:
Ancestry, Inc., 1999. Taken from: Berrien County (Michigan) Directory, 1892. Berrien, MI: R.L.
Polk and Company, 1892. page 422.
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