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Family HistoryFamily History - Theodore Read Dayton


Key:1.“+” before a child’s name indicates the child has their own entry in the next generation.
 2.“born xxxx” indicates the child is under 18 years of age so the birth date is not shown.
This family history features Theodore Read Dayton and his immediate family.



First Generation
1. Theodore Read Dayton,1 born 16 February 1895 in Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut (parents not determined);1, 2 died 15 March 1970.2 Theodore married Anna Lee Smyth5 (born ca. 1904 in Oregon, the daughter of Sidney Smyth and Rebecca Irwin ‘Bessie’ McGaw;3, 4, 5 Anna died 14 April 1974 in Danbury, Fairfield County, Connecticut6).

  1. Draft Registration Card, World War I, Theodore Read Dayton, born: 16 February 1895 in Redding, Connecticut; farmer; single.
  2. Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Rootsweb (website). Theodore R. Dayton, born: 16 February 1896; died: 15 March 1970; last place of residence: Fairfield [County], Connecticut.
  3. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland City, Enumeration District 217, Sheet No. 3A, family of Sidney Smyth (48, Canada, civil engineer); wife of 20 years Bessie Smyth (49, Illinois, 5 children, 5 living); son Edward G___ Smyth (19, Oregon); son Sidney Hugh Smyth (17, Oregon); son Francis Scott Smyth (14, Oregon); son Howard McGaw Smyth (9, Oregon); daughter Anna-Lee Smyth (6, Oregon).
  4. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Oregon, Multnomah County, Portland City, Enumeration District 135, Sheet No. 10B, family of Sidney Smyth (55, Canada, civil engineer); wife Bessie M. Smyth (57, Illinois); son Francis S. Smyth (24, Oregon); son Howard M. Smyth (18, Oregon); daughter Anna Lee Smyth (16, Oregon); father-in-law James A. McGaw (84, Ohio).
  5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Connecticut, Fairfield County, Redding, Enumeration District 1-122, Sheet No. 61B, family of Theodore R. Dayton (44, Connecticut); wife Anna Lee Dayton (36, Oregon, psychiatiec social worker, public high school).
  6. Connecticut Death Index, 1949-2001, available at Ancestry.com and familysearch.org, Anna L. Dayton, age 70; died: 14 April 1974 in Danbury, Connecticut; widowed; spouse: A TH.