Iris Edith Knowlton

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Jacob Leonard Smith (son of Peter Smith and Catherine O. Brown)

1.	Raymond L. Smith

+2.	Viola Marie ‘Merea’ Smith (born Viola Marie Crippen)

Spouse 2

Earl Augustus Truman

Spouse 3

Emmitt Arvin Ingalls

Spouse 4

Herman August Hahn (son of Ferdinand August Hahn and Dorthea Sophia Zühlsdorff)

Sources

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Michigan, Isabella County, Mt. Pleasant, E.D. 75, Sheet No. 11A, Jake Smith, 36, Ohio, May 1860, laborer; wife of 11 years Ires [sic] E. Smith, 27, Michigan, Feb. 1873, 1 child, 1 living; son Ray L. Smith, 10, Michigan, Dec. 1889. [Note that their adopted daughter Viola Marie (nee Crippen) is not yet in their family.]
2. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Ohio, Wood County, Perry Township, E.D. 201, Sheet No. 4A, Jacob L. Smith, 43, Ohio, teamster, mill work; wife of 20 years Iris E. Smith, 37, Michigan, 2 children, 2 living; son Raymond Smith, 20, Michigan, rafter [?], carriage works; daughter Viola M. Smith, 12, Michigan; mother Catherine Smith, 87, Ohio, widow, 5 children, 4 living.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1920, Michigan, Kent County, Grand Rapids, E.D. 87, Sheet No. 23B, Leonard Smith, 54, Ohio, sweeper, flour mill; wife Iris Smith, 47, Michigan; grandson Raybird Smith [sic, Raymond Logan, not Smith], 5, Michigan.
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1930, Michigan, Kent County, Paris Township, E.D. 41-127, Sheet No. 14B, Jacob L. Smith, 65, Ohio, first married age 25, proprietor, leaning [sic] work; wife Iris E. Smith, 58, Michigan, first married age 18; grand-son Raymond Logan, 15, Michigan; grand-son Leonard Logan, 13, Michigan.
5. U.S. Federal Census, 1940, Michigan, Osceola County, Reed City, E.D. 67-18, Sheet No. 7B, Iris Truman, 68, Michigan, widow.
6. Obituary, The Osceola County Herald, Osceola County, Michigan (available at digmichnews.cmich.edu), 4 March 1948, Iris Edith Hahn, died: 1 March 1948 in Luther, Michigan; born Iris Knowlton on 19 February 1872 in Eaton Rapids, Michigan. The article provides vital and biographical details and the names of her parents, three husbands, and two children.
7. Marriage Announcement, Isabella County Enterprise, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan (available at digmichnews.cmich.edu), 3 May 1889, Jacob L. Smith and Edith Knowlton, married on 2 May 1889 in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
8. Divorce Filing, Isabella County Enterprise, Isabella County, Michigan (available at digmichnews.cmich.edu), 31 March 1916, MORE LOCALS. “Iris E. Smith has begun suit for divorce against Jacob L. Smith, alleging cruelty and non-support. They were married in Mt. Pleasant twenty-six years ago and have one son, Raymond, and an adopted daughter, Mirea. They live in Grand Rapids. --Contributed.” [They apparently did not divorce, since they appear together in the 1920 and 1930 US Censuses.]
9. Find a Grave (website). Deer Lake Cemetery, Pinora Township, Lake County, Michigan, Emmitt Arvin Ingalls, born: 7 June 1871 in Titusville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania; died: 10 January 1955 in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michigan (from record, which includes notes naming his parents, detailing his three marriages and wives; and provides the names and links for his parents, one sibling, two wives, and one child).
10. Marriage Announcement, The Osceola County Herald, Osceola County, Michigan (available at: digmichnews.cmich.edu), 1 January 1942, Emmett Ingalls and Iris Truman, married on 23 December 1941.
11. Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; Herman Hahn, born in Germany, father: Ferdnand Hahn; mother: Sophia Sukdorf; Iris Ingalls, born in Michigan, father: Charles Knowlton; mother: Emma Bradford; married on 5 November 1945 in Luther, Lake [County], Michigan.