Stella Elizabeth Smith
#35, b. 25 August 1909, d. 24 May 2001
Stella Elizabeth Smith|b. 25 Aug 1909\nd. 24 May 2001|p35.htm|Jesse H. Smith|b. c 1870||Lydia M. Holman|b. c 1865||Lemual H. Smith|b. c 1833||Matilda R. (?)|b. c 1840||Horace Holman|b. c 1838||Betsy (?)|b. c 1845||
Stella Elizabeth Smith was born on 25 August 1909 at Dixfield, Oxford, Maine.2,3 She was the daughter of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.1 She married Norman Osgood Cilley, son of Herbert Jacob Cilley and Emma Louise Ryan, on 30 August 1930.2 She died on 24 May 2001 at Colonial Poplin Nursing Home, Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, at age 91.4 She was buried on 30 May 2001 at Riverside Cemetery, Newmarket, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Stella Elizabeth Smith appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Dixfield in the household of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.1
Stella Elizabeth Smith appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Wadley, Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire, in the household of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.5
Stella Elizabeth Smith appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Exeter Rd, Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, in the household of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.6 Her Social Security Number was 001-32-9854 at New Hampshire.7
Obituary published 29 May 2001 by Hampton Union, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.8
She was a graduate of Robinson Seminary, Class of 1926, and Plymouth Normal School, Class of 1928, and received a B.A. from UNH, graduating in 1968.
For 14 years she taught first grade in Epping and Nottingham, and for many years she wrote for several area newspapers.
She was a past master and secretary for the Piscassic Grange in Newfields, a member of the Fair Hearing Council of Newmarket, and an active member of the Rockingham Extension Service.
She was a member of the Baptist Society of the Newmarket Community Church, of which she was treasurer for many years. For 40 years she was the superintendent of the Sunday school program in the Community Church. She was past president and secretary of the Friendly Club and past secretary of the Parish Circle.
She was a past president of the Newmarket Women's Club. She was a former member of the Newmarket Budget Committee and served several terms on the Planning Board, having been a member of the first board. She was the second lady jurist selected from Newmarket.8
Stella Elizabeth Smith appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Dixfield in the household of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.1
Stella Elizabeth Smith appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Wadley, Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire, in the household of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.5
Stella Elizabeth Smith appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Exeter Rd, Hampton Falls, Rockingham, New Hampshire, in the household of Jesse H. Smith and Lydia M. Holman.6 Her Social Security Number was 001-32-9854 at New Hampshire.7
Obituary published 29 May 2001 by Hampton Union, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.8
She was a graduate of Robinson Seminary, Class of 1926, and Plymouth Normal School, Class of 1928, and received a B.A. from UNH, graduating in 1968.
For 14 years she taught first grade in Epping and Nottingham, and for many years she wrote for several area newspapers.
She was a past master and secretary for the Piscassic Grange in Newfields, a member of the Fair Hearing Council of Newmarket, and an active member of the Rockingham Extension Service.
She was a member of the Baptist Society of the Newmarket Community Church, of which she was treasurer for many years. For 40 years she was the superintendent of the Sunday school program in the Community Church. She was past president and secretary of the Friendly Club and past secretary of the Parish Circle.
She was a past president of the Newmarket Women's Club. She was a former member of the Newmarket Budget Committee and served several terms on the Planning Board, having been a member of the first board. She was the second lady jurist selected from Newmarket.8
Children of Stella Elizabeth Smith and Norman Osgood Cilley
- Richard Norman Cilley+ (living)
- Roger Smith Cilley2 (excluded)
- Robert Howard Cilley (living)
Citations
- 1910 Federal Census of Oxford County, Maine, population schedule. Micropublication T624:543. Washington: National Archives.
- Richard Cilley. History and Genealogy of the Cilley Family, 1550-1984. Lake Geneva, WI: Richard Cilley, 1984.
- Stella E. Smith Birth Record.
- Robert Howard Cilley, interview. 24 may 2001, unknown informant address.
- 1920 Federal Census of Strafford County, New Hampshire, population schedule. Micropublication T625:1009. Washington: National Archives.
- 1930 Federal Census of Rockingham County, New Hampshire, population schedule. Micropublication 1305. Washington: National Archives.
- Social Security Death Benefits Database, n.p.: n.pub.
- Hampton Union, Portsmouth, NH, May 30, 2001.