Klaiber-Smith Wedding
Starting at the left: James Finley Smith (1881-1948), Isabelle L. (Chapman) Smith (1879-1964), Mamie (Bauer) Klaiber (1894-1980), and Gus Klaiber (1894-1967)
at the wedding of their children, Isabelle M. Smith (1918-2007) and Wilbur G. Klaiber (1916-1979), around 1941.
James Finley Smith was born in Scotland on January 14, 1881 and emigrated from Stonehaven, Scotland around 1906 when he was 25. He initially stayed at an inn in Elizabeth, NJ.
Isabelle Chapman was the inn keeper's daughter. She was born August of 1879. They were married around 1911. James was a bricklayer by trade.
Mamie was born Marie Bauer on November 23, 1894 in Newark, New Jersey. Gus was born several days later in New York City on December 4, 1894. His full name is Gustave Jobst Klaiber.
He was a plumber by trade.
Photo courtesy Leah Smith Hochstaedt
LYNN'S FAMILY WEBPAGE
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