Ancestry of
Ken Burns

Documentary Filmmaker

Lyla Morris Smith

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• • Grandmother of Ken Burns — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 7 
  • Father:
  • Lyle Austin Smith 
  • Mother:
  • Susan Humbird   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Aug 1895 
  • Birth Location:
  • Allegany County, Maryland 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 20 Sep 1982 
  • Death Location:
  • Cook County, Illinois 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Mount Hope, Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
  • Spouse Name:
  • George Bancroft Tupper
  • Marriage Date:
  • 20 Dec 1916 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Harrison County, West Virginia 
  • Child:

  Lyla Smith Tupper (Ahnentafel No:3 )

• Sources for Lyla Morris Smith

  • ¹ Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988, Death record for Lyla S. Tupper.
  • ² Federal Census, IL, Cook County, 1930, Chicago, E.D. 16-1893, Sheet 3B, Image 5 of 44.
  • ³ Federal Census, IL, Cook County, 1940, Chicago, E.D. 103-3198, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 10.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, WV, Harrison County, 1910, Clarksburg Ward 2, E.D. 17, Sheet 2A, Image 3 of 5.
  • ⁵ Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998, Death record for Lyla S Tupper.
  • ⁶ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014, Death record for Lyla Tupper.
  • ⁷ West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969, Birth record for daughter Lyla Smith Tupper.
  • ⁸ West Virginia, U.S., Marriages Index, 1785-1971, Marriage record for George Bancroft Tupper and Lyla Morris Smith.

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