WILLIAM HENRY and FLORENCE A. SMITH- FAMILY

We have an application for a marriage license from the orphans court of Philadelphia County and an affidavit in William's handwriting stating that he and Florence A. Davies were married on July 8, 1896 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I don't have a lot of information on Florence, but we do know she was born in England in 184, came to the United States in 1885 or 1887, and was naturalized in 1896. In December of 1896, their first son, Frederick John Smith, was born in Pennsylvania. This is Grandpa's father. They were still in Philadelphia when their second boy, Ernest Henry was born. By the 1900 census, the family had moved to Camden County, New Jersey. William and Florence spent the remainder of their lives in New Jersey. Florence died in 1948, and William passed away 10 years later in 1958. They both were buried in Cape May, New Jersey.