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Nelson Smart (listed as Narcisse on the 1800 census) was
born about 1835 in New York (though a birth record has yet to
be located) to Francois Smart Leveille-Tyriest and Ausith
Boudreau-Coloumbe both from Quebec, Canada Their marriage
records are listed under the "Drouin Collection"
(St. Marguerite de Blairfindie, St. Jean, Quebec, Canada).
Nelson married Louise/a Coulombe August 11, 1856 in
Redford, New York. They had two children Franklin Smart (abt.
1857) and Cecelia (abt. 1859)
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Who are Louisa Coulombes' parents? (Researching the censuses in the Northeastern U.S., I
developed some questions that I bookmarked in my brain.
Despite performing additional research, some items I just was
not able to obtain satisfactory answers for).
I suspect that Louisa is related in some way to Ausith
Boudreau-Coulombe but have been unable to make the connection.
Variants of the Coulombe surname are Clouatre, Colom, Colon,
Coulon, Coulbron, as well as a few others.
The last Clinton County census Nelson Smart is picked up
in, is the 1870 census, where he appears to have resided with
the Pinkman family. Military records show that Nelson served
in the following: U.S. Civil War Soldiers 1861-1865
Side: Union, Regiment State/Origin: New York
Regiment Name: 2 N.Y. Veteran Cavalry
Regiment Name Expanded: 2nd Regiment
New York Veteran Cavalry,COMPANY: H
Louisa does show up on "Special Schedule-Surviving
Sailors, Soldiers, Marines, and Widows, etc" from
Lyon Mountain, New York. The document is from 1890. On this
form, Louisa claims, "Husband dead. Discharge lost.
Can't remember" . Several years later, another
document is produced. "The Civil War Pension Index:
General Index to Pension Files 1861-1934". It is
from the state of Illinois, and is a request for pension
benefits by widow Hattie Smart. The request document states
Nelson died in 1905. This documents lists the same identical
regiment and unit as Nelson Smart in Clinton County. Researching
backwards from this document, Nelson and Hattie Smart are
located in the 1880 and 1900 censuses for White Rock, Ogle
County, Illinois. Listed in the household are 2 daughters and
1 son, Elizabeth, Mabel and Walter respectively. Nelson is not
located in any earlier census for this region. The only
differences between census and military records are birth
year, and location parents were born.
- Are these two individuals, the same Nelson Smart?
- When did Louisa Couloumbe-Smart pass away? Where is she
buried.
- What happened to her children Franklin and Cecilia
Smart?
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