Mina with children and pets, on La Push beach. James Island in the background. https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/nols/id/2207/
A family history is written by her daughter, Dorothy Klahn. "Mama's Dickey River Homestead"
by Dorothy Klahn
Biographical article- https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/west-end-neighbor-a-pioneer-single-mom-on-the-prairie/
http://www.olypen.com/rfoss/pioneerobitr.html#romeomina
Mina Gertrude Smith Romeo
Funeral services for Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo, member of the pioneer Smith family of Quillayute Prairie. will be held from the Forks Congregational Church next Saturday at 1pm. Burial will follow in the Quillayute Prairie Cemetery.
Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo was born Oct 4, 1876 near Yankton, S.D., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A J Smith. She passed away in a Port Angeles hospital on Christmas Day following a short illness. She was 73 years old.
When but a young girl she came across the country from South Dakota to Seattle with her parents in a covered wagon. The family homesteaded on Quillayute Prairie. She had lived there about 63 years. For about 50 years, Mrs. Romeo lived on a homestead on the banks of the Dickey River near Quillayute Prairie. She farmed the large homestead and raised a large family.
The Smith family was among the very first settlers in the West End. Mrs. Harriet Pullen, a sister of Mrs. Romeo, became one of Alaska's famous women. She went to Skagway in 1897, in the Klondike gold rush and established the Pullen House, the territory's most famous hotel. Mrs. Pullen died several years ago.
Surviving relatives include: 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Green of Oak Harbor; Mrs. Alice Patsis of Pensacola, FL; Mrs. Dorothy Klahn of Forks; 3 sons: Archie Smith [thus] of Forks; David Smith [thus] of Beaver and Stewart Romeo of San Mateo, CA; a brother, Harvey Smith of LaPush. There are also several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She is buried in the Quillayute Pioneer Cemetery which lies on a corner between 2 streets and one of those streets is Mina Smith Road.
A family history is written by her daughter, Dorothy Klahn. "Mama's Dickey River Homestead"
by Dorothy Klahn
Biographical article- https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/west-end-neighbor-a-pioneer-single-mom-on-the-prairie/
http://www.olypen.com/rfoss/pioneerobitr.html#romeomina
Mina Gertrude Smith Romeo
Funeral services for Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo, member of the pioneer Smith family of Quillayute Prairie. will be held from the Forks Congregational Church next Saturday at 1pm. Burial will follow in the Quillayute Prairie Cemetery.
Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo was born Oct 4, 1876 near Yankton, S.D., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A J Smith. She passed away in a Port Angeles hospital on Christmas Day following a short illness. She was 73 years old.
When but a young girl she came across the country from South Dakota to Seattle with her parents in a covered wagon. The family homesteaded on Quillayute Prairie. She had lived there about 63 years. For about 50 years, Mrs. Romeo lived on a homestead on the banks of the Dickey River near Quillayute Prairie. She farmed the large homestead and raised a large family.
The Smith family was among the very first settlers in the West End. Mrs. Harriet Pullen, a sister of Mrs. Romeo, became one of Alaska's famous women. She went to Skagway in 1897, in the Klondike gold rush and established the Pullen House, the territory's most famous hotel. Mrs. Pullen died several years ago.
Surviving relatives include: 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Green of Oak Harbor; Mrs. Alice Patsis of Pensacola, FL; Mrs. Dorothy Klahn of Forks; 3 sons: Archie Smith [thus] of Forks; David Smith [thus] of Beaver and Stewart Romeo of San Mateo, CA; a brother, Harvey Smith of LaPush. There are also several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She is buried in the Quillayute Pioneer Cemetery which lies on a corner between 2 streets and one of those streets is Mina Smith Road.
Mina with children and pets, on La Push beach. James Island in the background. https://www.washingtonruralheritage.org/digital/collection/nols/id/2207/
A family history is written by her daughter, Dorothy Klahn. "Mama's Dickey River Homestead"
by Dorothy Klahn
Biographical article- https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/west-end-neighbor-a-pioneer-single-mom-on-the-prairie/
http://www.olypen.com/rfoss/pioneerobitr.html#romeomina
Mina Gertrude Smith Romeo
Funeral services for Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo, member of the pioneer Smith family of Quillayute Prairie. will be held from the Forks Congregational Church next Saturday at 1pm. Burial will follow in the Quillayute Prairie Cemetery.
Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo was born Oct 4, 1876 near Yankton, S.D., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A J Smith. She passed away in a Port Angeles hospital on Christmas Day following a short illness. She was 73 years old.
When but a young girl she came across the country from South Dakota to Seattle with her parents in a covered wagon. The family homesteaded on Quillayute Prairie. She had lived there about 63 years. For about 50 years, Mrs. Romeo lived on a homestead on the banks of the Dickey River near Quillayute Prairie. She farmed the large homestead and raised a large family.
The Smith family was among the very first settlers in the West End. Mrs. Harriet Pullen, a sister of Mrs. Romeo, became one of Alaska's famous women. She went to Skagway in 1897, in the Klondike gold rush and established the Pullen House, the territory's most famous hotel. Mrs. Pullen died several years ago.
Surviving relatives include: 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Green of Oak Harbor; Mrs. Alice Patsis of Pensacola, FL; Mrs. Dorothy Klahn of Forks; 3 sons: Archie Smith [thus] of Forks; David Smith [thus] of Beaver and Stewart Romeo of San Mateo, CA; a brother, Harvey Smith of LaPush. There are also several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She is buried in the Quillayute Pioneer Cemetery which lies on a corner between 2 streets and one of those streets is Mina Smith Road.
A family history is written by her daughter, Dorothy Klahn. "Mama's Dickey River Homestead"
by Dorothy Klahn
Biographical article- https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/west-end-neighbor-a-pioneer-single-mom-on-the-prairie/
http://www.olypen.com/rfoss/pioneerobitr.html#romeomina
Mina Gertrude Smith Romeo
Funeral services for Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo, member of the pioneer Smith family of Quillayute Prairie. will be held from the Forks Congregational Church next Saturday at 1pm. Burial will follow in the Quillayute Prairie Cemetery.
Mrs. Mina Gertrude Romeo was born Oct 4, 1876 near Yankton, S.D., the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. A J Smith. She passed away in a Port Angeles hospital on Christmas Day following a short illness. She was 73 years old.
When but a young girl she came across the country from South Dakota to Seattle with her parents in a covered wagon. The family homesteaded on Quillayute Prairie. She had lived there about 63 years. For about 50 years, Mrs. Romeo lived on a homestead on the banks of the Dickey River near Quillayute Prairie. She farmed the large homestead and raised a large family.
The Smith family was among the very first settlers in the West End. Mrs. Harriet Pullen, a sister of Mrs. Romeo, became one of Alaska's famous women. She went to Skagway in 1897, in the Klondike gold rush and established the Pullen House, the territory's most famous hotel. Mrs. Pullen died several years ago.
Surviving relatives include: 3 daughters, Mrs. Hazel Green of Oak Harbor; Mrs. Alice Patsis of Pensacola, FL; Mrs. Dorothy Klahn of Forks; 3 sons: Archie Smith [thus] of Forks; David Smith [thus] of Beaver and Stewart Romeo of San Mateo, CA; a brother, Harvey Smith of LaPush. There are also several grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and nieces and nephews.
She is buried in the Quillayute Pioneer Cemetery which lies on a corner between 2 streets and one of those streets is Mina Smith Road.
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