Gustaf Pete Smedberg was born on 23 March 1930 at Seattle, King, Washington.¹

     Gustaf married Doris Diane Pappe, daughter of William Henry Pappe and Doris Anita Peterson, on 27 December 1952, at King, Washington.²

     Gustaf Pete Smedberg, (Plaintiff) and Doris Diane Pappe, (Defendent) were divorced on 30 March 1988, at Snohomish, Snohomish, Washington.³

     Gustaf died on 3 May 2000, at Everett, Snohomish, Washington, at age 70,^4,1 and was buried at Chapel of the Resurrection Mausoleum, Bothell, King, Washington.⁵

     Samuel Smedberg was born circa 1892 at Sverige.¹

     Samuel married Alma "Surname Unknown".²

     Viola A. Smedberg, daughter of Samuel Smedberg and Alma "Surname Unknown", was born on 13 September 1917 at Illinois.¹

     Viola married Irving Carl Emanuel Engström, son of Arvid Emanuel Engström and Anna Maria Teresia Backström, circa 1939.^3,1

     Viola died on 10 February 1998, at Broward, Florida, at age 80.¹

     Alice L. Smith was born in 1888 at Porkeepsie, New York.¹

     Alice married Edward Carr Wanser, son of Martin R. Wanser and Harriet Lulla Carr, on 10 January 1912, at New York City, New York.² Alice L. Smith witnessed the death of Alice L. Smith on 14 January 1919³ and was buried at Huntington Rural Cemetery, Huntington, Suffolk, New York.³

     Dr. Barton Peck Smith was born on 19 June 1926 at Canajoharie, New York.^3,1

     The U.S. officially entered World War II on 8 December 1941 following an attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Just about a year before that, in October 1940, President Roosevelt had signed into law the first peacetime selective service draft in U.S. history, due to rising world conflicts. After the U.S. entered WWII a new selective service act required that all men between ages 18 and 65 register for the draft. Between November 1940 and October 1946, over 10 million American men were registered. The Fourth Registration, often referred to as the "old man's registration", was conducted on 27 April 1942 and registered men who born on or between 28 April 1877 and 16 February 1897 - men who were between 45 and 64 years old - and who were not already in the military. Barton filled out a draft card for World War II on 4 December 1945 (at age 19), while living at Canajoharie, New York. He was a student at Yale University at the time.⁴

     Barton, married Jane Campbell, daughter of Wallace Campbell II and Mary Bushnell Hazard, circa 1948, at Peace Dale Congregational church, Peace Dale, Rhode Island.

Barton P. Smith, Son of Former Cityan, Marries in Rhode Island

Much local interest attends the announcement of the wedding in Peace Dale, R. I„ of the son of a former Waxahachian, with the arrival of the account of the nuptials of Barton Peck Smith and Miss Jane Campbell. The bridegroom’s mother, Mrs. Roger Peck Smith, will be remembered as the former Miss Elsie McCartney of this city. The wedding of the couple was solemnized in the Peace Dale Congregational church with the Rev. R. Vernon Lawson officating at the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Campbell, Peace Dale, and her bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Roger Peck Smith, now of Canajoharie, N. Y. Miss Anne Campbell was her sisters maid of honor, while the bridegrooms brother William Pierce Smith served as best man. Following the wedding, a reception honoring the couple held at the Dunes club, Narragansett, after which the couple departed for a wedding trip. Mr and Mrs. Smith wili establish a home in New York Ciry in the fall. The bridegroom, who is graduate of the Canajohari high school, served as aviation cadet with the United States Army Air forces He was graduated from Yale, with the class of 1947 where he was a member of Berzelius, St. Elmo, the Whiffenpoofs and honorary societies. He is now- attending the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia university, New York City. His bride, who was honored at many prenuptial courtesies, attended Miss Porter's school Farmington, Conn. and Pine; Manor. She is a graduate of Pembroke college, with the class of 1946.^5,6

     Barton died on 20 June 2009, at age 83,⁷ and was buried at Oak Dell Cemetery, South Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island.⁷