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Esther Lavina Smith
1881 - 1977 (95 years)
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Name Esther Lavina Smith Born 11 Jul 1881 Draper, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 
Christened 3 Nov 1881 Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, USA Gender Female Died 16 May 1977 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Buried 19 May 1977 Person ID I892 Mortensen-Jensen Last Modified 23 Apr 2015
Father Joseph Michael Smith, b. 1 Feb 1856, Draper, Deseret, Utah Territory, United States , d. 20 Feb 1948, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 92 years) Mother Celestia Ann Brown, b. 3 Dec 1859, Draper, Deseret, Utah Territory, United States , d. 1 Apr 1914, Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, USA (Age 54 years) Married 19 Jan 1879 Salt Lake, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Family ID F344 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Andrew Andersen, b. 30 Oct 1876, Randers, Århus, Denmark , d. 3 May 1924, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 47 years) Married 3 Apr 1918 Salt Lake, Utah, United States [1] Last Modified 23 Apr 2015 Family ID F343 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Christian Jacobsen, b. 29 Dec 1880, Øland, Hjørring, Nordjylland, Denmark , d. 7 Mar 1937, Logan, Cache, Utah, United States (Age 56 years) Married 10 Oct 1928 Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Last Modified 27 Jun 2014 Family ID F46 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 11 Jul 1881 - Draper, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 
Christened - 3 Nov 1881 - Draper, Salt Lake, Utah, USA 
Married - 3 Apr 1918 - Salt Lake, Utah, United States 
Married - 10 Oct 1928 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States Died - 16 May 1977 - Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Esther Lavina Smith
Esther was the 2nd wife of Andrew Andersen and the 2nd wife of Christen Jacobsen. Andrew and Christen were brothers-in-law. She never had any children of her own but she was lovingly known as Aunt Esther.
The Family of Joseph and Celestia Smith
Back Row: L to R Alice Smith Vawdrey, Gurnsey (George) Brown Smith, Joseph Lauritz Smith, Archibald Smith, Isacc Homer Smith
Fera Leland Smith.
Front Row L to R Esther Smith Jacobsen, Rose Smith Fairbourn, Joseph Michael Smith (Patriarch), on his lap, Arthur Eugene Smith,
Celestia Ann Brown Smith, on her lap, Elmer Merald Smith, next to Elmer is Beatrice Smith Dansie, Celestia Ann Smith Garfield, Bertha Smith Powell.
Edith Ellamore Smith died at the age of eighteen and is not pictured.
(Contributed by Esther Kinder)
Esther Lavina (Smith) Jacobsen
Esther's first husband, Andrew Andersen, was the first husband of Anna Catherine Jacobsen, daughter of Lars and Maria Jacobsen. Esther's second husband, Christian Jacobsen, was also the son of Lars and Maria Jacobsen.
Esther never had any children of her own but she we well loved by her large extended family.
(see memorial on Find A Grave)
Esther Lavina (Smith) Jacobsen
Esther has lost two husbands and lived forty years as a widow until her death in 1977 at the age of ninety-five.
Documents 
1920 US Census of Logan, Cache, Utah, with Andrew and Esther (Smith) Andresen
Andrew Anderson, 44 year old farmer, born in Denmark.
Esther Anderson, 37 year old wife; born in Utah.
Source Citation
Year: 1920; Census Place: Logan, Cache, Utah; Roll: T625_1861; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 866
Source Information
Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
Headstones 
The Headstone of Esther Lavina (Smith) Andersen Jacobsen
Birth: Jul. 11, 1881
Draper
Salt Lake County
Utah, USA
Death: May 16, 1977
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake County
Utah, USA
Draper City Cemetery
Draper
Salt Lake County
Utah, USA
Find A Grave Memorial# 98227023
Plot: Sec B Lot 17-1
Histories 
A Tribute to Esther
Written by her sister Rose.
May 16, 1977
Also includes the Memorial Services program for Esther.
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Sources - [S3] Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937.
Name: Andrew Andersen
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Birth Date: 1877
Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1918
Marriage Place: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Spouse: Esther Lavina Smith
FHL Film Number: 429098
Name: Esther Lavina Smith
Gender: Female
Age: 36
Birth Date: 1882
Marriage Date: 3 Apr 1918
Marriage Place: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Spouse: Andrew Andersen
FHL Film Number: 429098
- [S3] Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937.