Smith, Bertha J.

Title: Smith, Bertha J.
Alias: Speaker, Bertha
Gender: Female
Biography: The 1940 census shows Bertha Speaker widowed and living as a patient of Central State Hospital in Lakeland, Ky. She lived there the rest of her life. Her death certificate mentions "manic-depressive psychosis".; The burial location on her death certificate was overwritten, showing a change in location. Unfortunately, the overwriting makes the wording illegible in digital scans of the document.
Member: Smith family; Speaker family
Birth date: 25 Sep 1894
Place of birth: Union County (Ky.)
Father: Smith, Richard
Mother: Lewis, Della
Life event(s): Marriage: 1920s; location unknown
Spouse(s): Speaker, Frank
Death date: 29 Apr 1951
Place of death: Central State Hospital (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Cause of death: Coronary occlurism due to arteriosclerosis and vascular hypertension
Resided in: Burlington (Ky.); Crescent Springs (Ky.); Central State Hospital (Ky.)
Bibliographic citation(s): Covington, Kentucky, City Directory, 1931, page 611
Source(s): Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900; Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910; Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920; Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930; U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995; Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Kentucky, Death Records, 1852-1965