Jessie Maud Smith

1910 - 1985  (75 years)

• Name	Jessie Maud Smith
  Born	18 Mar 1910	Island Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [1]
  Christened	30 Mar 1910	Anglican Church   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Received into Church	10 Jul 1910	Island Cove, Anglican   [2]
  	Rev. J. Prescott
  Died	4 Oct 1985	White Deer, Union, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Mrs. Jessie M. Rockwell, 75, White Deer, died yesterday afternoon in the Evangelical Community Hospital, Lewisburg. She had been in ill health since August 1984 and was previously hospitalized several times during the past year. Since her hospitalization in April she had been a resident in the Kramm Nursing Home, Watsontown. Formerly of Brooklyn, N.Y., she moved to White Deer in 1976. Born March 18, 1910, in Island Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, she was a daughter of the late Simon and Maria Whelan Smith. She and her husband, Thomas R. Rockwell, celebrated their 47th wedding anniversary Wednesday. She retired in 1975 from the Roamwell Corp., in New York after 18 years of service. Mrs. Rockwell was a member of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lewisburg. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one brother, Daniel Smith of Toronto, Canada; and one sister, Elsie Gilman of Brooklyn, N.Y. The funeral will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Lewisburg, by the Rev. Paul C. Donecker. Burial will be in the Watsontown Cemetery. Friends may call in the Herbert E. Barr Funeral Home; Watsontown, Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. (Reprinted from The Daily Item, Sunbury, Pennsylvania, Friday, October 4, 1985, page 8)
  Person ID	I10751	Isaac Smith and Elizabeth Barrett
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Simon Smith,   b. Nov 1862, Island Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 30 Jun 1947, Island Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Anna Maria Whalen,   b. Nov 1873, Caplin Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland ,   d. 9 Oct 1954, North West Brook, Newfoundland, Canada  (Age ~ 80 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1892	Hodge's Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland   [2, 3]
  Family ID	F4194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Russell Rockwell,   b. 28 Apr 1913, Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 13 Jan 1997, White Deer, Union, Pennsylvania, USA  (Age 83 years)
  Married	2 Oct 1938	Brooklyn, New York, USA
  	The Daily Item (Sunbury, Pennsylvania), Monday, October 10, 1938, page 12 Former City Youth Weds in Brooklyn Mr. and Mrs. Warren C. Rockwell, of 418 Woodlawn Avenue, have just returned from Brooklyn, N.Y., where they attended the wedding of their son, Thomas, formerly of this city, to Miss Jessie Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon Smith, Island Cove, Newfoundland. The wedding took place at St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, N.Y., with Rev. Townley officiating. The bridal party consisted of Mrs. Elsie Gilman, sister of the bride, as the matron of honor; John Haines as the best man, Mrs. Idela Reitmeyer, sister of the groom as bridesmaid and Paul Reitmeyer and Thomas Haines, ushers. Miss Smith was attired in a white satin gown, Queen Anne pattern, with a veil of rose point lace. She carried a bouquet of white roses and lilies of the valley. Mrs. Gilman wore a blue taffeta grown and Mrs. Reitmeyer a dubonnet grown, each carrying a bouquest of tea roses. The bride was given in marriage by her brother in law, John Gilman. Mr. Rockwell attended the Sunbury High School and is well known in this city. He is employed by the A & P food stores in the capacity of assistant manager, at one of the large supermarkets in Brooklyn. A reception was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reitmeyer, 48 Canton Court, where the bride and groom will be home to their friends upon returning from their honeymoon.
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2026
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  baptized by Rev. J. Prescott received into church by Rev. J. Prescott 24 in 1935 census for Island Cove

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Church Records, Southwest Arm (C of E), Church of England (Southwest Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland) (Reliability: 3), 29 Apr 2017. [S4] Church Records, Southwest Arm (C of E), Church of England (Southwest Arm, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland). [S13] Random Box 2.