SMITH, Esther Eleanor^{[1, 2]}

1905 - 1998  (93 years)

• Name	SMITH, Esther Eleanor
  Birth	23 Jul 1905	Madison, Dane, WI, USA   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1920	1408 Victoria Ave, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA   [4]
  Residence	1931	350 Laurel Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
  Arrival	31 Jul 1931	New York, NY, USA
  Education	UC Berkeley  [3]
  Obituary	From the LA Times, 18 Aug 1998 BYRNE, Esther former resident of Los Angeles, daughter of Ralph M. and Eleanor Lloyd Smith and sister of Lloyd M. Smith, died peacefully in Pacific Grove, California, on August 5, 1998 at age 93. Her parents were from Southern California but were living in Madison, Wisconsin, at the time of her birth. Her family moved to Los Angeles during her early childhood. She graduated from Los Angeles High School, as had her mother, and from the University of California at Berkeley. She married Carlton E. Byrne, of Santa Cruz, in Lot Angeles, in 1929 and lived in Menlo Park and Palo Alto until 1942 when they moved to Loe Angeles where they lived until the mid 1960s when she and her husband moved to Santa Cruz County, near Corralitos, where they lived until early 1980s when they moved to Canterbury Woods In Pacific Grove. Carlton Byrne died there in 1985. Aside from a career as a home-maker her major interests in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s, including serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the University YWCA and UCLA, of which she was the chairperson In 1956, and working as a volunteer with the League of Women Voters. She supported the activities of her mother and brother who were prominent advocates of civil liberties and civil rights. In 1984, she and her husband donated their 350 acre redwood property near Corralitos to the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County. Today it known as "The Byrne Forest." She it survived by her son, Dr. George M. Byrne, of La Canada Flintndge, California; three grandchildren, Kathryne B. McMullin (Scott) of Wellesley, Massachusetts, Michael K. Byrne (Mary) of Victoria. British Columbia, David P. Byrne (Vickie Carlton-Byrne) of Ojai, California and five great grandchildren, Katie M. and Ryan McMulhn, Colin M. and Andrew D. Byrne, and Evan Carlton Byrne. A Private Memorial Service wili be held at the grave site at Santa Cruz Memorial park, in the near future. Donations in memory of Mrs. Byrne may be made to one or more of the following, The Constitutional Rights Foundation, 601 South Kingsley Drive, Los Angeles, CA. 9OO05, Carolina Friends School, 4809 Friends School Road. Durham, N.C. 27705, The Land Trust of Santa Crui Count, 734 Chestnut Street, PO Box 1287, Santa Cruz, CA. 95061.  [3]
  Death	5 Aug 1998	Pacific Grove, Monterey, CA, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I3125	Hugh Byrne and Nanette Asimov Lines
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	SMITH, Ralph M,   b. Abt 1872, Illinois
  Mother	LLOYD, Eleanor P,   b. 1879, Missouri
  Marriage	25 Aug 1904
  Family ID	F2304	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BYRNE, Carlton Earley,   b. 29 Mar 1905, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, USA d. 12 Aug 1985, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States of America (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1 Jun 1929	Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA   [1]
  Children	1. BYRNE, George Melvin,   b. 1 Aug 1933, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA d. Dec 2014, La Cañada Flintridge, Los Angeles CA USA (Age 81 years)
  Photos		ByrneReunion Descendants of George Griffing Byrne Family Photo
  Family ID	F1610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 23 Jul 1905 - Madison, Dane, WI, USA Residence - 1920 - 1408 Victoria Ave, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA Marriage - 1 Jun 1929 - Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA Residence - 1931 - 350 Laurel Street, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, USA Arrival - 31 Jul 1931 - New York, NY, USA Death - 5 Aug 1998 - Pacific Grove, Monterey, CA, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S311] Family Bible George G Byrne & Helen Graves, Carlton and Esther Eleanor Smith, June 1, 1929, Hollywood. [S172] Ancestry.com, New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), “General Von Steuben” 7/31/1931 Arrival in NY. [S1116] Esther Byrne. [S16] 1920 US Census, Residence at 1408 Victoria Ave., LA, Household members: Ralph Smith, Eleanor Smith, Esther E, Lloyd.