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Smiley, Theodore "Ted"[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37]
1930 - 1996 (66 years)-
Name Smiley, Theodore "Ted" [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 30, 32, 36, 38] Birth 16 Feb 1930 Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 
[3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 36, 38] Gender Male Residence 1 Jun 1931 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [7, 8] First Communion 17 Aug 1941 Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [25, 26] Name Theodore Szmigielski Occupation Accountant [36] Residence 16 Jul 1954 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [6] Residence 1968 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada [2] Residence 1 Jul 1996 Red Deer, Alberta, Canada [5] Residence 21 Jul 1996 Red Deer, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada [4] TEXT 20171208:
Born Szmigielski; The family name was changed to Smiley in August 1940. This included wife Elizabeth and Theodore (Ted) and Eleanore.
Ted was born in 1930 at the Grace Hospital in Winnipeg. The family was living in Fort Whyte, MB. The only address I have is 895 Fort Whyte. It was close to the cement plant where John was working.
In 1933 we lived at 1901 Logan Ave.
Ted attended King Edward School, then Earl Grey Junior High and graduated from Kelvin High School finishing Grade Twelve.
He worked for Liquid Air in1949/1950. In 1951 he joined the Royal Bank and was in Winnipeg until being transferred to The Pas in November of that year. He left in the spring of 1952 to return to Winnipeg.
He began employment with the Canadian National Railway until 1955 when he left for Virden to work for California Standard Oil. He was later transferred to Calgary and then to Red Deer AB. He continued with the oil company until he went to the Red Deer Advocate Newspaper in 1962. Ted then became Secretary-Treasurer of the Separate School District in 1971 retiring in 1988.Death 22 Jul 1996 Red Deer, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada [3, 4, 5, 9, 36, 38] Burial 26 Jul 1996 Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada [3, 4, 5, 9, 20, 36, 38] Person ID I400163160352 Rick Dondo's Family | Descendants of Andreas Dmytryk (1833), Descendants of Cassian Shmigelski (1868) Last Modified 23 Apr 2025
Father Smiley "Shmigelski", John, b. 22 Oct 1902, Komarno, RM of Rockwood, Manitoba, Canada d. 6 Dec 1963, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 61 years) Mother Balamutowski, Elisabeth "Elsie", b. 7 Jul 1908, Trubczyn, Galicia, Austrian Empire d. 23 Jun 1983, Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (Age 74 years) Marriage 21 Oct 1928 Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Family ID F953 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family McDougald, Rita Anne Eileen, b. 18 Apr 1932, Lebret, Saskatchewan, Canada d. 8 Jan 2023, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada (Age 90 years) Marriage 17 Jul 1954 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada [36, 39, 40, 41] Type: Spousal Children + 1. Smiley, P.J. 2. Smiley, J.L.J. 3. Smiley, B.M.B. + 4. Smiley, K.E. 5. Smiley, J.T. Family ID F7771 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 23 Apr 2025
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Birth - 16 Feb 1930 - Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 
Residence - 1 Jun 1931 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada First Communion - 17 Aug 1941 - Winnipeg, Greater Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Residence - 16 Jul 1954 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Marriage - Type: Spousal - 17 Jul 1954 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 
Residence - 1968 - Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Residence - 1 Jul 1996 - Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 
Residence - 21 Jul 1996 - Red Deer, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada Death - 22 Jul 1996 - Red Deer, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada 
Burial - 26 Jul 1996 - Alto Reste Cemetery, Red Deer, Red Deer Census Division, Alberta, Canada = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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