Lilly, was the lovely, charming daughter of Sherrill Weaver and Frances Marie Annas Blasdel. In the Oregonian her parents announced her impending marriage to Blaine Smith in Portland for the evening of 6/26/1895. She moved many times during her marriage starting at 1517 N.E. 9th. Then from 1907-1908 they were at 1805 N Clackamas St.. In the 1910 census the family was located on 1506 NE 15th. However, their historically registered home at 5219 SE Belmont was under construction in 1909. They lived on Belmont until 1919 when it was sold. Blaine had purchased 23 acres in 1918 in the Clackamas area for the purpose of constructing a new family home estate. In 1920 the family temporarily lived in suite #245 at the Multnomah Hotel while their new country house was being readied for occupancy in October. Horrifically, on the afternoon of March 13, 1921 the new mansion burned to the ground for an estimated loss of $70,000.00. Blaine was away on business when Lillian and her four children escaped from the inferno. According to the newspaper account someone called in the fire to the Oregon City Fire Dept., but the department thought it was too far away to do any good and did not respond. For some time thereafter the family lived in the Multnomah Hotel & the Ambassador Apartments.
By 1924 the Smiths were living on Andover Place in Garthwick. They were members of the Waverley Country Club. That year was both a wonderful as well as a terrible year for Lilly as it marked the birth in May of her first grandchild, Marilyn, and the sudden death of her son, Sherrill, in November. A year later her husband suffered a serious head injury in an auto accident. Then in 1926 the principal family business shut its doors & in late 1929 the Great Depression rolled over the family. By the 1930s, she, her invalid husband and two remaining sons are found living in greatly reduced circumstances on another country farm on 82nd St. in Clackamas. During her final decade she tried to help her oldest son financially in his unsuccessful business ventures. Complications caused by diabetes finally took her life in the Good Samaritan Hospital after she had a stroke. (Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
By 1924 the Smiths were living on Andover Place in Garthwick. They were members of the Waverley Country Club. That year was both a wonderful as well as a terrible year for Lilly as it marked the birth in May of her first grandchild, Marilyn, and the sudden death of her son, Sherrill, in November. A year later her husband suffered a serious head injury in an auto accident. Then in 1926 the principal family business shut its doors & in late 1929 the Great Depression rolled over the family. By the 1930s, she, her invalid husband and two remaining sons are found living in greatly reduced circumstances on another country farm on 82nd St. in Clackamas. During her final decade she tried to help her oldest son financially in his unsuccessful business ventures. Complications caused by diabetes finally took her life in the Good Samaritan Hospital after she had a stroke. (Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
Lilly, was the lovely, charming daughter of Sherrill Weaver and Frances Marie Annas Blasdel. In the Oregonian her parents announced her impending marriage to Blaine Smith in Portland for the evening of 6/26/1895. She moved many times during her marriage starting at 1517 N.E. 9th. Then from 1907-1908 they were at 1805 N Clackamas St.. In the 1910 census the family was located on 1506 NE 15th. However, their historically registered home at 5219 SE Belmont was under construction in 1909. They lived on Belmont until 1919 when it was sold. Blaine had purchased 23 acres in 1918 in the Clackamas area for the purpose of constructing a new family home estate. In 1920 the family temporarily lived in suite #245 at the Multnomah Hotel while their new country house was being readied for occupancy in October. Horrifically, on the afternoon of March 13, 1921 the new mansion burned to the ground for an estimated loss of $70,000.00. Blaine was away on business when Lillian and her four children escaped from the inferno. According to the newspaper account someone called in the fire to the Oregon City Fire Dept., but the department thought it was too far away to do any good and did not respond. For some time thereafter the family lived in the Multnomah Hotel & the Ambassador Apartments.
By 1924 the Smiths were living on Andover Place in Garthwick. They were members of the Waverley Country Club. That year was both a wonderful as well as a terrible year for Lilly as it marked the birth in May of her first grandchild, Marilyn, and the sudden death of her son, Sherrill, in November. A year later her husband suffered a serious head injury in an auto accident. Then in 1926 the principal family business shut its doors & in late 1929 the Great Depression rolled over the family. By the 1930s, she, her invalid husband and two remaining sons are found living in greatly reduced circumstances on another country farm on 82nd St. in Clackamas. During her final decade she tried to help her oldest son financially in his unsuccessful business ventures. Complications caused by diabetes finally took her life in the Good Samaritan Hospital after she had a stroke. (Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
By 1924 the Smiths were living on Andover Place in Garthwick. They were members of the Waverley Country Club. That year was both a wonderful as well as a terrible year for Lilly as it marked the birth in May of her first grandchild, Marilyn, and the sudden death of her son, Sherrill, in November. A year later her husband suffered a serious head injury in an auto accident. Then in 1926 the principal family business shut its doors & in late 1929 the Great Depression rolled over the family. By the 1930s, she, her invalid husband and two remaining sons are found living in greatly reduced circumstances on another country farm on 82nd St. in Clackamas. During her final decade she tried to help her oldest son financially in his unsuccessful business ventures. Complications caused by diabetes finally took her life in the Good Samaritan Hospital after she had a stroke. (Bio by Jim Hutcheson)
