Lavinia Smith

Lavinia Dugan Smith (29 July 1871 – 3 August 1944) was a teacher and museum founder in East Hendred, Oxfordshire. Early life in America Lavinia Dugan Smith was born on 29 July 1871 in Portsmouth, Ohio, USA. Her parents were Daniel Smith and Alice Smith (née Gallagher). Daniel Smith was born in Bavaria, Germany in 1843 and both his parents John A Smith and Elizabeth Smith were born in Bavaria. Daniel Smith, his parents and his three elder brothers emigrated to the USA when Daniel was around 5 years old. Smith's sister Frances Elizabeth Smith was born on 27 November 1873 in Portsmouth, Ohio. Smith was educated in Portsmouth schools, and according to her obituary she studied at the Episcopal School for Girls in Gambier, Ohio. In 1890 she enrolled at Wellesley College, Wellesey, Massachusetts, USA. She graduated with a BA in 1894. Smith was as associate art editor of the senior class year book in 1894, the Legenda, and member of the Shakespeare Society.