Smith-Jones
Sorry for the late reply, the information you asked for:
My late grandmother was Bertha Smith and was born in Rowley Regis around 1912, she married William Woodhouse, know as Bill to all, but not sure when as yet. Bertha’s parents are buried in Rowley Church (St. Giles??), I’ve recently found that grave. The grave states the following information:
Margaret Elizabeth Smith died 4th May 1953 aged 62
Also Joseph Smith died 30th August 1963 aged 78.
I also believe they were married at the same church, I know from doing my wife’s side of the family that I’m one possibly two generations away from George, I know from the above information I should be able to narrow down Joseph’s parents from census or marriage details, I read somewhere George Smith (hangman) had a son called George and I was naively thinking that Joseph’s father was George.
My apologies for my ignorance but I’m starting fairly new here and I’ve only starting researching my family over the last couple of months, something I’ve always wanted to do and now I can’t stop, find myself in a lot more graveyards recently ;
Hope this helps, I’m going to find Josephs and Margarets marriage details and check the census too.
PS, Can anyone advise on a site to list known census areas or parish areas, for instance Oakham comes under Worcestershire and sometime Staffordshire, I guess the border is near there.
Thanks