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Australia / Road block - SMITH, Thomas John
« on: Thursday 16 January 20 08:45 GMT (UK) »
Hello
I am looking for more information on Thomas John SMITH for his daughter who is now 92 years of age.
Tom, as he was known was said to be born in Launceston, Tasmania. The search for his birth certificate hasn't been fruitful so any details of who his mother and father were are unknown.
Tom's WWI record states he was aged 19years 8/12 months when he enlisted in August 1915. This would put his birth to be 1895. His daughter Marjorie believes that he, as many others did lied about his age and he was younger than he declared. The records also state that his father was William Smith of Walter Street, Launceston.
That is all that is known from found records. I have started constructing a family tree on Ancestry.com.au and Tom doesn't show any leaf suggestions at all.
The daughter Marjorie was born in 1927 in Melbourne and was an only child for the couple, Tom and Elsie. Elsie was married previously and was widowed. Tom was married before and divorced. It is unknown whether Tom married in Tasmania or Melbourne, but assumed he moved to Melbourne after he divorced. It is also unknown whether there were any children from Tom's marriage.
Tom and Elsie never married and Tom was not named on the Marjorie's birth certificate so no information gleaned from that. Marjorie's father was named as Elsie's husband who had previously died. Marjorie lived with Elsie and Tom and was told when she was fifteen years old that Tom was her father and not her step father.
Other snippets of information are:
- Tom may have had a brother called Bob and a sister called Edna
- Tom worked as a bricklayer after he moved to Melbourne
- lived in Brunswick and Carnegie
- died in 1977 in Repat Hospital in Heidelberg.
Searching on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and National Archives has come up with nothing at all other than his WWI records.
Any assistance or direction suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. Marjorie and I have spent many hours searching and finding nothing at all. Marjorie would love to find out something about her father and his family.
kind regards
Patricia
I am looking for more information on Thomas John SMITH for his daughter who is now 92 years of age.
Tom, as he was known was said to be born in Launceston, Tasmania. The search for his birth certificate hasn't been fruitful so any details of who his mother and father were are unknown.
Tom's WWI record states he was aged 19years 8/12 months when he enlisted in August 1915. This would put his birth to be 1895. His daughter Marjorie believes that he, as many others did lied about his age and he was younger than he declared. The records also state that his father was William Smith of Walter Street, Launceston.
That is all that is known from found records. I have started constructing a family tree on Ancestry.com.au and Tom doesn't show any leaf suggestions at all.
The daughter Marjorie was born in 1927 in Melbourne and was an only child for the couple, Tom and Elsie. Elsie was married previously and was widowed. Tom was married before and divorced. It is unknown whether Tom married in Tasmania or Melbourne, but assumed he moved to Melbourne after he divorced. It is also unknown whether there were any children from Tom's marriage.
Tom and Elsie never married and Tom was not named on the Marjorie's birth certificate so no information gleaned from that. Marjorie's father was named as Elsie's husband who had previously died. Marjorie lived with Elsie and Tom and was told when she was fifteen years old that Tom was her father and not her step father.
Other snippets of information are:
- Tom may have had a brother called Bob and a sister called Edna
- Tom worked as a bricklayer after he moved to Melbourne
- lived in Brunswick and Carnegie
- died in 1977 in Repat Hospital in Heidelberg.
Searching on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FamilySearch and National Archives has come up with nothing at all other than his WWI records.
Any assistance or direction suggestions would be gratefully appreciated. Marjorie and I have spent many hours searching and finding nothing at all. Marjorie would love to find out something about her father and his family.
kind regards
Patricia