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Offline Emjaybee

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #9 on: Monday 20 March 06 18:03 GMT (UK) »
My Grandad's sister married a William Smith, of Kings Norton, I recently received a PDF with hundreds of Smiths related to my tree.

Oh joy oh bliss
I'm related to the Smiths
So my researching should never get stuck
But having seen the Smiths out there
I'm thinking "Just my luck!"

Beard Voyce, Scrivens in Worcestershire

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #10 on: Monday 20 March 06 18:08 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Heather B on Monday 20 March 06 17:28 GMT (UK)
Oh ...I feel deprived now ....just double-checked my tree and no Smiths!

Me either.  I don't have a single one yet, with over 1600 people in my tree too.  Got quite a few Jones though.
FLOWERDEW - Norfolk, GUERIN - London, HAMER - Wales, MARUBBI - Wales/Italy, HODGES - Cheshire, NOBBS - Yarmouth, Norfolk, WILLIAMS - Caernarfonshire, WILSON - Glasgow, WOOLSEY - Norfolk

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #11 on: Monday 20 March 06 18:18 GMT (UK) »
I have 6 Smiths on my tree, all in different places.   They were all men and all their forenames were William !!!     >:(    >:(
Highly confusing !!   ???   ???

I too was a Smith before I married. (not William though !! )

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Dunmall - Kent                        King - Berkshire
Kibble - Buckinghamshire         Greenough - Berkshire                           
Licence - Suffolk                      Andrew - Cornwall                       
Smith - Leicestershire              Chandler - Derby
Webb - Leicestershire        
Newstead - Suffolk
Marshall - Suffolk
Islington - Croydon
Freeman - Leicestershire & Ireland           
Bradbury - Coventry
Fothergill - Yorks

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #12 on: Monday 20 March 06 18:39 GMT (UK) »
I've actually been thinking lately how lucky I am that most of the names in my tree are fairly unusual - or at least not overwhelmingly common.  The first Smith gong back in my direct line is a 4 x g-grandmother Mary Smith; I also have one 5 x g-grandmother Sarah Smith, and two 6 x g-grandmothers called Sarah Smith.  None of these Smiths were related to each other that I know of.

Taking into account all the extended family, I have only 50 Smiths among over 8,000 people on the family tree.

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Ayr: Barnes, Wylie
Caithness: MacGregor
Essex: Eldred (Pebmarsh)
Gloucs: Timbrell (Winchcomb)
Hants: Stares (Wickham)
Lincs: Maw, Jackson (Epworth, Belton)
London: Pierce
Suffolk: Markham (Framlingham)
Surrey: Gosling (Richmond)
Wilts: Matthews, Tarrant (Calne, Preshute)
Worcs: Milward (Redditch)
Yorks: Beaumont, Crook, Moore, Styring (Huddersfield); Middleton (Church Fenton); Exley, Gelder (High Hoyland); Barnes, Birchinall (Sheffield); Kenyon, Wood (Cumberworth/Denby Dale)

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #13 on: Monday 20 March 06 18:54 GMT (UK) »
Hi

My Gran was a Smith and her Gran was a Smith before she married a Smith.

That side of my family is a nightmare

Mum married a Brown her maiden name was Wood and as I have said her Mum was a Smith before she became a Wood what can a girl do ;)
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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #14 on: Monday 20 March 06 19:12 GMT (UK) »
Actually ...

I'm divorced and I thought it might be nice to trace my ex husband's line for our children ....until I found g grandad Brown had married a Smith  ;D

Oh well, the kids can trace their own paternal line if they ever get interested!!!

Heather
Nottinghamshire: Willmott, Williams, Oldham, Padgett, Burden, Stokes, Huskinson, Tuckwood, Morley, Barnett
Lincolnshire: Foster, Dennis, Mowbray
Leicestershire: Mowbray,Hudson, Tuckwood
Derbyshire: Starbrook
Somerset: Willmott, Elliott
Cork:Driscoll, Murphy
London Surrey:Driscoll, Cheesman
London Kent:Cheesman
Kent:Cheesman, Davis, West, Hills, Kneller, Bones, Eastup

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #15 on: Monday 20 March 06 19:33 GMT (UK) »
Mine married in, a great grand mothers, sisters, daughters husband (and the thing is I know that you all can figure out that relationship in a second but if I said that to my husband his eyes would glaze over)

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #16 on: Monday 20 March 06 19:36 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Meldrew on Monday 20 March 06 18:03 GMT (UK)
My Grandad's sister married a William Smith, of Kings Norton, I recently received a PDF with hundreds of Smiths related to my tree.

Oh joy oh bliss
I'm related to the Smiths
So my researching should never get stuck
But having seen the Smiths out there
I'm thinking "Just my luck!"


My Smiths come from Kings Norton aswell :)

The four that I know of anyway
Nottingham/Derby - Alvey, Machin, Scott, Stevenson, Redfern, Lowe, Coupe, Bowler, Strutt, Miller
Worcestershire - Burrows, Smith, Machin, Hardman, Nash, Sanders/Saunders, Davis, Adams
Buckinghamshire - Burrows, Woodward, Adams
Ireland (Dublin/Malahide/Cork) - O'Driscoll, Henvy, Gallaghan

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Re: Your First Smith?
« Reply #17 on: Monday 20 March 06 19:40 GMT (UK) »
Got 1,000 names on my tree and found the first Smith - John Smith, naturally! - last week!

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