Job Smith Born 1865 Plaxtol, Kent

[missjano]

Can anyone help with this one.
According to the Family Search.org their was a Job Smith born 1865 in PLAXTOL, KENT.
His parents were Josiah & Alice Smith.
Although, I have most of the details on Josiah & Alice Smith and all there children, and their children etc. I cannot find a reference anywhere else for Job Smith.

The whole family were travellers, and resided between Kent/Surrey over the years, along with their little clans of Penfolds/Gardners/Smiths/Lanes.

[cheshiremog]

Have you tried looking under Jos for Joseph or Jo for John ?

[deb usa]

Hi Missjano

I am part of the Penfold/ Smith family ... and I have been searching for my Romany people for a while..

I did find a Job Smith , Gypsy b Kent, living with other Smiths on Piltdown Commons, Sussex...his age is off but he seems to be the only Job Smith around.

1881
RG11/1055 fol 39 pg 15

Do you have his family in the 1871 census...Job would only be 5 at the time! If you do have them then, maybe he is with them under a different name !

I will look further

regards
Deb

[Lemmey]

Hi Deb

I noticed Miss Jano's post.  Her, I and one other are tracing the Gardners/Penfolds/Smiths/Lanes etc of Kent/Surrey and together have pooled quite a bit of information.   My direct relatives are Gardners but they married into the Penfolds, Smiths, Lanes etc.

We know a Gardner migrated to Australia through someone contacting from there so are sharing information there also.

If you want to share research also do pm either me or Miss Jano    We email each other in a group when we've found anything which is very helpful!

[missjano]

Hi Missjano

I am part of the Penfold/ Smith family ... and I have been searching for my Romany people for a while..

I did find a Job Smith , Gypsy b Kent, living with other Smiths on Piltdown Commons, Sussex...his age is off but he seems to be the only Job Smith around.

1881
RG11/1055 fol 39 pg 15

Do you have his family in the 1871 census...Job would only be 5 at the time! If you do have them then, maybe he is with them under a different name !

I will look further

regards
Deb

I am now thinking that Job Smith born in 1865  may be my Great Great Grandfather John Smith born in 1869, for whom I have all the census records, and that maybe Job and John were the same person. Both their parents were Josiah & Alice Smith. Thanks everyone!!