I wonder if anyone on here can help me with these Smiths?
I'm looking at them for a friend. So far...I've found Frank Smith on the 1911 Census, (aged 5yrs & so DOB Approx 1906) with his father Peter Smith, (aged 40 in 1911, & so DOB Approx 1871). Peter Smith is a Stevedore & the family are living at 29 Watergate Street, Deptford North, in the Parish of St Pauls:
SMITH, PETER HEAD MARRIED 40yrs STEVEDORE born DEPTFORD KENT
SMITH, KATE WIFE MARRIED 19yrs 28yrs born DEPTFORD KENT
SMITH, ELLEN DAUGHTER SINGLE 17yrs FACTORY HAND born DEPTFORD KENT
SMITH, EDWARD SON SINGLE 15yrs FACTORY HAND born DEPTFORD KENT
SMITH, WILLIAM SON 11yrs born DEPTFORD KENT
SMITH, FRANK SON 5 yrs born DEPTFORD KENT
SMITH, MARGARET DAUGHTER 3yrs born DEPTFORD KENT
TOBIN, MARY ANN MOTHER IN LAW WIDOW 68yrs NO OCCUPATION born OXFORDSHIRE
TOBIN, JOHN NEPHEW 23yrs FACTORY HAND born DEPTFORD KENT
TOBIN, MARY NIECE 20yrs FACTORY HAND born DEPTFORD KENT
TOBIN, MARIAN NEPHEW 19yrs FACTORY HAND born DEPTFORD KENT
Having found them on the 1911, - I thought that it would be relatively straightforward to find Peter Smith (Born Deptford 1871) on the 1901 Census...& then hopefully on the earlier Censuses too. However, I seem to have been going round in circles of Smiths for days on Ancestry:-( Its a nightmare!!
I should be so grateful if anyone could point me in the right direction with these Smiths!!
Incidentally...there must be some mistake with Kate Smiths age on the 1911
Peter Smith says that he's been married for 19yrs...but Kate is only 28yrs, - (& so would have had to be an extremely young bride
). I'm guessing that Kate must be a second wife?
Cheers, Romilly
