Hi.
Thank you for take the time to read, and consider helping !
I'm trying to find my dads birth dad -
Dad was born in 1950 in York.
When he was 2 years old, his father left when his secret was exposed. He was a bigamist.
He was never heard of again.
My gran would never discuss him. My great gran let slip that he came from Doncaster and was called Derek smith. Yep .... A smith !! Nightmare to locate.
My dad was adopted 7 years later by my grans new husband.
We have managed to get a copy of his original birth certificate. Which shows Derek was actually "Alfred Derek smith". And he was a grocery manager.
I can not locate any wedding between my gran and Alfred.
I've found a birth of Alfred Derek smith in Doncaster in 1924. It shows his fathers occupation as a hawker. I believe that is a travelling sales person/maybe a gypsy ??
But with so many smiths I don't know how to find any marriages and descendants. Without ordering lots of birth and marriage certificates. I'm running out of ideas. So any help is appreciated.
Thank you 😉 X