Please help! Birth certificate request

[*Sandra*]

marriage Certificate names his father as John Smith (deceased).  He was a wine waiter which matched that gallantry award.

[*Sandra*]

This was Mabel L Wood on the 1901 census Lewisham London (with siblings, sister Doris Wood was a witness at the marriage of Mabel)

Albert E Wood 36 Head
Jane Wood 38 Wife
Albert F Wood 13 Son
Mabel L Wood 12 Daughter
Gertrude P Wood 11 Daughter
Florence J Wood 10 Daughter
William H Wood 9 Son
Marguerite E Wood 7 Daughter
Emily M M Wood 5
Daughter Doris S Wood 3/12   Daughter

sister - Doris Stella Wood
Birth Date   1 Jan 1901 - July 1989 (aged 88 years)
Registration district   South east Hampshire
Volume   20 Page   1410

[Nekm88]

Thank you so much for all the searching! It’s a good chance that this Malcolm is him but I have no insight that he ever left Canada having been born there

[RunKitty]

Malcom Alexander Smith, born August 9, 1904, York, Ontario.  Parents: Malcom Smith, Mary MacDonald.

From “Schedule A” (list of births), York, York County, Ontario list of births

It looks like this man remained in Canada (or came back) until at least the time of his marriage, in 1935.

Hi,

If you are still interested in this Malcolm as a possibility - his obit is in the Globe and Mail.   As Lisa said, he died in Toronto in 1976.

Malcolm A Smith died Feb 19 1976 in Toronto.   Husband of Ellen McCrohan.  Brother of Florence Scott of St. Catharine's and Duncan Smith of Toronto.   Interment Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

RK

[Nekm88]

Thank you RK! I will definitely keep this in mind.

I have found a 2nd-3rd cousin match for my mother on ancestry. (I have yet to take a test) the cousin match has a paternal grandmother with the name Mabel Annie Smith. However, i cannot find a Malcolm Smith as of yet.

[Lisa in California]

Sorry, I have questions/comments…

I wonder if Smith was a made up surname.   
Was your great grandmother headed back to Ireland c1931 (if you don’t mind sharing)?
Regarding changing occupations…some of my ancestors had very different occupations after they arrived in Canada, I wouldn’t be too concerned about a possible occupation change for Malcolm if he sailed to/returned to England.

1931 Toronto Directory
Malcolm   emp Eatons.  h 2 Chudleigh   [Eatons - department store]
Malcolm D   (Smith Bros).  h 15 Bellefair av
Malcolm F   emp CNR   r 73 Osler    [CNR - Canadian National Railway]
  Note:  I removed the link that I originally provided here.  I’ve used the site in the past with no problem.  However, my iPad has been extremely sluggish since opening the site a few minutes ago and I don’t want anyone to experience the same problem.

Added: 1932 directory
Malcolm was a salesman at Eatons
Smith Bros. were bookbinders

[*Sandra*]

Thank you Sandra, I have registered but can’t find the birth date of 16th Oct 1902 for Malcolm Smith.

Lisa, my mother has very high Scottish ancestry through dna. I’m presuming Malcolm Smith was maybe born to parents who had originally came from Scotland.

Oops sorry Lisa, had typed so posted 

The father of Malcolm Alexander Smith born 1904 (as above was a salesman for stationers on the 1931 census and on marriage 6 August 1935 Superintendant)) was Malcolm Davidson Smith
born 15 February 1873 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland and died 1944 - Toronto, Ontario.
Father was a wholesale mfg stationers.
According to an ancestry tree the parents divorced in 1912 (mother Mary Flora Macdonald)

FIND A GRAVE

Mount Pleasant Cemetery Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/148639251/malcolm-davidson-smith

1931 census (line 25/26) 15 Bellfair Ave. Toronto.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/01t3o/

[Lisa in California]

Great finds, Sandra!

[Lisa in California]

Hi Sandra 

Are we ruling out Malcolm Alexander or is he a likely suspect?