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Title: Job Smith Born 1865 Plaxtol, Kent
Post by: missjano on Sunday 11 February 07 20:12 GMT (UK)
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.

Title: Re: Job Smith Born 1865 Plaxtol, Kent
Post by: cheshiremog on Friday 15 June 07 00:04 BST (UK)
Have you tried looking under Jos for Joseph or Jo for John ?
Title: Re: Job Smith Born 1865 Plaxtol, Kent
Post by: deb usa on Friday 15 June 07 15:46 BST (UK)
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
Title: Re: Job Smith Born 1865 Plaxtol, Kent
Post by: Lemmey on Sunday 17 June 07 13:37 BST (UK)
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  ;D  We email each other in a group when we've found anything which is very helpful!
Title: Re: Job Smith Born 1865 Plaxtol, Kent
Post by: missjano on Friday 22 June 07 23:27 BST (UK)
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!!