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Title: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: belindy on Wednesday 05 December 07 04:51 GMT (UK)

I am looking for information regarding Mary & Evelyn Smith, daughters of Richard Henry SMITH and Nellie Maud SAMWAYS.
They possibly lived in the Petone area and I was told that Nellie died of a stroke.
Nellie's sister was my great grandmother.

Any help is very much appreciated.

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: Lucy2 on Wednesday 05 December 07 09:38 GMT (UK)

Mmm .... when ?     What time frame are we looking at ?

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: belindy on Wednesday 05 December 07 19:21 GMT (UK)

Hi there,
Oops it might help if I put dates  :-[

Nellie Maud was born in 1904 and married Richard SMITH in 1933.
I have found a second marriage to Morris Hasler in 1948.

I am unsure when the daughters were born.

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: Lucy2 on Wednesday 05 December 07 22:22 GMT (UK)

"I am looking for information regarding Mary and Evelyn SMITH"

What sort of information ?

"They possibly lived in the Petone area".

Have you tried searching electoral rolls (for their parents) to determine exactly where they lived ?

SMITH ... often difficult ...  have you tried looking for Nellie and her second husband Mr. HASLER ?   Where did they live ?

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: Lucy2 on Wednesday 05 December 07 22:45 GMT (UK)

Nellie (HASLER ?)    died when ?    Where ?    (Death index search).

Cemetery information ... date of death/burial ?

Newspaper search - funeral notice ?

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: belindy on Wednesday 05 December 07 23:36 GMT (UK)

Hi there,
I was hoping to find them or possibly their descendants  :)

Next time I get some time away from the little ones I will head to the library and try and find Nellies death info. See what I can find out.

Thank you for replying  :)

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: Mk2_Zephyr on Thursday 06 December 07 03:31 GMT (UK)

 Yeah,  I would go for the electoral rolls first,

 Mary Smith is going to be near impossible, a chance with 
 Evelyn.

Title: Re: Sisters Mary & Evelyn SMITH
Post by: jonespa100 on Saturday 05 May 12 04:27 BST (UK)

Hi
Maybe we can exchange information.
I have also been researching for the family of Richard Henry Smith and Nellie Maud Samways.
My wife is a granddaughter of Richard Henry Smith but from his first marriage to Edith Ellen Middlemiss.
I only knew of 2 female children from Richard Henry Smith and Nellie form his death certificate now I have the names one was born about 1935 and the other 1936.
I have info as Nellie Maud Samways born 21 Feb 1904 died 29 August 1972 in Blenheim but that's all, I don't have the certificate.
Richard Henry born 2 Nov 1893 in Greytown married Nellie 1933 and he died 22 April 1964.
Interested in hearing from you.
Paul