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That is a wonderful photo.. Aunt May was very special to my mom.. she would always get her fancy outfits and spend lots of quality time with her.. they had a very special bond. My Uncle David had the original
 "Adventures of a Gypsy Boy" it was lent out to Aunt Dorothy for copies to be made and sadly,never returned . Not sure what happened to it after she passed away .. Would you happen to know where it is by chance?? It had alot more detail than the copy we acquired from Texas..

My mom says the twins both died a few weeks apart .. of pneumonia . She says that is not one of them in that photo . I will get a scanner and get some photos on here.. and get some form my mom.

It would be great to get info on getting a copy of the book you found down in the US .  from you ..
please look me up on facebook and we can talk some more. I get to Toronto often  as well .. maybe we could meet up for coffee some time..  Look forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Heather

The oldest man in the group photo does not resemble my great grandfather .. Simon ..could it be Naomi's husband or some other family member ??The mouth doesn't look to be the same or the nose.. but I could be wrong.. my mom has looked at it also ..

Greetings from Canada !!!

My Great Grandfather was Gipsy Simon Smith .. My mother Dianne's ,Grandfather .. My Grandmother Madge's ,Father ..  He was married to Blanche Louise Mackenzie they had 9 children that lived..  sadly twins ,one boy and one girl died of pneumonia at the approximate age of 2 yrs.. on the farm in Ontario, I do not know the DOB or the DOD or their names .. I will look further into that .
These are the 9
William * He died in his 60's of cancer
Ada    *
May   *
Violet  *
Lily     *
Ruby  * she was youngest of siblings to die .. and it was from cancer
Ivy     * she was the last living sibling ,she lived into her nineties she passed 5 yrs ago.. I attended her 90th Party with all the family it was an Elvis themed event, based on her favorite movie BLUE HAWAII .
Madge ( Marguerite) *
Donald (Hague) Smith * 
His mother Susan Smith passed away in 1926 at the age of 86

I have a copy of his book The Adventures of a Gipsy Boy and other stories.. it is filled with his life story,poetry and lots of family history . I also have an original book of hymns and some original sheet music that he wrote..
Bartholomew father of Gypsy Simon and Cornelius, father  to Gypsy Rodney Smith .
Bartholomew died when Simon was 11 ,he had a strained heart .Life was very tough for them. Simon heard there was was a man who would help poor boys and girls the place was in Stepney Causeway called Dr. Barnardo's Home . Simon pleaded his case that he was a gipsy boy ,his father was dead ,that he wanted to go to Canada to work on a farm so he could send his wages home to his mother .. and it happened . Across the Atlantic he went .. it was hard grueling work at the hands of an abusive man .. After 2 yrs in Canada he returned to England ... and was employed by a horse dealer he ended up traveling to the USA ,Holland,Mexican Boarder,Guatemala,Honduras,he went all over the world , he crossed the ocean 43 times , He never slept in a house til he was 12 yrs old.. He became a missionary in the slums of London ,and then an Evangelist ..He had most of his children in England before coming to Toronto that is where my Grandmother was born..they first landed in Nova Scotia , they ended up settling in London ,Ontario ,Canada  because it reminded him of England with the Thames River, that is where they lived out the rest of their lives .. That is where they are buried ..at Woodland Cemetery
Look forward to hearing from you..
Heather

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