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My grandfather William Smith , b 1875, was the youngest child of Georgina Barclay ( Smith ), her first child being born in 1855.
My father, b 1917 was given Wanless as a middle name. I came across the Wanless Web some time ago whilst trying to find some clue as to the origin of my father's middle name. I had seen Georgina aged 9 and had wondered if she was my Georgina but couldn't be sure. My father said John and Georgina had seven children. He named them as Jeanie, Annie, Andrew, Christina, Georgina, John and William. Just recently I found Andrew's death notice and last week found a record of Annie's birth in 1866.
This is interesting.

Georgina was my great grandmother. Her youngest son William Smith,born Spreydon, Christchurch,NZ,1875,was my grandfather.I never knew him.Andrew,John and Georgina Smith's eldest son, died 1942 in Christchurch, NZ. Aged 84.