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Canada / Re: emigration during boer war
« on: Thursday 28 October 21 22:48 BST (UK)  »
HI Carolyn  we are related i am also the grand child of Mary Byron and Robert Swan Smith.  They all moved to Greenock and then Robert Swan died up in Glasgow where most of the family stayed.  He died in Partick I have the records.  If you can in some way private message me.
not sure how this works.    Thank you Hume you have solved the mystery of the Swan thing for me.  I am just curious why it was done but it must have been innocent as he named every one of his children Swan Smith so he was not hiding his roots and clearly wanted the name Swan remembered and marked.  There is a Robert Swan Smith in all subsequent generations.

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Midlothian / Re: Robert Smith born 1853 Edinburgh.
« on: Thursday 28 October 21 22:05 BST (UK)  »
Just out of interest Robert Swan Smith was a shipsrigger in the Merchant Navy could he have added the Smith if there were two people on the ship with the same name and it stuck on his records?  Is that a think does anyone know?

Carolyn do you per chance has a ship in a bottle?  so far both us and our cousins we have found of James kids have a ship in a bottle made by Robert Swan Smith

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Midlothian / Re: Robert Smith born 1853 Edinburgh
« on: Thursday 28 October 21 21:49 BST (UK)  »
HI Carolyn I have his death certificate and marriage cert and can tell you about my grandfather.  I have an idea of where the other children are.

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Midlothian / Re: Robert Smith born 1853 Edinburgh
« on: Thursday 28 October 21 21:47 BST (UK)  »
Hi Carolyn I am Robert Swan Smith and Mary Ann Bryons great grandaughter.  He moved from Edinburgh to Greenock and started his life their with Mary.  They had their family which consisted of my grandfather and his brothers and sisters who are among names called Edward, Robert, Alexander, Mary, Jane John and James all surname Swan Smith.  Can I ask whom you are related to?

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