Information request Smith / Nix

[Girl Guide]

If that birth record is right then below is his parents marriage record:-

Marriages Mar 1890 
McKENLAY    Mary Ann        Whitechapel    1c   482    
Smith    John        Whitechapel    1c   482

[Girl Guide]

In the 1911 they are living at 54 Fulbourne Street Whitechapel E, Whitechapel, London & Middlesex

Six children listed including Harold who is the youngest.


Registration district   Whitechapel
Registration district number   18
Enumeration district   2
District number   2
Sub district   Whitechapel
Sub district number   2
Census reference   RG14PN1478 RG78PN52 RD18 SD2 ED2 SN85

[Jamjar]

In the 1911 they are living at 54 Fulbourne Street Whitechapel E, Whitechapel, London & Middlesex

Six children listed including Harold who is the youngest.


Registration district   Whitechapel
Registration district number   18
Enumeration district   2
District number   2
Sub district   Whitechapel
Sub district number   2
Census reference   RG14PN1478 RG78PN52 RD18 SD2 ED2 SN85

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWPM-ZHX

The same family on the 1901: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9D5-1NG

J.

[BeckyNZ]

https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1939register
 - you should also find them here (looking at the free index, I believe they are in West Ham - Violet is listed under both Smith and Martin as the 1939 register includes references to later marriages for women), this will give you his birthdate.


It's very easy to go wrong looking for Smiths so you want to gather all the info you can to make sure you don't go after the wrong one!

Yes, my Grandfather was killed during the war & Violet remarried a Fredrick R Martin, who I knew as Granddad

[BeckyNZ]

This is great information, thanks to everyone for their help, gives me some leads to go on.

My Father is 87 and Mum died in 2002, so I only remember what I was told as a child.

My family come from West & East London and I have done well on tracing all but my maternal Grandfathers tree.

As people have said, Smith is not an easy name to trace.

Thank you so much

Becky

[Girl Guide]

Ah, right so this will be the marriage then:-

Marriages Mar 1946 
Martin    Frederick R    Smith    W.Ham    4a   133   
Smith    Violet M A    Martin    W.Ham    4a   133

You probably have this already but I thought I would put it in.

[BeckyNZ]

Ah, right so this will be the marriage then:-

Marriages Mar 1946 
Martin    Frederick R    Smith    W.Ham    4a   133   
Smith    Violet M A    Martin    W.Ham    4a   133

You probably have this already but I thought I would put it in.

Yes thank you.

My Mother had 2 sisters and a 1/2 sister, 2 of her sisters were the daughters of Harold and one the daughter of Frederick.

Frederick married my Grandmother Violet and took on three daughters, a brave man indeed back in the 1940's!

Becky