Anyone up for a Challenge? - Smith Surname?!

[Ruskie]

How old was Ivy when they married? 32 or 34 was fairly old for a first marriage ....

[kellysmith1976]

Ivy was 26yrs when she married...

One clue... Maybe irrelevant... But William was extremely tall.. over 6ft.. So i tried looking into Service records, Possibly thinking he may have inherited his height from his father....

Yes i think youre right though.. He was too young for WW1 and too old for WW2

[lizdb]

Has this been ruled out?

Birth
Apr/May/Jun 1900
Barnet
3a 326
William Victor Smith

mmn Spacey

[kellysmith1976]

Not ruled out... I did look into this, but as William had an accent... I thought improbable... but of course the family could have moved 'up north'

[avm228]

Has this been ruled out?

Birth
Apr/May/Jun 1900
Barnet
3a 326
William Victor Smith

He is the only perfect match anywhere in England/Wales on full name and birth timing (per 1939 at least).

But I think I looked at him earlier and thought he had stayed local - poss birthdate 11.03.1900 and death in Hendon in 1970.

[kd]

Probably wrong 

Could his father have been John Alexander
 
On the 1901 Census
There is John A Smith age 32 Born Scotland 
Wife Eleanor Smith age 35 Born Newcastle Upon Tyne 
Son William  Smith age 7 mths Born Newcastle Upon Tyne 
Source Citation
Class: RG13; Piece: 4793; Folio: 54; Page: 26

[kellysmith1976]

Could be... Your Profile pic... thats me right now!!

[kd]

There is a death for John A Smith in 1905 Newcastle Upon Tyne with Will
Name:   John Alexander Smith
Estimated Birth Year:   abt 1869
Registration Year:   1905
Registration Quarter:   Apr-May-Jun
Age at Death:   36
Registration district:   Newcastle upon Tyne

also a death for Eleanor Smith in 1908 Newcastle
Deaths Sep 1908   (>99%)
Smith    Eleanor    41    Newcastle T.    10b   91
 
Then in 1911 William is age 10 in Newcastle  Boys Orphanage

[kellysmith1976]

oooo that sounds promising...

I mean if he was only 5 when his dad died he may not have known his dads name was John Alexander..

definitely one to consider...