Anyone up for a Challenge? - Smith Surname?!

[Kay99]

Eleanor came from Gateshead - poss marriage   

Marriages Jun Qtr 1899 Gateshead 10a   1523
Eleanor Hood 
John Alexander   Smith

[kd]

Name:   William Smith
Gender:   Male
Christening Date:   3 Oct 1900
Christening Place:   Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England
Father:   John Alexander Smith
Mother:   Eleanor Smith

Name:   John Alexander Smith
Gender:   Male
Marital Status:   Single
Age:   30
Birth Date:   1869
Marriage Date:   3 Apr 1899
Marriage Place:   St Edmund, Gateshead, Durham, England
Father:   William Smith
Spouse:   Elenor Hood (Father Richard Hood )
FHL Film Number:   1514590
Reference ID:   rn2 p1

[Cwellan CoDown]

1901 Census:

29 Bolinghicken Street (Sp?) Heaton, St Silas, Newcastle
John A Smith - age 32, Machine Driller - Ship work born Scotland
Eleanor Smith - age 35, born Gateshead, Durham
William Smith - aged 7 months - born Newcastle upon Tyne


Possible John Smith from previous census - although the fathers name doesn't match - but may also be using a middle name

1891 Census:
Westgate, Newcastle

John Smith age 22, born Scotland living with parents David and Christina and brothers and sister William, David, Edgar and Margaret - all born Scotland

(Piece: 4201, folio 103)

1881 Census - Scotland:
32 St Andrews Sq, Blackfriars, Glasgow
John Smith, age 12 (place of birth - Airdrie, Lanarkshire)
Parents - David and Christina (David is a Tobacoo factory foreman - the David in  1901 also works in a Tobacco factory)
Brothers and sisters - William, David and Edgar (and also an Alexander??)

1871 Census
81 Stirling Street, New Monkland, Airdrie
Parents - David and Christina
Siblings - brother William - 1 month

This John is born in New Monkland on 25 April 1868 to parents David Smith and Christina Stevenson - no middle name on birth record I can see

[kellysmith1976]

oh im even more confused!..
ill definitely look into this tomorrow...

thank you all x

[iolaus]

Only two Smith mmn Hood births in 1900

one is Sidney in London in the September Quarter
the other in William in Newcastle - however it's the December quarter which doesn't match with a 7th March birth (unless late registration)


There is a William Victor Smith born June Quarter 1900 but he's in Barnet - so accent wise the Newcastle one is more likely
The Barnet birth is MMN of Spacey (most likely son of William and Georgina) so I doubt it's him
ETA - found his death in 1970 gives DOB 11/3/1900

[Maiden Stone]

There is a William Victor Smith born June Quarter 1900 but he's in Barnet - so accent wise the Newcastle one is more likely
The Barnet birth is MMN of Spacey (most likely son of William and Georgina) so I doubt it's him
ETA - found his death in 1970 gives DOB 11/3/1900

If a child moves to a different region before adolescence his/her accent tends to change.

[Maiden Stone]

On His Marriage cert, 24 Dec 1934, He states he was 32yrs
On 1939 Register States his birth as 7 Mar 1900
On death record - died in 1962 aged 62..

His son said, He was 'from' Sunderland... Not necessarily born there.. And he had a geordie accent

An uncle of mine put wrong birth year on 1939 Register. He made himself a year older.

[kellysmith1976]

So im back on the case today...
What do you suggest i do?..
Add the 'new' parents to my tree, and see what comes up?.. I think i am going to start tracking through DNA too... See if i get any hits that way...

Kelly

[kd]

Just a thought would you be able to get records from the orphanage
http://www.childrenshomes.org.uk/NewcastleOrphanage/
In the will for John Alexander his effects of £486 16s were left to Eleanor Smith Widow, I can't see a will for Eleanor