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Henry James Smith, lived in Westcliff on Sea in 19

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Louise

Louise Report 27 Dec 2009 11:20

Hi, I am trying to locate Henry James Smith who was a beneficiary of a will. The will of Emma Elizabeth Smith, written in 1953, stated that he was living in London Road Westcliff on Sea. I think finding Henry's family will uncover answers about my grandmother, who was born Mona Hunt, but was Mona Smith when she married Joseph Jennings in the 1920's or 1930's, and carried the secrets of her family to her grave.
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Louise

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 27 Dec 2009 11:26

Marriages Sep 1925 (>99%)
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Jennings Joseph W G Smith Ampthill 3b 895
Smith Mona M Jennings Ampthill 3b 895

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 27 Dec 2009 11:27

Is this her birth?

Births Sep 1901 (>99%)
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HUNT Mona Margaretta J Hitchin 3a 682


Did the Will indicate that Henry was related to the deceased?

Freewheel

Freewheel Report 27 Dec 2009 11:42

Buy her birth cert to find out the names of her parents.

Louise

Louise Report 27 Dec 2009 12:24

Hi,
Thanks to those who have replied.
We discovered that Mona Margaretta (who had the maiden name Smith when she married my grandmother Joseph Jennings) was actually born Mona Margaretta Hunt, to Eva Henrietta Hunt (father unknown). What we don't know is, why she never mentioned this; at what point did she become Mona Margaretta Smith; and what was her relationship with Emma Elizabeth Smith. When did she become part of their "family"? We know that Mona was born in 1901 and her mother Eva Hunt married Henry Rayner in 1915, but can find no mention of her mother becoming Smith or being linked with Smith. Their was also a regular visitor known as "Uncle White". We don't know who he was. My father knew of Emma Elizabeth Smith but did not know about a cousin called Henry James Smith (called Emma's nephew in her will), nor an Arthur Smith, brother of Emma Elizabeth, who was mentioned in Emma's will as living in Canada.