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Possible lost cousins

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Valerie

Valerie Report 4 Jul 2010 12:36

I will follow this line and try to trace the descendents.
Many thanks

Valerie

Valerie

Valerie Report 4 Jul 2010 12:26

One of the few facts I was told was that Sidney had the family bible. I did not have his death certificate so this is a step forward.
A big thankyou
Valerie

Valerie

Valerie Report 4 Jul 2010 12:18

Thank you - I have the 1911 census.

Valerie

Valerie

Valerie Report 4 Jul 2010 12:14

I have not discovered anyone else so far following this line.
Valerie

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 3 Jul 2010 05:27

Caroline in 1901:

1901 England Census
about Caroline Bucknell
Name: Caroline Bucknell
Age: 11
Estimated birth year: abt 1890
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Joseph
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Female
Where born: Peckham, London, England

Civil parish: St Giles
Ecclesiastical parish: St Giles
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: London City
Sub-registration district: St Botolph
ED, institution, or vessel: 21
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 39
Household Members: Name Age
Joseph Bucknell 33
Sarah Bucknell 34
Ethel Bucknell 13
Caroline Bucknell 11
Hilda Bucknell 8
Harold Bucknell 5
Percy Bucknell 3
Leonora Bucknell 1

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 3 Jul 2010 04:56

Possible children:

Births Sep 1912
Smith Florence V Bucknell Shoreditch 1c 84

Births Dec 1919
Smith Henry C Bucknell Hackney 1b 987

Births Dec 1921
Smith Marie I Bucknell Hackney 1b 809

Births Sep 1925
Smith Albert T Bucknell Hackney 1b 721

Births Sep 1929
Smith Annie E Bucknell Hackney 1b 670

Rose

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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! Report 3 Jul 2010 04:51

The address doesn't match with 1911 but the age is correct as are the occupations.

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921
about James Albert Smith
Name: James Albert Smith Compositor
Age: 27
Estimated birth year: abt 1884
Spouse Name: Caroline Bucknell
Spouse Age: 22
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 10 Dec 1911
Parish: St John the Baptist, Hoxton
County: Middlesex
Borough: Hackney
Father Name: James Smith Compositor
Spouse Father Name: Joseph Bucknell
36 Mintern St.

Witnesses: Hilda and Joseph Bucknell

Rose

Julcoe

Julcoe Report 3 Jul 2010 04:18

Death certificate may help find relatives....

England & Wales, Death Index: 1916-2005 about Sidney Wilson Smith
Name: Sidney Wilson Smith
Birth Date: 20 Aug 1896
Death Registration Month/Year: 1978
Registration district: Redbridge
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 14
Page: 1276

brummiejan

brummiejan Report 2 Jul 2010 22:57

Valerie, a simple first step is to check for any links to other members - use "search trees" above. Next step is to look for marriages.

In passing, here they are 1911, just in case you don't have it:

SMITH, James Head Married
27 years M 48 1863 Compositor London Bethnal GN VIEW
SMITH, Mary Ann Wife Married F 47 1864 London Bethnal GN VIEW
SMITH, James Albert Son Single M 26 1885 Compositor London Bethnal GN VIEW
SMITH, Arthur George Son Single M 24 1887 Silversmith London Bethnal GN VIEW
SMITH, William Henry Son Single M 22 1889 Solicitors Clerk London Bethnal GN VIEW
SMITH, Sidney Wilson Son Single M 14 1897 Barber's Assistant London Bethnal GN VIEW
SMITH, Mary Ann Florence Daughter Single F 8 1903 At School London Bethnal GN VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
1440 Reference:
RG14PN1440 RG78PN50 RD17 SD2 ED23 SN140

Registration District:
Bethnal Green Sub District:
Bethnal Green South West Enumeration District:
23 Parish:
Bethnal Green

Address:
28 Kerbela Street Bethnal Green County:
London

Liz 47

Liz 47 Report 2 Jul 2010 22:55

Have you tried a search on this site to see if anyone else is looking for the family
Liz

Valerie

Valerie Report 2 Jul 2010 22:40

I am trying to find descendents of my mother's brothers all born in Bethnal Green . She lost touch with her family and I have never known whether I have any cousins.
James Albert Smith 1885
Arthur George Smith 1886
William Henry Smith 1889
Herbert Alfred Smith 1891deceased 1909
Sidney Willson Smith 1896
Mary Ann Florence Smith 1902

Parents James Smith and Mary Ann Elizabeth Willson m. 1883 Bethnal Green