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Trying to find Smith

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MaryMc

MaryMc Report 4 Jun 2008 13:01

Ronald,
James posted this 4 years ago - click on his name to send him a message :)

Mary

Mathoni Zuhrah

Mathoni Zuhrah Report 4 Jun 2008 12:57

Hi James I have Smith ancestry and my oral tradition has it that the wife of Lord Birkenhead was a relative of mine and was supposed to be of gypsy ancestry . However I havent looked far enougth on that side .I believe his wifes name was eleanor and my mother was suposed to have been named after her . Lord Birkenheads wife was supposed to have worked in a circus and my grandfather also worked in a circus so there most probably is something in it .here are books writen by lady elanors daughter who used to write about gypsies and it was questioned whether or not she was a gypsy .

Ron

James

James Report 14 Sep 2004 16:19

I've just started tracing my family tree,hope you can be of help Thomas Smith (miner no dates) Thomas Smith Jnr,school master of Wakefeild ,moved to Birkenhead 1836,married Bathsheba of Gypsy background,started Real Estate buisness. Frederick Smith (eldest son of the above),married Elizabeth no dates,had 5 children (possibly our Grandad,James Harrisons Smith's father. The second eldest child Frederick Edwin Smith,born 12 /7 /72 (later to become Lord Birkenhead) We know we are all related. the problem is were does my grandad fit into all this,was he one of the 5 children or a child of one of the 5. Hope this makes sense to eveyone Maybe Lord Birkenhead's family (grandsons or greatgrandsons) are on line and can shed some light on the subject Thanks