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mick4pen

mick4pen Report 27 Oct 2010 16:05

silly but my dad,as i knewhim waswilliam frederick smith, born 10thoctober 1911 aberdare mid glamorgan wales, i know hehad a sister hilda, and a brother dougie, but NO RECORDS, no matter how i try tosearch any ideas please

jax

jax Report 27 Oct 2010 16:08

???
Births Dec 1911 (>99%)
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.Smith William F Llewellyn Merthyr T. 11a 1659
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Births Dec 1913 (>99%)
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Smith Hilda M Llewellyn Merthyr T. 11a 1745

Found here

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

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Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Oct 2010 16:08

Do you have his parents names.he was born too late for the 1911 census but his parents may be on there .Was he the eldest ?

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 27 Oct 2010 16:12

Name: Hilda M Smith
Year of Registration: 1913
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
Mother's Maiden Name: Llewellyn
District: Merthyr Tydfil
County: Breconshire, Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 1745

Name: Douglas Norman Smith
Year of Registration: 1909
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Merthyr Tydfil
County: Breconshire, Glamorgan, Mid Glamorgan
Volume: 11a
Page: 927

Researching:
Surname Fahse. Germany. Essex .South East London My avatar is one of our wedding photos of 1957

jax

jax Report 27 Oct 2010 16:20

??

Marriages Mar 1904 (>99%)
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John Caroline Ann Pontypridd 11a 707
Llewellyn Martha Pontypridd 11a 707
Morgan David John Pontypridd 11a 707
Smith Albert George Pontypridd 11a 707

Marriages Dec 1905 (>99%)
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CLARE Lillian Agnes Cardiff 11a 613
LLEWELLYN Margaret Ann Cardiff 11a 613
SMITH Francis Henry Cardiff 11a 613
SWEET Edward William Cardiff 11a 613

If you think that could be your father you really need to purchase the cert to find out who his parents were unless you have his marriage cert we may find them from that

Researching:
Nothing much

jax

jax Report 27 Oct 2010 16:31

I found this could be them?

1911 census - household transcription
Person: SMITH, Douglas
Address: 27 Valley View St Aberaman Aberdare

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SMITH, Fran K Head M 27 1884 Hitcher Below Ground Stafford Clanpark VIEW
SMITH, Jane Wife Married
4 years F 28 1883 Smitheoth Shropshire VIEW
SMITH, Douglas Son M 15 1896 Glam Aberaman VIEW
SMITH, William Boarder Single M 19 1892 Labourer Anyground Shaffield Shrosphire VIEW

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Transcription error should be 15 months

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mick4pen

mick4pen Report 19 Nov 2010 07:22

thankyou, hilda and douglas were his bother and sister,my mum neverletus see his family,but i know hildawas confindtoawheelchair and she lived with usabout 1953-1958,ouglas moved upto sundeland and we saw him a fewtimes,butmumsaid he had a lot of brpthers and sisters thankyou jax, shirley, he married my mum betty proctor in leeds around 1946,

mick4pen

mick4pen Report 10 Feb 2011 18:19

thankyou for info, thinkimay have foundthem