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John James Smailes (1842?)

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EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 28 Nov 2008 19:25

What age was he when he married?
His occupation?
His father's occupation?
Also Mary Ann's father's name and occupation?
Any sign of a sibling or other relation as witness on the certificate?

EvieBeavie

EvieBeavie Report 28 Nov 2008 19:21

Now, I mean this only slightly non-facetiously ... but I wonder whether he was related to the Jane Smailes that no one could find anywhere last week??

The common possibility is that his father had died (or sometimes not) and his mother remarried/formed a new household and the child was reported under the stepfather's surname. Let's have a look ... I promise not to go as nuts as I did in the Jane thread, lol. Sometimes wild theories are the absolute truth, sometimes they're just a way to spend two hours.

http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards.asp?wci=thread&tk=1103967

Pen

Pen Report 28 Nov 2008 19:08

Married Mary Ann Green 1875 Islington (I have certificate, his father was William)
Had 5 children all born in London:
Emma Marian 1876-1914
Albert James 1881-1918 (I have marriage certificate showing father as John James Smailes)
Rose Gertrude 1885-1915
Minnie Ethel 1887-1916
Amy Violet 1889-?
John died in 1891 Islington (I have certificate) aged 49
I have searched but not been able to find Census records for him can anyone find out where he was born?

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