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I have found WW Smith's parents names on his marriage certificate.
They are William Smith and elizabeth Nestwood.

WW smith emigrated to New Zealand with his family sometime before 1885 as he marriage Eliza Burgess 25 Nov 1885 in Taratahi New Zealand.

Can anyone please help me to find anything else out about WW Smith and when he and his family emigrated to New Zealand?

thanks
Ann :-)

I believe there maybe a spelling error with elizabeth Nestwood's name. i think it is Westwood and i have found a marriage between william smith and Elizabeth Westwood in 1848 in Evesham

Hi

What is the fathers occupations and the address given on the certificate

Also, who are the witnesses please

Also, who did William Wilson marry?

He married Eliza Burgess in New Zealand.

Doh......I was thinking he married before he got to NZ

Note to self: Wake Up!

New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
Name: William Wilson Smith (Laborer)
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1885-1886
District: Wairarapa South (Taratahi)
Region or Province: Wellington


https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1609792

(New Zealand, Immigration Passenger Lists, 1855-1973)

Chris :)

New Zealand Army WWI Reserve Rolls, 1916-1917


Name:William Wilson Smith

Residence :Paekakariki

Year:1917

Reserve Roll:2nd Division


Edit: There are quite a few men with this name!

I'm guessing it's the UK info that you are after?

It does not appear that his birth was registered.....try looking for a baptism at........

https://familysearch.org/


Is the father's occupation noted on the marriage cert?

Emigration records are not available before 1890. You will need to look for immigration at the NZ end

There is also a possible marriage for the parents in 1842..................

Name: William Smith

Spouse's Name: Elizabeth Westwood

Event Date: 23 Dec 1842
Event Place: Halesowen,Worcester,England


Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01376-1
System Origin: England-ODM
GS Film number: 0599888 IT 4, 886632, 886633, 886634, 886635, 886636, 886637, 886638
Reference ID:

Death
1936/21334 Smith William Wilson 81Y
1933/2184 Smith William Wilson 56Y

https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/

Chris :)

Have you any idea when he was born? When you say he emigrated with his family do you mean with his parents?

County Worcestershire
Place Halesowen
Church St. John the Baptist
RegisterNumber 345
MarriageDate 23 Dec 1842
GroomForename William
GroomSurname SMITH
GroomAge
GroomParish
GroomCondition Bachelor
GroomOccupation shoemaker
GroomAbode Hawne
BrideForename Elizabeth
BrideSurname WESTWOOD
BrideAge
BrideParish
BrideCondition Spinster
BrideOccupation dress maker
BrideAbode Hawne
GroomFatherForename George
GroomFatherSurname SMITH
GroomFatherOccupation puddler
BrideFatherForename Thomas
BrideFatherSurname WESTWOOD
BrideFatherOccupation puddler
WitnessOneForename Thomas
WitnessOneSurname WESTWOOD
WitnessTwoForename Ann
WitnessTwoSurname WESTWOOD
Notes
FileNumber 34567

There is a tree on Ancestry which has a bit on the Elizabeth Westwood who married in Halesowen in 1842. The only thing it has for William is the marriage.

Thread title says born c1855

1842 marriage posted...........................see above

The man being sought married in New Zealand......see OP's posts

Thanks everyone.
i don't know william wilson Smiths dads occupation.

i believed WW smith emigrated to NZ from UK with his whole family and I will have to look up the immigration records into NZ - thanks for that tip.

There are two records of marriages between WW smith and elizabeth westwood - one in 1842 and also in 1848 - both in worcestershire.

I can't find a 1851 census confirming his parents marriage and the first of many probable siblings of WW smith.

If anyone has access to worcestershire parish records - can you please have a look for me to see if we can track down any siblings and confirm his parents?
Thanks. any help is appreciated. :-)
Ann

There is no record of a baptism on FMP.

Nor on familysearch

I can't comment re Ancestry, as I don't subscribe

So it would mean a visit to the Records office, and with no idea of where in Worcestershire he was born, a virtually impossible quest.

Have you proved that the 1848 marriage actually was between the people you name?

Marriages Jun 1848 (>99%)
HOPKINS Richard Evesham 18 469
Morriss Ann Evesham 18 469
SMITH William Evesham 18 469
WESTWOOD Elizabeth Evesham 18 469


Isn't the father's occupation recorded on the marriage cert?

Who were the witnesses?

Have you looked for info about the parents in NZ records?

Have you found a birth record for him?

This is the closest I can find using his full name. He could have told porkies about his age when he married?


Births Sep 1863
SMITH William Wilson Dudley 6c 40

If the 1936 death is his...........he was still thought to have been born c1855........................but, that proves nothing, of course.

1851 census

National Archive Reference:
RG number: HO107
Piece: 2044
Folio: 181
Page: 12
Reg. District: Evesham
Sub District: Evesham
Parish: Saint Lawrence
Enum. District: 8B
Ecclesiastical District:
City/Municipal Borough: Evesham
Address: Church Yard, Saint Lawrence, Evesham
County: Worcestershire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
SMITH, Elizabeth Head Married F 26 1825 Chairwoman
Evesham, Worcestershire
WESTWOOD, John Son M 5 1846 Scholar
Evesham, Worcestershire
SMITH, Wilson Son M 2 1849 At Home
Evesham, Worcestershire