Find Ancestors

possibly Middlesex

Do you know where the family was, roughly when Reginald died?

No idea, sorry. All we know is he died in action in the WW1.

What year did Victor Smith die please, there may be be records giving his parents names

I know she spent some time with them when nan was around 6 years old. I dont have a marriage cert.
Ada was the youngest of 5 kids
Edna Smith
Victor Smith killed in 1st world war
Maud Smith
Reginald Smith died at age 4

You will need the marriage cert for more info on the father. Then we may be able to work out why Elizabeth was with them in 1939 and saying she was single, rather than married or widowed.

Do you know any names of any siblings of Ada?

Shirley, i know his history from our nan.

Hi so i have been on the phone to Nan. Elizabeth lived with them for a while which would explain what Rabling has found. Thank you so much for your help. I asked nan and she said she thinks thats her. The address is perfect!!

Shirley i do not know Adas dads name, All i know is he was an artist and made his living by printing the banners in various churches throughout Kent. He always took his family with him so Ada had to attend many different schools and he died when she was young.

How do you know about Ada,s father

Do you know his name ??

Ah this is interesting as it lists an Elizabeth Smith with Harry in 1939 so is that her mother? in which case the cenus and birth are not the right ones. However it does say this Elizabeth is single.

Golf Cottage Longdown Lane South, Epsom and Ewell M.B., Surrey, England

Searl household
(8 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Harry J Searl 17 May 1900 Male Gold Professional Married 222 1
Elizabeth Smith 18 Jul 1871 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Single 222 2
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?

Joan E Searl 12 Jan 1929 Female At School Single 222 4
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?

Do you have the marriage cert for Ada and Harry? and if so what info does it have for her father's name and occupation? also are any of the family witnesses?

Hi Mariposa, i am looking at Findmypast, freebmd.org.uk and the GRO index on https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp

Where are you looking for this info please Rambling? :-D

That does seem to be this family, as other daughter Martha Gladys confirms mother's maiden name

Record Transcription:
1911 Census For England & Wales
15 Windsor St Beeston Nottinghamshire, Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England


George Smith Head Married Male 42 1869 Bricklayers Labour Tealby Lincolnshire
Kate Smith Wife Married Female 35 1876 Home Landacre Derbyshire
Catherine Ellen Smith Daughter - Female 14 1897 Home Chilwell Nottshire
Ada Lavinia Smith Daughter - Female 12 1899 School Brancote Notts
Martha Gladis Smith Daughter - Female 7 1904 School Beeston Notts
George Smith Son - Male 5 1906 School Beeston Notts
William Alfred Smith Son - Male 2 1909 - Beeston Notts
Unnamed Smith Son - Male 0 1911 - Beeston Notts

The GRO index gives only one birth with the second name Lavinia, that is the one I posted, even though birth year is 2 years out from the info on 1939 register.

Mothers maiden name on it is Dilks

so possibly this marriage
Marriages Dec 1896 (>99%)

Dilks Catherine Shardlow 7b 918
Smith George Shardlow 7b 918

That is the entry on the 1939 Register, taken on the eve of war, and used up until 1991 by the NHS.

That Ada matches the birth day you give, I would guess and it is just that, that she was in the hospital following birth of Betty born 1939?

Hi Shirley

Unfortunatly there are loads of Ada Smiths born 1901 and none for Battersea that i can see. I can only find the list of marriages in the 3 months that states her names and her married name. no parents.

Hi Rambling: - what is this please? 1939 reg Epsom County Institution And Hospital,

Marriages Dec 1926 (>99%)

Searl Harry J Smith Kingston 2a 998
Smith Ada L Searl Kingston 2a 998

?? SMITH, ADA LAVINIA DILKS
GRO Reference: 1899 M Quarter in SHARDLOW Volume 07B Page 498

just for ref 1939 reg Epsom County Institution And Hospital, Epsom and Ewell M.B., Surrey, England

Ada L Searl 14 Feb 1901 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 1 188