I am a new subscriber to the SMITH Families Forums and I hereby
introduce myself and my ancestors.

My name is Albert Raymond SMITH and I live in Welland, Ontario, Canada,
which is located about 20 km from Niagara Falls.

My father and his parents were from Bolton, Lancashire.
They emigrated to Canada leaving Liverpool on October 11, 1920.

My mother was born in Canada. Her parents (father WOOD, mother RICHARDSON)
and their ancestors are from Scotland, so that is another story.

My earliest Lancashire (paternal) ancestors that I know about are:

My Grandfather's Parents, Siblings, Etc. -
*Father: Henry SMITH, born abt 1844, Accrington, died before 1912.
...... 1881 residence at 38 Emmanuel Street G.Bolton
*Mother: Ann BETHELL, born abt 1849, Accrington

Children:
*Mary E. SMITH, born about 1868, Accrington. (Married ? SELKIRK)
...... (children: Albert, Connie, Nellie)
*Agnes SMITH, born abt 1871, Accrington.
*Betsy Jane SMITH, born abt 1876, Accrington. (Married ? CLARKE)
*William SMITH, born abt 1878, Accrington. (Married Cissie ?)
...... (child: Harold SMITH)
*Henry SMITH, born abt 1880, Bolton.
*Elisa SMITH, born abt 1882. Bolton. (Married ? - )
...... (child: Lizzie SMITH)
*Albert SMITH (my grandfather),
...... born June 8, 1891, 38 Emmanuel Street, Great Bolton,
...... died May 5, 1960, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada,
...... (Married Florence SMITH - more below)

My Grandmother's Parents, Siblings, Etc. -
* Father: James SMITH, born March 14, 1849, Lostock,
...... died January 10, 1923, Bolton. Police Detective Inspector.
...... Residences:
...... 1881 - 75 Peel Street;
...... 1890 - 21 Peabody Street;
...... 1891 - 9 Edward Street.
* Mother: Mary PIERCY, born April 20, 1849, Bistre, Flint, Wales,
...... died November 21, 1919, Bolton

Children:
*William SMITH, born December 9, 1891, Bolton, died March 4, 1940.
...... (Married Nellie Loughton? - children: Squire, Albert, Louis).
*Elizabeth Ann SMITH, born April 9, 1873, Bolton, died March 27, 1942.
...... (Married Walter LOFTUS - children: Annie, Fred).
*James SMITH, born February 12, 1875, Bolton, died August 10 1875, Bolton.
*James SMITH, born June 3, 1876, Bolton, died April 26, 1916, Persian Gulf (WW1).
...... (Married Mary HILTON - children: Albert, James, Lily, Phyllis).
*Mary Ellen SMITH, born November 7, 1877, Bolton, died January 19, 1954.
...... (Married William HOWARTH - children: Lily, Ethel).
*Hannah Jane SMITH, born February 2, 1879, Bolton, died October 26, 1879, Bolton.
*Alice SMITH, born April 7, 1880, Bolton, died November 13 1880, Bolton.
*stillborn SMITH, born September 18, 1881, Bolton.
*Albert SMITH, born October 12, 1882, Bolton,
...... died July 11, 1905, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
*Lily SMITH, born December 28, 1884, Bolton, died September 11, 1892.
*Herbert SMITH, born April 23, 1886, Bolton, died September 28, 1886, Bolton.
*Florence SMITH (my grandmother), born August 21, 1887, Bolton,
...... died January 22, 1944, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
...... (Married Albert SMITH - see below)
*Herbert SMITH, born May 22, 1890, Bolton, died December 9, 1971.
...... (Married Martha Alice BLOOR - child Geoffrey).

My Grandparents and their Children:
*Father: Albert SMITH (child of Henry SMITH above).
...... Residence in 1912 - 5 Ash Grove.
*Mother: Florence SMITH (child of James SMITH above).
...... Residence in 1912 - 9 Edward Street.
(They were married in the Registry Office, Bolton, April 27, 1912.
Witnesses - Jas. SMITH and Betsy Jane CLARKE.)

Children:
*Albert SMITH, born 1912, Bolton, died abt 1914.
*Albert SMITH (my father), born November 13, 1914, at home -
23 Robert Stanley Street, U.D., South West Bolton,
died (heart surgery) November 21, 1963, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

I would surely appreciate all the information I can get regarding my
ancestors listed here, and their descendents. Some of the above information above is "word of mouth" and may be far from accurate - but I have to start with what I have.

Thank you very much to all of you who have had the patience to get to the end of this too long message.

I visited Bolton in 1996 and loved it - everyone sounded just like my
grandparents.

Regards,

Albert R. Smith
133 Lea Crescent
Welland, Ontario L3C 7J7
Canada

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