Hi all,

I'm researching my Smith links, my lot moved from the Silsden, Yorkshire area into Nelson.

I'm looking into William Smith bC1841 Sutton, West Riding he married Betty Simpson b 1844 Kildwick, West Riding...they had children Susanna 1866, Mary 1869, Isabella 1871, Sarah 1873, Annie 1875, Maggie 1877, Grace 1879, Tom 1882 & fanny 1885.

I'd love to find a living relative on this side as I've done pretty well in getting them on the rest of my tree.

I look forward to interacting with you folks and sharing ideas.

Cheers
Mark (Aka Benners)

"welcome" snippets retained from last year

mattycat wrote:

Welcome Mark to Smith Chat Forum, We are a very friendly group of people and willing to help if at all possible. Please keep in touch..........

chellin2 wrote:

Hi Mark Welcome to the Smith family..........Any help we can give you just ask. Keep coming back and chat...........

maxine wrote:

Hello Mark, Welcome to the group. Please come and share ideas with us all...........

Carole wrote:

Hi Mark (Benners) and Welcome to Smith Chat!! :wave2: I see that my friends have already given you a warm welcome. Great to see you here............ it may be that you're already a Smith Project Member - I have to check this yet as well. I thought your name and Smith interests rang a few bells. I see that you are indeed already a Smith Project Member, with ID 51-MBY. You were one of the first to submit your interests to the Project in 2005......

The original Topic thread from the Introductions Board moved to the West Riding Board. With copy on the East & Sth-East Lancs Board in view of the Nelson connection....
Smiths to Nelson, East Lancs from Silsden WRY

Carole

Smith List Transfer Note
Smith Project Member ID: 51-MBY

Town/s of Smith Interests:
W.R.Yorks: Kildwick, Silsden, Sutton
East.Lancashire - Nelson

Researcher:Mark Bentley
Location: Kent, England
Smith Chat Forums Username: Benners
Online Office Pigeon-hole: 51-mby

Mark's Interests Summary was recently moved from the Project's original site and recompiled at >> Smith Interest List Lancs, WRYorks & Isle of Man Page 17 >>

Should any other researcher hold data or possible connections to this family, please contact the member. It might prove useful for other researchers too, if you could please share the information on this Topic.

Hi Mark
I have just joined the Smith Forum and I think your lot of Smiths and mine are the same gang. My great grand mother was Grace Elizabeth Smith b. 1880 in Silsden, her parents were William Smith and Elizabeth Simpson - hope this is of interest.

Anne (aka CatEyes)

Hi Anna
Welcome to Smithchat and happy chatting. It looks like a promising connection for you, we will all have our fingers crossed for a good outcome.The site has been off line for a few weeks for maintenance but folks will slowly come back on line and hopefully Mark will see your reply and chat with you. I will be interested to see if there is any connection. Good luck and hope to chat soon.
regards Robert.

Hi Mark

I hope we have got a connection - my great grandmother was Grace Elizabeth Smith who was born in Silsden. She was from what I can gather one of nine - Susanah b.1867, Mary Laycock b. 1869, Isabella, Sarah Ann, Maggie, Anne, Grace Elizabeth b.1880, Tom and Fanny b.1886. ( At the moment ancestry site appears to have problems so I cannot recall all dates of birth!) Grace Elizabeth's parents were a William Smith and Elizabeth Simpson. In 1901 Elizabeth a widow (known as Betty on census) was living in Nelson with Mary, Isabella, Grace Elizabeth and Fanny. In early 1901 from what I have found Maggie died aged 23, Tom left home and was living in Nelson as a boarder with another family and Grace got married !
Grace married Arthur Proctor b.1882 in Burnley and they had my grandfather John Arthur in Sept 1901. This has been quite difficult to find out as my grandfather was someone who I never met and his father Arthur was brought up by his grandmother and various other family members.
I have found some information about the other sisters - Susannah married Harry Fisher Donaldson who was born in Richmond Yorkshire he worked for his father John Donaldson b. in Belfast who was a master nail maker employing several men. The Donaldson's also moved to Nelson. Annie as you know married into the Rothwell family, Isabella I think died aged about 42 - but what happened to Tom or Fanny I do not know.
Sarah Ann I think married into the Stuttard family, Mary L was still single in 1911 living with Isabella in Nelson - but I need to do more on this - hope this all links in with your findings.
Anne