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robert william barnaby smith

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Pauline

Pauline Report 14 May 2009 16:09

I'm trying to find the birth record of Robert William Barnaby Smith born in Harleston, Norfolk c1854. He married Emma Elizabeth Hunt in 1877,in Southwark, and gave his name as just William Smith! (It is the same person!). He married again in 1904 to Elizabeth Bailey and used all three christain names! On his childrens marriage certs he states Robert William Barnaby Smith!! His father was James, a farmer.

Heather

Heather Report 14 May 2009 16:15

Have you tried freebmd?

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 14 May 2009 16:16

He doesn't come up on the births on Ancestry so perhaps his birth wasn't registered. Registration wasn't compulsory until 1875.

Kath. x


Choccy

Choccy Report 14 May 2009 16:16

Any good? Don't know Norfolk, so not sure about district

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: William Barnaby Smith
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Depwade
County: Norfolk, Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 201

Could be a brother, if not him.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 14 May 2009 16:18

Harleston is a sub-district of Depwade so it looks like you might have found him Choccy.

Kath. x

Catherine

Catherine Report 14 May 2009 16:21

I know this isn't him, but thought the name was a bit of a coincidence:-

Births Sep 1854
Smith Amelia Barnaby Yarmouth 4b 17

EVEIE

EVEIE Report 14 May 2009 16:22


Name: William Barnaby Smith
Year of Registration: 1852
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Depwade
County: Norfolk, Suffolk
Volume: 4b
Page: 20

Heather

Heather Report 14 May 2009 16:33

Can you tie him into any census?