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I am trying to trace ancestors with the name Smith and and after ordering several certificates I am no further on . Does anyone have any tips ?

hi do you have names and dates
maybe some of us can help

I have a George Whitehouse Smith born in Hull c1849/1850. On his marriage certificate his father's name is John and he was a sailmaker. I have George's 2 marriage certificates and his death certificate. I have also found him on the census records from 1871. I am unsure of his birth as I have 3 certificates for George Smith but there is no mention of the name Whitehouse, and all have the father's name as John, occupation , labourer. How do I know if I have right certificate ? It is his birth which is troubling me .

Who did he marry and when.
Maryb

Right i have been checking all evening and maybe you could contact this lady.
She was looking for george Whitehouse Smith who had Agness Smith 1885 40,back south Street hull on 1881 census.You have the same Agnes I see.
I come to the conclusion that John Smith the dad could have been born Hull 1811 or there abouts,anyway if you put John Smith 1811 in Hull a tree comes up with Belinda Nicholson.
I googled George Whitehouse Smith 1849 hull and I saw her request for info on what had happened to George ,but i don't know how long ago it was put on.

Maryb

Janine, assuming the witnesses on marriage certs offer no clues? Often family members.
Jan

I think I would put my money on this one in 1851:


Name: George W Smith
Age: 1 Mo
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1851
Relation: Son
> Father's Name: John
Mother's Name: Sarah
Where born: Hull, Yorkshire, England

Civil parish: Sculcoates
County/Island: Yorkshire

John Smith 40 - occupation Sailor
Sarah Smith 42
John Smith 16
Mary Smith 14
Sarah A Smith 12
Jane Smith 10
Austaria Smith 8
George W Smith 1 Mo


Sailor who became sailmaker later in life?

This birth would go well with that George:

Births Mar 1851
Smith George John Hull 22 504


But I'm wondering whether that 1851 George might actually be the child of an older unmarried daughter of John and Sarah. In that case, a common pattern would be for Whitehouse to be his father's surname.