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I am trying to find relatives of my Grandfather. His name was Frank Richard Smith and was born on the 18th June 1921 in Brixton/Lambeth in London. He married to May Osborn and they had 3 children.
I believe he was 1 of 12 and his mothers name was Alice Smith.
As far as we know he had brothers called Albert and Jim and sisters called Dolly and Nancy. We are unsure of the other siblings names.

the marriage

Marriages Mar 1947 (>99%)
Osborne Mary L Smith Lambeth 5c 2502
Smith Frank R Osborne Lambeth 5c 2502

Do you mean that his Mother was unmarried, that her maiden name was also Smith, or just that she became Alice Smith on marriage?
Thanks

Could you be a year out with his birth?
Frank R Smith
Mother's Maiden Surname: Poulter
Date of Registration: Jul Aug Sep 1922
Registration district: Lambeth
Registration county: Greater London
Volume Number: 1d
Page Number: 757

If this is the correct birth, there are about 8 children with the same parents born in Lambeth.

Possible for parents' marriage:
Marriages Sep 1910
Boerner Franz C H Lambeth 1d 840
Gorrie Constance R Lambeth 1d 840
Gorrie Marguerite C R Lambeth 1d 840
xxx Poulter Alice Lambeth 1d 840
Ruthven-Gorrie Constance Lambeth 1d 840
Ruthven-Gorrie Marguerite C Lambeth 1d 840
xxx Smith William Lambeth 1d 840

I have seen a slight problem

There are to lots of Smith/ Poulter births

Some were born in Lambeth & some W Ham


The problem being is Nancy was born in W Ham
& Frank was Born in Lambeth.....& there is a W ham birth in the same qtr as Frank
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All the Lambeth ones


Births Jun 1914 (>99%)
SMITH Alice E POULTER Lambeth 1d 880
Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
Smith James Poulter Lambeth 1d 770
Births Sep 1918 (>99%)
Smith George F Poulter Lambeth 1d 604
Births Sep 1920 (>99%)
Smith Charles E Poulter Lambeth 1d 932
Births Sep 1922 (>99%)
Smith Frank R Poulter Lambeth 1d 757
Births Jun 1924 (>99%)
Smith Dorothy L Poulter Lambeth 1d 737
Births Mar 1927 (>99%)
Smith Winifred M Poulter Lambeth 1d 598
Births Dec 1929 (>99%)
SMITH Albert G Poulter Lambeth 1d 541
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all the West Ham ones

Births Sep 1922 (>99%)
Smith Robert A H Poulter W.Ham 4a 705
Births Dec 1925 (>99%)
Smith Winifred E Poulter W.Ham 4a 500
Births Dec 1926 (>99%)
Smith Nancy P Poulter W.Ham 4a 502
Births Jun 1929 (>99%)
Smith Patricia D Poulter W.Ham 4a 100

I did not put up the births, as some will probably be still alive.

We need Julie to get back to us, with any more information.

And...i did

Thanks for all your help but Poulter is not one of my family names.
We think Franks (my Grandfather) mothers maiden name was Millett. Also, as far as we are aware, none of my Granfathers siblings are still alive.
Any further help would be much appreciated. None of the family have ever come from West Ham. They all came from Lambeth Walk.
Thanks again x

Can't see a Frank Smith with a MMN of Millett

Nope can't find any Smith/Millett births in Lambeth
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You ask for further help...but if you can't hang about for a bit to answer any question,, how are you expecting people to help

I think your safest way is to get the marriage cert of Frank and Mary.
That will give his fathers name.
At the moment you are asking us to look for A family of


Unknown Smith
Alice unknown

children
Frank Richard (Frank could be Francis)
Albert
Jim (James)
Dolly (could be Dorothy or Doris)
Nancy (maybe Ann)
and others.
That is not enough information to get a result.

the above frank and may not MARY

Frank and Mary came up as the only Smith/Osbourne marriage so is maybe a typing error or mistranscription. Julie has not commented on the marriage.

Oh well if she sees it she will.! No probs.

May can be a nickname for Mary

There are just too many variables and not enough information.
Where did you get Millett from as I can see no evidence for it?

I couldn't see no evidence either

Thank you for all your help. Sadly I do not have internet access all the time so cannot always reply swiftly.
I can confirm that my grandmothers name was definitely May Osborne and not Mary Osborne (there was no 'e' on the end of the Osborne).
All of the names I have given you are correct.
This has turned into quite a puzzle and thanks again for your assistance.

Julie
sometimes our ancestors varied spellings as literacy was poor. I have seen documents where there are wide variations in the spelling of one name and they referred to the same person. If for instance your ancestor told the registrar his name the regrar would write it down as he heard it. Then of course transcribers have to come along and interpret the writing that they see. so with a name like Osbourn I would search for Osb*urn* to bring up all variants .

This is the only marriage. Unless you have evidence of another one.
You have not yet given more details re dates etc.
I also asked where the name Millet came from?