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SMITH, William H

SMITH, William H

Male Abt 1861 - Aft 1910  (> 50 years)

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  • Name SMITH, William H  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Birth Abt 1861  Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13] 
    Baptism 10 Aug 1868  Osgoode Township (formerly Carleton Co.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    • Age: 0
    Gender Male 
    Residence 10 Aug 1868  Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Age: 0 
    Travel 16 Apr 1883  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 12] 
    Age: 16 
    Travel 16 Apr 1883  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6, 12] 
    Age: 16 
    Arrival Jul 1885  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence 1891  St Andrews Ward, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Brother-in-law 
    Travel 9 Sep 1891  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Age: 25 
    Travel 9 Sep 1891  Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Age: 25 
    Occupation 1907  Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Laborer 
    Residence 10 Feb 1907  Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    His son Albert was baptized here on this date. 
    Arrival 1909  [1, 12] 
    Departure Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7] 
    Residence Between 1909 and 1910  Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 12] 
    1910 Census with partner Alma (reported as wife, although not true) and Muriel and Albert 
    Occupation 1910  Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Carpenter 
    Residence Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1911  Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head 
    Death Aft 1910  Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I17607  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Father Living 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F1623  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family ID F1624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 MELANSON, Alma Rosella,   b. 3 May 1879, St. Marys Bay, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jul 1962, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Children 
    +1. SMITH, Albert James,   b. 2 Apr 1906, Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 2000, El Paso, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. SMITH, Muriel M,   b. 17 May 1902, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1988, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F12926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

    Children 
    +1. SMITH, Muriel M,   b. 17 May 1902, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 May 1988, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]
    +2. SMITH, Albert James,   b. 2 Apr 1906, Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Dec 2000, El Paso, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F1629  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1861 - Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 10 Aug 1868 - Osgoode Township (formerly Carleton Co.), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 0 - 10 Aug 1868 - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTravel - Age: 16 - 16 Apr 1883 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTravel - Age: 16 - 16 Apr 1883 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - Jul 1885 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Brother-in-law - 1891 - St Andrews Ward, Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTravel - Age: 25 - 9 Sep 1891 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsTravel - Age: 25 - 9 Sep 1891 - Boston, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Laborer - 1907 - Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - His son Albert was baptized here on this date. - 10 Feb 1907 - Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1910 Census with partner Alma (reported as wife, although not true) and Muriel and Albert - Between 1909 and 1910 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Carpenter - 1910 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Vermont, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 1911 - Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Aft 1910 - Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Notes 
    • As recalled by Phyllis Raymond Dumas, their granddaughter, William Smith was a married man who had at least one daughter with his wife.His wife would not grant him a divorce, so he lived in a common-law marriage with Alma Melanson with whom he had 3 children (one diied as a baby). William died when his daughter Muriel was only 8 years old, approximately 1910 or 1911.
    • There was a William Havelock Smith who was born in Digby Nova Scotia on 1 April 1877. Both parents were also born in Digby and his mother was a Cleveland. In 1902, William was accepted as a US citizen and was living in Lynn, MA where his papers say he had beern for the past 10 years. If this is the right William, is this where Alma met him? Her sister lived in Lynn and she was traveling back and forth every year. In 1908, William Havelock married a Gescena Fisher from Plymouth, MA. They are no where to be found in the 1910 census when a William H. Smith and Alma "Smith" were found living in Brookline with their two children Muriel and Albert. However, the William in this census was said to have been born in 1868, which doesn't match William Havelock's birth date. Also, supposedly both Muriel and Albert were born in Ontario.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2667] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_608; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1091; FHL microfilm: 1374621.
      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census


    2. [S1497] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Series: MS932; Reel: 80.
      Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934      		 Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934


    3. [S1353] Ancestry.com, 1891 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Year: 1891; Census Place: Sarnia, Lambton West, Ontario; Roll: T-6348; Family No: 77.
      1891 Census of Canada      		 1891 Census of Canada


    4. [S2668] Ancestry.com, 1901 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1901; Census Place: Wallace, Wellington (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 8; Family No: 75.
      1901 Census of Canada      		 1901 Census of Canada


    5. [S1496] Ancestry.com, Web: Canada, Wesleyan Methodist Baptismal Register, 1828-1910, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      Record for William Smith
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WebASM-9194&h=329697&indiv=try

    6. [S1501] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1820-1891; Record Group Title: Records of the U.S. Customs Service; Record Group Number: 36; Series Number: M277; NARA Roll Number: 088.
      Record for Wm H Smith
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8745&h=4242326&indiv=try
      Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 - William H Smith      		 Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 - William H Smith


    7. [S1501] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Series Title: Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, Massachusetts, 1891-1943; NAI Number: 4319742; Record Group Title: Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, 1787-2004; Record Group Number: 85; Series Number: T843; NARA Roll Number: 001.
      Record for Wm H Smith
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=8745&h=3416601&indiv=try
      Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 - William H Smith      		 Massachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 - William H Smith


    8. [S71] Ancestry.com, U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project), (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906 (M1299); Microfilm Serial: M1299; Microfilm Roll: 110.
      Record for William Smith
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1629&h=3755822&indiv=try
      US Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) - William H Smith      		 US Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) - William H Smith


    9. [S1504] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21.
      Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950      		 Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950


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      1911 Census of Canada      		 1911 Census of Canada


    11. [S1852] Ancestry.com, Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;), National Archives at Boston; Waltham, Massachusetts; ARC Title: Petitions and Records of Naturalization , 8/1845 - 12/1911; NAI Number: 3000057; Record Group Title: Records of District Courts of the United States, 1685-2009; Record Group Number: RG 21.
      Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950      		 Massachusetts, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1798-1950


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      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census


    13. [S1353] Ancestry.com, 1891 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;), Year: 1891; Census Place: St Andrews Ward, Toronto City, Ontario, Canada; Roll: T-6369; Family No: 173.
      1891 Census of Canada      		 1891 Census of Canada



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