SMITH, William H
Abt 1868 - Aft 1910 (> 43 years)Set As Default Person
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Name SMITH, William H [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] Birth Abt 1868 Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] Gender Male Baptism 10 Aug 1868 Osgoode, Carleton Co., Canada [5] Age: 0 Residence 10 Aug 1868 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [5] Age: 0 Travel 16 Apr 1883 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [1, 6] Age: 16 Arrival Jul 1885 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [9] Departure Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada [6, 7] Travel 9 Sep 1891 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, USA [6, 7] Age: 25 Occupation 1907 Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada Laborer Residence 10 Feb 1907 Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada His son Albert was baptized here on this date. Residence Between 1909 and 1910 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA [1] 1910 Census with partner Alma (reported as wife, although not true) and Muriel and Albert Occupation 1910 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Carpenter Residence Nova Scotia, Canada [7] Residence Vermont, USA [8] Residence 1911 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada [10] Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head Death Aft 1910 Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Person ID I971 My Genealogy Last Modified 21 Nov 2021
Family ID F1624 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Living Family ID F1623 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MELANSON, Alma Rosella, b. 3 May 1879, St. Marys Bay, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 8 Jul 1962, Massachusetts, USA (Age 83 years) Children + 1. SMITH, Muriel M, b. 17 May 1902, Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada d. 24 May 1988, Somersworth, Strafford, New Hampshire, USA (Age 86 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] + 2. SMITH, Albert James, b. 2 Apr 1906, Montréal, Montréal (Urban Agglomeration), Quebec, Canada d. 6 Dec 2000, El Paso, Texas, USA (Age 94 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F241 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 17 Jul 2021
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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.
- 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.
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Sources - [S32] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, 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 - [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 - [S1465] 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 - [S1467] Ancestry.com, 1901 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1901; Census Place: Wallace, Wellington (north/nord), Ontario; Page: 8; Family No: 75.
1901 Census of Canada - [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 - [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 SmithMassachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 - William H Smith - [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 SmithMassachusetts, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1820-1963 - William H Smith - [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 SmithUS Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) - William H Smith - [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 - [S1469] Ancestry.com, 1911 Census of Canada, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1911; Census Place: 47 - Lunenburg, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia; Page: 10; Family No: 124.
1911 Census of Canada - [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
- [S32] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Brookline, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll: T624_608; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 1091; FHL microfilm: 1374621.