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Birth registration:
HOCKING, ELIZABETH ANN RICKARD
GRO Reference: 1850 M Quarter in LISKEARD Volume 09 Page 164
1901
Name Elizabeth A Bassett
Event Type Census
Event Date 31 Mar 1901
Event Place Devonport, Devonshire, England
County Devonshire
Civil Parish Devonport
Ecclesiastical Parish St James The Great
Sub-District Tamar
Registration District Stoke-Damerel
Residence Note Tamar Street
Gender Female
Age 49
Relationship to Head of Household Wife
Birth Year (Estimated) 1852
Birthplace Lenkinghorne, Cornwall
Schedule Type 21
Page Number 4
Household
Role
Sex
Age
Birthplace
Elizabeth A Bassett Wife F 49 Lenkinghorne, Cornwall
Thomas H Hocking Step Son M 20 Pensilva, Cornwall
William H Hocking Step Son M 15 Pensilva, Cornwall
Evelina Hocking Step Daughter F 12 Pensilva, Cornwall
Thomas Densham Boarder M 24 Tanstock, Devonshire
Hedley Hooper Visitor M 30 North Hill, Cornwall (Elizabeth's nephew) | HOCKING, Elizabeth Ann (I13821)
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BIRTH 11 JAN 1900 • Austin, Travis, Texas
DEATH 22 DEC 1974 • San Antonio, Bexar, Texas | SMITH, Arthur William (I17230)
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BIRTH 14 JUL 1898 • Austin, Travis, Texas
DEATH 5 DEC 1984 • Austin, Travis, Texas | SMITH, Julia Mable (I17229)
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BIRTH 23 JUN 1904 • Austin, Travis, Texas
DEATH 17 JUNE 1973 • Austin, Travis, Texas | SMITH, Charles Edward Horace "Happy" (I17232)
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BIRTH 24 MAR 1901 • Austin, TX
DEATH 21 MAR 1988 • Blum, Hill, Texas, United States of America
Spouse & Children
David Russell Robertson
1899–1974
Mildred Maudine Robertson
1924–2012
Private
Private
Woodrow Robertson | SMITH, Pauline Victoria A (I17231)
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Birth entered same day at Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland | THOMSON, John (I10617)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I830)
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Birth Name Albert Edward Smith
Nickname A.E.
Born June 4, 1875 in Faversham, Kent, England, UK
Died August 1, 1958 in Hollywood, California, USA
Mini Bio (1)
Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener. There were 9 children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US, eventually settling in Santa Barbara, California. After a series of uneventful jobs, he took up a career as an illusionist, calling himself "The King of Entertainers". He eventually hooked up with another expatriate Brit, J. Stuart Blackton, and they formed an act and took it on the road. It was somewhat successful, but didn't offer quite the rewards they had envisioned. He and Blackton saw the potential in the burgeoning motion-picture business, and together with William T. Rock they formed the Vitagraph Company of America to produce and distribute films. While Blackton was the production head--involving himself in casting, writing, producing, directing, and pretty much every aspect of filmmaking--Smith largely confined himself to the financial end of the company, although he did on occasion assist Blackton in the actual filmmaking process. It was as a financial wizard that Smith was of greatest help to Vitagraph, however, and he developed a reputation as a savvy--some even described him as ruthless--businessman (Mary Pickford once met with Smith to discuss the possibility of her signing with Vitagraph, but she took such a dislike to him that she stormed out of the meeting shortly after it began). Smith's foresight and business acumen helped build Vitagraph into the premier motion-picture studio of the early silent era.
In 1925 Vitagraph was sold to Warner Brothers and, for all practical purposes, Smith retired. Married three times--the last to actress Jean Paige--Smith died in Hollywood on August 1, 1958.
He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery.
With J. Stuart Blackton and William T. Rock, formed pioneering production company Vitagraph Company of America.
Before he entered the film business, he fought in the British army in the Boer War in South Africa and was with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Brother of David Smith.
He had a reputation as a brusque, no-nonsense businessman, never letting sentiment or emotion get in the way of a deal. On at least one occasion, though, that backfired on him. In 1916, as the head of Vitagraph Studios, he was about to sign Mary Pickford to a $10,000-a-week contract. Pickford, who adored children, asked if she could see Smith's new baby. Smith curtly replied, "Let's get this business off our minds first." Pickford, outraged at his putting business matters ahead of his own child, answered, "Well, then, I'll never see it!" and stormed out without signing the contract. Shortly afterwards she signed with Famous Players-Lasky, and was on her way to superstardom.
Brother of W. Steve Smith Jr..
In his autobiography, "Two Reels and a Crank" (1952), he claimed to have secured a close-up view of President William McKinley at the moment he was shot by assassin Leon Czolgosz on 6 September, 1901. He claimed, by the time of that writing, that the original strip of film had deteriorated to only a few frames.
Traveled to South Africa to shoot scenes of real battles of the Second Boer War, 1899.
In 1915 was a founding partner of V-L-S-E, a film distribution company.
Personal Quotes (2)
[in 1919, about the early days of the motion picture industry] It was the struggle in the early days of the industry that taught me the value of studying the public wants and cooperating with the exhibitor.
[about John Bunny and Flora Finch, who made many films for him at Vitagraph as a comedy team and who many filmgoers mistakenly believed were husband and wife] They cordially hated each other.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com
[Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807236/bio]
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March, 1948, Smith received an Oscar Award at the 20th annual awards ceremony. It was presented by Jean Hersholt. The inscription on the base of the Oscar reads: "One of the small group of pioneers whose belief in a new medium, and whose contributions to its development, blazed the trail along which the motion picture has progressed, in their lifetime, from obscurity to world-wide acclaim."
After early legal issues with the Edison company, Vitagraph Studios was very successful in the early silent era, moving to the Flatbush area of Brooklyn in 1905. However, it became financially unstable during World War I and in 1925, Smith sold the company to Warner Brothers and retired.
[Source: https://upclosed.com/people/albert-e-smith/]
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Albert E. Smith (writer) Articles: "New York Times" (USA), 3 August 1958, pg. 80:3, "Albert Smith, 83, Film Pioneer Dies; Inventor of Vitagraph Was Co-Founder of Firm that Achieved Early Success", "Variety" (USA), 6 April 1958, pg. 80:3, "Albert E. Smith", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 11 April 1925, pg. 587, "Vitagraph to Release 30 Productions, President Albert E. Smith Announces", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 14 February 1925, pg. 654, "M.P.T.O.A. Congratulates Albert Smith and Vitagraph", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 7 February 1925, pg. 547, "Vitagraph Quits Hays Organization, Quoting 'Live and Let Live' Belief", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 24 January 1925, pg. 379, "President Albert E. Smith Reviews Vitagraph's Record", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 13 December 1924, pg. 655, "Vitagraph Exchanges Receive a Wire from President Smith", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 30 April 1924, pg. 725, "Vitagraph Head Personally Editing 'Captain Blood'", "Motion Picture World" (MSA), 29 December 1923, pg. 798, "A Christmas Warning Against Pessimism and Extravagance", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 15 December 1923, pg. 634, "'Captain Blood' Screen Rights Bought by Smith", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 27 October 1923, pg. 725, "Albert E. Smith Goes to Look Over Conditions in Europe", "Photoplay" (USA), March 1921, pg. 8, by: Cal York, "Plays and Players [Paige/Smith wedding]", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 25 December 1920, pg. 1008, "Albert E. Smith Says 1921 Is to Be a Very Successful Year for Vitagraph", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 25 December 1920, pg. 989, "Albert E. Smith, Vitagraph President, Weds Jean Paige, Popular Screen Star", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 2 October 1920, pg. 681, "Albert E. Smith Returns East After Trip to Vitagraph's Western Studio", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 7 February 1920, pg. 914, "Mrs. Albert Smith Dies [24 Jan. 1920, pneumonia]", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 26 April 1919, pg. 535, "Albert E. Smith Reviews Trade History", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 19 April 1919, pg. 359, "Entire Vitagraph Plant Will Move to Los Angeles", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 22 March 1919, pg. 1624, "Albert E. Smith Goes West to Attend Family Reunion", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 1 February 1919, pg. 603-04, by: A.E. Smith, "Screen Set for Photoplay's Ibsen", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 23 November 1918, pg. 824, "School of Pantomime for Screen Aspirants Planned", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 1 July 1916, pg. 64, "General Film Company in No Danger of Receiver", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 4 December 1915, pg. 1802, "Vitagraph Plans", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 1 May 1915, pg. 703-04, "Scope of the 'V-L-S-E'", "New York Dramatic Mirror" (USA), 21 April 1915, pg. 24:2, "'Big Four' [Smith, W.N. Selig, Ira Lowry, George K. Spoor] Surprises Film Men; Vitagraph-Lubin-Selig-Essanay Combination Means Radical Departure by Motion Picture Pioneers--Exchange Managers Appointed and Preparations Under Way for Flying Start", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 8 February 1908, pg. 95, "Interviews with Manufacturers" He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery., He was a co-founder, with 'J. Stuart Blackton' (qv), and treasurer of the Vitagraph Corporation of America., Before he entered the film business, he fought in the British army in the Boer War in South Africa and was with 'Theodore Roosevelt' (qv)'s Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War of 1898., Brother of 'David Smith (I)' (qv)., He had a reputation as a brusque, no-nonsense businessman, never letting sentiment or emotion get in the way of a deal. On at least one occasion, though, that backfired on him. In 1916, as the head of Vitagraph Studios, he was about to sign 'Mary Pickford' (qv) to a $10,000-a-week contract. Pickford, who adored children, asked if she could see Smith's new baby. Smith curtly replied, "Let's get this business off our minds first." Pickford, outraged at his putting business matters ahead of his own child, answered, "Well, then, I'll never see it!" and stormed out without signing the contract. Shortly afterwards she signed with Famous Players-Lasky, and was on her way to superstardom., Brother of 'W. Steve Smith Jr.' (qv). Death Notes: Hollywood, California, USA Quotes: [in 1919, nearly the untimely days of the motion see industry] It be the grapple inside the babyhood of the industry that qualified me the plus point of study the local wishes and cooperate near the exhibitor." Birth Notes: Faversham, Kent, England, UK Books: Albert E. Smith. _Two Reels and a Crank._ Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1952. Birth Name: Smith, Albert Edward Spouse: 'Hazel Neason' (qv) (January 1913 - 24 January 1920) (her death), 'May' (? - 1912) (divorced), 'Jean Paige' (qv) (14 December 1920 - 1 August 1958) (his death); 6 children Death Date: 1 August 1958 Birth Date: 4 June 1875
Jean Paige (actress) Articles: "Photoplay" (USA), March 1921, pg. 88, by: Cal York, "Plays and Players [Paige weds Smith]", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 25 December 1920, pg. 989, "Albert E. Smith, Vitagraph President, Weds Jean Paige, Popular Screen Star", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 11 September 1920, pg. 240, "Vitagraph Will Star Jean Paige in 'Black Beauty'", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 3 January 1920, pg. 105, "Joe Ryan and Jen Paige Will Be Co-Starred in New Vitagraph Serial", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 12 July 1919, pg. 236, "Jean Paige Signs a New Contract with Vitagraph", "Motion Picture World" (USA), 13 July 1918, pg. 216, "Jean Paige Signs Vitagraph Contract" Death Notes: Los Angeles, California, USA Birth Notes: Paris, Illinois, USA Birth Name: O'Hair, Lucile Beatrice Spouse: 'Albert E. Smith' (qv) (1920 - ?) Death Date: 15 December 1990 Birth Date: 3 July 1895
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Santa Barbara County, California Queries From 1996 to 2003
DATE: 12/30/96 NAME: Chet Burgraff SURNAMES: SMITH ENG>NYC>SANTA BARBARA CA, ca.1880/90 Looking for information on the ROBERT SMITH family, who located in the Santa Barbara area at the end of the 19th century. Parents: Robert and Emma SMITH Children: Henry David (NYC), ALBERT E. (NYC), George, Steven, Victor and Emma (all born in Santa Barbara, CA), and William S. (NYC or SB). The family was prominent in the pioneer motion picture business, both in the NYC area and in So. California. Albert E. SMITH supposedly build the Flying "A" studios (1910-1921) in Santa Barbara and was one of the owners of Vitagraph Studios (1897). HENRY DAVID SMITH was a motion picture director in the Vitagraph Studios.(Revised 1/13/97)
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Producer, cameraman, magician
Smith was born on 4 June 1874 in Faversham, Kent, the son of a market gardener. When Albert was in his mid-teens the Smith family emigrated to the United States. While the family journeyed to California, Albert stayed in New York to try his fortune as a performer. The young Smith had a natural aptitude for mechanics, which led to his perfecting and patenting a loose-leaf ledger system, developing early automobile parts, but also to a gift for magic and sleight-of-hand. It was this latter talent that led him to team up with a talented cartoonist from England, J. Stuart Blackton, and another Englishman Ronald Reader to form a touring trio, presenting magic, magic lanterns, drawings, ventriloquism and recitations. Blackton found a small fame through being filmed for Edison as a cartoonist in August 1896, and early in 1897 they acquired an Edison projector and began exhibiting films as part of their act. Their partnership of March 1897 was initally called Edison Vitagraph, a title deliberately close to the Edison Vitascope. Still continuing with their magic show (as they would do until July 1898), Smith and Blackton started producing advertising slides and the occasional advertising film under the title the Commercial Advertising Bureau. Smith converted the projector into a camera and the American Vitagraph began film production in late 1897, first simple actualities, then their first fiction film, The Burglar on the Roof (1898), with Blackton acting and Smith operating the camera. The company found also success with Tearing Down the Spanish Flag (1898), a simple symbolic drama capitalising on the Spanish-American war.
The partnership was founded on Blackton's dramatic flair and Smith's technical know-how, which included a vital reframing device for the Vitagraph projector. They also soon found themselves battling against the Edison company, over patent infringement and violation of copyright - they had been duplicating some of William Paley's Spanish-American War films - then with exhibitor William Rock which, however, resulted in alliance and Rock joining Blackton and Smith as the third member of Vitagraph in August/September 1898. 'Pop' Rock brought experience and stability to the company, though his presence did not prevent Smith getting into scrapes such as the Jeffries v Sharkey boxing match on 3 November 1899, when Smith pirated film of the fight under the bright lights set up by William Brady and the Biograph camera team. Following the Edison law suit Vitagraph had been operating under licence, passing on their negatives to Edison after a period of months, and when this agreement was terminated in 1900, for a period 1901-02 Vitagraph did not produce films at all.
After such rocky beginnings, with 1905 and the arrival of the Nickelodeon period Vitagraph began to flourish, becoming incorporated as the Vitagraph Company of America, and rapidly turning into a major producer and soon with Biograph the pre-eminent American film company in the pre-First World War period. A studio was opened in California in 1911, and a stock company developed that included such internationally popular actors as Florence Turner, Maurice Costello, John Bunny, Flora Finch and Clara Kimball Young. From being the technical genius of the partnership Smith became the financial brains behind Vitagraph, running the company with a somewhat cold-hearted efficiency while Rock died and Blackton departed. Vitagraph ceased to be the power it had once been after the war, and the company was purchased by Warner Bros. in 1925. On his retirement Smith indulged in his favourite occupation, yachting, and wrote a singularly inaccurate autobiography, which includes an entirely imaginary visit to the Boer War. He gave employment to many siblings (he was one of eight children), including George who managed Vitagraph's London office, Stephen the studio manager, and David a director. Two of his three wives were film actresses: Hazel Neason and Jean Paige. In 1947 he was one of a small group of American pioneers (George K. Spoor, William Selig and Thomas Armat) given a special Academy Award for their contributions to the development of motion pictures.
Luke McKernan (1996, updated 2014)
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Mini Bio (1)
Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener. There were 9 children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US, eventually settling in Santa Barbara, California. After a series of uneventful jobs, he took up a career as an illusionist, calling himself "The King of Entertainers". He eventually hooked up with another expatriate Brit, J. Stuart Blackton, and they formed an act and took it on the road. It was somewhat successful, but didn't offer quite the rewards they had envisioned. He and Blackton saw the potential in the burgeoning motion-picture business, and together with William T. Rock they formed the Vitagraph Company of America to produce and distribute films. While Blackton was the production head--involving himself in casting, writing, producing, directing, and pretty much every aspect of filmmaking--Smith largely confined himself to the financial end of the company, although he did on occasion assist Blackton in the actual filmmaking process. It was as a financial wizard that Smith was of greatest help to Vitagraph, however, and he developed a reputation as a savvy--some even described him as ruthless--businessman (Mary Pickford once met with Smith to discuss the possibility of her signing with Vitagraph, but she took such a dislike to him that she stormed out of the meeting shortly after it began). Smith's foresight and business acumen helped build Vitagraph into the premier motion-picture studio of the early silent era.
In 1925 Vitagraph was sold to Warner Brothers and, for all practical purposes, Smith retired. Married three times--the last to actress Jean Paige--Smith died in Hollywood on August 1, 1958.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com
Spouse (3)
Jean Paige (14 December 1920 - 1 August 1958) (his death) (6 children)
Hazel Neason (January 1913 - 24 January 1920) (her death)
Mary May (1897 - 1912) (divorced)
Trivia (10)
He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery.
With J. Stuart Blackton and William T. Rock, formed pioneering production company Vitagraph Company of America.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807236/bio
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Date of Birth 4 June 1875, Faversham, Kent, England, UK
Date of Death 1 August 1958, Hollywood, California, USA
Birth Name Albert Edward Smith
Nickname A.E.
Mini Bio (1)
Pioneering film producer and studio executive Albert E. Smith was born in Favershem, County Kent, England, on June 4, 1875, the son of a gardener. There were 9 children in the Smith family--Albert, seven brothers and a sister--and when he was three years old the entire family emigrated to the US, eventually settling in Santa Barbara, California. After a series of uneventful jobs, he took up a career as an illusionist, calling himself "The King of Entertainers". He eventually hooked up with another expatriate Brit, J. Stuart Blackton, and they formed an act and took it on the road. It was somewhat successful, but didn't offer quite the rewards they had envisioned. He and Blackton saw the potential in the burgeoning motion-picture business, and together with William T. Rock they formed the Vitagraph Company of America to produce and distribute films. While Blackton was the production head--involving himself in casting, writing, producing, directing, and pretty much every aspect of filmmaking--Smith largely confined himself to the financial end of the company, although he did on occasion assist Blackton in the actual filmmaking process. It was as a financial wizard that Smith was of greatest help to Vitagraph, however, and he developed a reputation as a savvy--some even described him as ruthless--businessman (Mary Pickford once met with Smith to discuss the possibility of her signing with Vitagraph, but she took such a dislike to him that she stormed out of the meeting shortly after it began). Smith's foresight and business acumen helped build Vitagraph into the premier motion-picture studio of the early silent era.
In 1925 Vitagraph was sold to Warner Brothers and, for all practical purposes, Smith retired. Married three times--the last to actress Jean Paige--Smith died in Hollywood on August 1, 1958.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: frankfob2@yahoo.com
Spouse (3)
Jean Paige (14 December 1920 - 1 August 1958) (his death) (6 children)
Hazel Neason (January 1913 - 24 January 1920) (her death)
Mary May (1897 - 1912) (divorced)
Trivia (10)
He is buried in Forest Lawn cemetery.
With J. Stuart Blackton and William T. Rock, formed pioneering production company Vitagraph Company of America.
Before he entered the film business, he fought in the British army in the Boer War in South Africa and was with Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders at the Battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War of 1898.
Brother of David Smith.
He had a reputation as a brusque, no-nonsense businessman, never letting sentiment or emotion get in the way of a deal. On at least one occasion, though, that backfired on him. In 1916, as the head of Vitagraph Studios, he was about to sign Mary Pickford to a $10,000-a-week contract. Pickford, who adored children, asked if she could see Smith's new baby. Smith curtly replied, "Let's get this business off our minds first." Pickford, outraged at his putting business matters ahead of his own child, answered, "Well, then, I'll never see it!" and stormed out without signing the contract. Shortly afterwards she signed with Famous Players-Lasky, and was on her way to superstardom.
Brother of W. Steve Smith Jr..
Followed Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders into battle at San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War, 1 July 1898.
In his autobiography, "Two Reels and a Crank" (1952), he claimed to have secured a close-up view of President William McKinley at the moment he was shot by assassin Leon Czolgosz on 6 September, 1901. He claimed, by the time of that writing, that the original strip of film had deteriorated to only a few frames.
Traveled to South Africa to shoot scenes of real battles of the Second Boer War, 1899.
In 1915 was a founding partner of V-L-S-E, a film distribution company.
Personal Quotes (2)
[in 1919, about the early days of the motion picture industry] It was the struggle in the early days of the industry that taught me the value of studying the public wants and cooperating with the exhibitor.
[about John Bunny and Flora Finch, who made many films for him at Vitagraph as a comedy team and who many filmgoers mistakenly believed were husband and wife] They cordially hated each other.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0807236/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I436)
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| 961 |
Birth ref: 1861 Census of St. James, Westminister L.D.S. film # 0542566 | GRIST, Elizabeth (I428)
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Birth ref: 1861 Census of St. James, Westminister, London GSU film # 0542566. Unmarried but living as of 1 May 1899 when mother died. Presumably, she was also living in Edmonton. | DIMOND, Sarah Marie (I433)
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Birth ref: 1861 Census of St. James, Westminister, Middlesex, England L.D.S film # 0542566
Copy of Birth Registration in possesion | DIMOND, Elizabeth (I432)
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Birth Reg: 3rd Quarter,1911, Dartford,Vol 2a Page 1201 | DIMOND, Lawrence Jack (I829)
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Birth registered 4th Qtr 1877, Faversham, Kent, England | JUDGES, William George (I2788)
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Birth registered Blean district, vol. 5, p. 45. | APPLETON, Hannah (I2444)
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Birth registered Dec Qtr 1910
1939 Register Builders Costing Clerk | DUNCAN, Cyril Howland (I10200)
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Birth registered December Qtr., 1907, vol. 2a, page 948, Faversham District. | DUNCAN, Ethel May (I2207)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I6831)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I9867)
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Birth registered Kensington District, Middlesex, England (vol. 3, p. 231) | BOWERMAN, Emma Charlotte (I13898)
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Birth registered late - Mar Qtr., 1880, (vol. 2a, p. 659) (aged 3 years on death registration). | BODEKER, Sydney (I9688)
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Birth registered Mar Qtr 1909
On 1939 Register he is a building inspector and estimator. | DUNCAN, Leslie Ivo (I10198)
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Birth registered September Qtr., 1905. vol. 2a, page 1019, Faversham District.
In Faversham at time of 1939 Register. | DUNCAN, Mildred Florence (I2206)
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Birth registered: Dec Qtr 1912
Death registered as follows:
Name: Samuel Lloyd Osborne
Birth Date: 1 Nov 1912
Date of Registration: May 1997
Age at Death: 84
Registration District: Dover
Inferred County: Kent
Register #DDA14, Entry #6
District and Subdistrict: 5631A
Entry #6 | OSBORNE, Samuel Lloyd (I11037)
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Birth registration
GREGORY, ELLEN TWIST
GRO Reference: 1850 J Quarter in FAVERSHAM Volume 05 Page 793
Death registration
Name: Ellen Ralph
Death Age: 79
Birth Date: abt 1850
Registration Date: Apr 1929
[May 1929]
[Jun 1929]
Registration Quarter: Apr-May-Jun
Registration district: Watford
Inferred County: Hertfordshire
Volume: 3a
Page: 942 | GREGORY, Ellen (I2433)
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Birth registration
RALPH, ALBERT DOUGLAS KNIGHT
GRO Reference: 1915 J Quarter in WATFORD Volume 03A Page 1642
Possible marriage
NameAlbert D Ralph
Registration DateApr 1945
Registration QuarterApr-May-Jun
Registration districtHendonInferred
CountyMiddlesex
Spouse Gladys N Williams
Volume Number3a
Page number1458 | RALPH, Albert Douglas (I18264)
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Birth registration
WEBB, MARY ANN MARIA PALMER
GRO Reference: 1855 D Quarter in LEWISHAM UNION Volume 01D Page 625 | PALMER, Mary Ann (I2652)
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Birth registration
WELLER, WILLIAM JOHN POOLE
GRO Reference: 1895 D Quarter in KINGS NORTON Volume 06C Page 457
William John Weller, 1895 - 1959
From 1865 to 1920 some 100,000 children between the ages of 7 and 14 were sent to Canada and other British commonwealth countries pursuant to The Child Migration Act of England. For the most part, these children were sent from large orphanges — Dr.Barnardo's, the Fegan and Maria Fry Homes, as well as from many industrial schools. In all, approximately 50 other agencies participated in this scheme. In 1890 the situation worsened when additional legislation was passed that made it possible to send children abroad without the knowlegdge or permission of the parents.
Largely, the "home" children came from broken homes: widowed mothers who could no longer care for them or from families weighed down by the grinding poverty of Britain at that time unable to feed and care for the large numbers of household members. Some children were abused by those into whose care they were given and treated as virtual slaves. Others were sent to homes where they were treated as if they were members of the receiving family. In the past, it was hard to get any "home" child to speak about his or her past. Most of the children felt as if they were the "dregs" of society, that no one wanted them. In fact, this sadly appears to be the case in most instances. During 1920, legislation was passed in Canada forbiding the emigration of children under the age of 14. This was not done to protect the poor depressed British child but rather to prevent the "watering down" of good Canadian blood or, as it is known, for the preservation of good "Eugenics".
The following is the report of a child that was taken into one of these homes in 1906: William John Weller. He was the father of Isobel Joan Weller, wife of the designer of this Web Page.
Image of description of William John Weller prepared by Dr. Barnardo's home on entrance into care.
Remarks of Medical Officer —
Inspector Welling, N.S.P.C.C., Birmingham, applied to our local branch on behalf of this lad, who had begged that he might be removed from living with his father. Our superintendent took charge of the lad and afterwards procured the following particulars. The parents were married at St.James Church, Handsworth, on May 16 1895, at which time the father was a coachman to Dr. Urquhart,of Smethwick. His drinking habits caused him to be dismissed at the end of six years. He then became a Cab Driver,and from that time the home was wretched and unhappy,and eventually (in April,1904), everything was sold, even the mother's wedding ring. The mother entered service, placing the two sisters with aunts and undertaking to provide them with clothing, which she has since done. For the past two years, William has been with his father, who has no regular abode and has frequently been turned out of his lodgings because of his drunkeness. The boy would have starved but for the kindness of cabmen who knew him and shared their food with him. A newspaper cutting shows that the father was charged on the 21st of June last at Smethwick Police Court on an N.S.P.C.C. charge of neglecting and abandoning the boy. It was said that the two had slept in outhouses until the father deserted the boy, who then had a "fearful experience". Applicant stated that he was found in rags and alive with vermin. Council announced that a Mr. Pitt, an engineer of Handsworth, offered to arrange for the father's future, suggesting emigration, and in view of this proposal, the man was dealt with under the First Offenders Act and fined 40/ and 14/6 costs, which Mr.Pitt paid. The latter turned out to be his brother-in-law. William was temporarily with the aunt, Mrs Allen, who expressed her inability to keep him. Applicant could not understand why the father had not been sent to prison. He was most anxious the boy should have been placed in the Homes beyond reach of such a man. He is healthy and intelligent and a bright, willing lad.
Relatives: Father — William John Weller (36) oddjobber, no abode Mother — Isabel Weller (36), servant, 8/ a week, 9 Pearman Road, SmethwickSisters — Bertha (8) with aunt, Mrs Allen. Maud (5) with aunt Mrs. Rodgers Grandfather (maternal) —John Pool (67), time-keeper, 9 Pearman Rd. Smethwick Grandmother (maternal) —Charlotte Weller (65), kept by her sons, 50 Grantham Road, Smethwick Uncles (paternal) — Arthur Weller (23), nail maker, and Harold Weller (15) apprentice, 30 Grantham Road, Smethwick Uncles (maternal) — William Poole, at sawmills, cripple, 3 Lord Steet, Skerton, Lancaster Aunts — Margaret Allen, wife of turner, 21 Salisbury Road, Smethwick, Jane Rodgers, wife of planer, 9 Pearman Road, Smethwick | WELLER, William John (I367)
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birth registration
2a, 767, FAV | BERRY, Matilda Ellen (I6856)
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Birth registration
Jun Qtr 1876 | COLLARD, Frank Stephen (I11586)
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birth registration
Jun Qtr 1900
1939 register
living at 255 Dean Cross Road, Plympton, Devon | HILL, Nellie (I292)
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Birth registration
Jun Qtr 1912 | COLLARD, Ellen H. (I11598)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I11599)
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| 985 |
Birth Registration
Jun Qtr., 1856, vol 7d, pg 235
(Driffield District), Beeford, Yorkshire, England | EASBY, James (I388)
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Birth registration
RALPH, DOROTHY BEATRICE KNIGHT
GRO Reference: 1911 M Quarter in WATFORD Volume 03A Page 844
Marriage registration
Marriages Dec 1933 (>99%)
Ralph Dorothy B Wright Watford 3a 2409
Wright Leslie C Ralph Watford 3a 2409
Children:
Births Dec 1940 (>99%)
WRIGHT Jennifer D RALPH Watford 3a 2273 Scan available - click to view
Births Mar 1946 (>99%)
Wright Christine M Ralph Watford 3a 2099
Births Mar 1949 (>99%)
Wright David J Ralph Watford 4b 444 | RALPH, Dorothy Beatrice (I18262)
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Birth registration
Rochford District, Essex, England (vol. 4a, p. 733) | SQUIER, Elsie May (I11595)
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Birth registration
TERRY, ELLEN JOYCE GUTRIDGE
GRO Reference: 1914 J Quarter in NEWPORT PAGNELL Volume 03A Page 2073
TERRY, GLADYS MAUD GUTRIDGE
GRO Reference: 1914 J Quarter in NEWPORT PAGNELL Volume 03A Page 2073 | TERRY, Gladys Maud (I18599)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I18600)
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Birth registration
WRIGHT, REGINALD BAKER
GRO Reference: 1892 D Quarter in TAUNTON Volume 05C Page 310
Baptism
family living at 8 Gordon Terrace, father a taillor, born 23 Oct 1892, note in left margin "A..W" Carrie Emma Wright | WRIGHT, Reginald (I656)
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Birth registration Plympton, vol. 5b. p. 209
Possible marriage:
Marriages Sep 1913 (>99%)
Dean Ethel Staddon Plympton 5b 457
Staddon Louis G Dean Plympton 5b 457 | DEAN, Ethel Charity May (I12949)
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| 992 |
Birth registration Plympton, vol. 5b. p. 211 | DEAN, Albert Ernest (I12948)
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Birth registration Plympton, vol. 5b. p. 213 | DEAN, Henry Thomas (I12950)
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Birth registration Plympton, vol. 5b. p. 220
Possible marriage:
Marriages Dec 1904 (>99%)
Dean Katharine Matilda Plympton 5b 464
Lardner George William Plympton 5b 464 | DEAN, Catherine Matilda (I12945)
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Birth registration Plympton, vol. 5b. p. 225
Marriage:
Marriages Dec 1908 (>99%)
DEAN Ellen Constance Plympton 5b 407
spouse not stated | DEAN, Ellen Constance (I12947)
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Birth registration Plympton, vol. 5b. p. 235 | DEAN, William Charles (I12946)
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birth registration 2a, 778, FAV | BERRY, Edward Walter John (I6855)
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Birth registration family lived at The Mall, Coleraine. Present at the birth was Elizabeth Carson of Laurel Hill, Coleraine.
Age 0 on death registration index. His sister died earlier that same year at under 1 year old.
Name ANDREW MCALONEY
Date of Death 1871
Group Registration ID N/R
SR District/Reg Area Coleraine
Deceased Age at Death 0
Returns Year 1871
Returns Quarter 4
Returns Volume No 16
Returns Page No 338 | MCALONEY, Andrew ^ (I8184)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I2171)
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Birth registration Jun Qtr 1914 | LEWIS, Cuthbert Pullen (I648)
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