Who was Geoffrey Joseph Smith?

[Mgtcddy]

|wave|I have a photocopy of a birthday book belonging to my GGM Sarah Ann Ravenscroft(nee Smith).I have worked out quite a few relationships.But two elude and intrigue me.
1 Geoffrey Joseph Smith b.21/09/1921 d.06/02/1944 killed while flying in South Africa.
2 Samuel L Smith b.13/10/1883 d.20/05/1948.
The family lived in and around Short Heath,Lane Head,Willenhall area of Staffordshire.
Any ideas of how I can find out more?
Thank you.:)

[Jan1954]

Hello,

There is some information about Geoffrey on the CWGC website (http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=2724676). :)

[josie7644]

|wave|2 Samuel L Smith b.13/10/1883 d.20/05/1948.
The family lived in and around Short Heath,Lane Head,Willenhall area of Staffordshire.
Any ideas of how I can find out more?
Thank you.:)

Hello, On FMP, I found two Samuel Smiths living in Willenhall in 1891.

SMITH, Samuel 1883 8 M Wolverhampton Staffordshire
SMITH, Samuel 1884 7 M Wolverhampton Staffordshire

However, as I don't have a subscription, I am unable to view the transcript.

Hope this could help as a starting point.

:) Josie

[janbooth]

Looking for a birth registration of a Geoffrey J SMITH in the Sep qtr 1921 with a Staffordshire link, I came up with a birth registration in Sep 1921 at Walsall reg district, vol 6b, page 1449, mother's maiden name ROBINSON. Looking then for a marriage registration, again with a Staffordshire link around that time, I found a marriage registration in Walsall reg district in the September qtr 1911 of a Samuel L SMITH and one of the other names on the page is that of an Alice ROBINSON - could the two names in the Birthday Book be father and son?? There is also a birth registration in the Dec qtr 1883 at Walsall reg district of a Samuel SMITH. Any good?

Janet

[Geoffers]

1911 census RG14/17154 SN86, 37 Church St, Bloxwich; has a Samuel L SMITH aged 27, unmarried grocer's assistant born Bloxwich; he with with grandparents Samuel and Martha MARSH and a cousin William Marsh.

[Mgtcddy]

:)Thank you all very much indeed.You have found a terrific amount of information for me.They are indeed father and son.I am going to send for Samuel Levi's birth certificate to find out where he fits in.
Thanks once again Margaret|wave|