Reg (reggie) Smith emigrated to Canada

[Jan S]

Can anyone help me, we've been frantically searching Essex for a lost relative only to find that in 1935 he was married & living in Canada.
We've looked at the migration records and from what we can see there were only 2 with his name.
The person we are looking for is Reg (reggie on birth cert) Smith, born 19/08/1896 in Layer Breton, Essex. In 1935 he was married to someone called Olive and had children but we don't know how many or any more details. Can someone help me out with some links that may be useful tracking him down a bit more.

Thanks Jan

I can help with searches if anyone wants and live in Norfolk if I can help anyone out with anything.

[BeeJay]

Hi Jan:

Do you have any idea what city or province Reg and Olive were living in?

What years are the two emigration records for, and do they give a destination in Canada?

[Jan S]

Hi BeeJay

well we don't think olive went with him we think that he must have met her over there because there are only 2 records of a Reg (Reggie) Smith emigrating and he would have been too young to marry. One emigratin record says Halifax, Nova Scotia and one says Montreal. We are really working blind on this one and I know nothing about researching Canadian records

Thanks for your interest

Jan

[bumblebee]

Hi Jan

Was it told to you by family that Reg was in Canada by 1935 and married or do you have some documentation?

What was his parents names, could they all have gone over or did he go over as a child?

Do you have a last known sighting of him in England? Did he serve in WW1?

Reg Smith, birth unknown, going to Montreal in 1909 is a Labourer, so probably not your Reg as he would to young and likewise (although not impossible) the Reg Smith going to St John Nb in 1912.

A Reg Smith going to Montreal in 1929 but his wife is Doris, the last address is Thames Ditton? and he is a mechanic.

Bumblebee

[Jan S]

Hi Jan

Was it told to you by family that Reg was in Canada by 1935 and married or do you have some documentation?

What was his parents names, could they all have gone over or did he go over as a child?

Do you have a last known sighting of him in England? Did he serve in WW1?

Reg Smith, birth unknown, going to Montreal in 1909 is a Labourer, so probably not your Reg as he would to young and likewise (although not impossible) the Reg Smith going to St John Nb in 1912.

A Reg Smith going to Montreal in 1929 but his wife is Doris, the last address is Thames Ditton? and he is a mechanic.

Bumblebee

HI Bumblebee
We have a newspaper article about the funeral of his sister, it says reg,olive and children (cananda) . sister died in 1935 and all other family members were in this country so he must have gone alone. Apparently they were considered old enough to work from the age of 12. his father was a farmer so he could possibly have gone to work over there.

[bumblebee]

Does it read as if he came home for the funeral - in which case will the family be on a passenger list going home again?, or was it just crediting him as a family mourner?

Bumblebee

[bumblebee]

I am starting to favour this one going to St John's as thinking about it he would be 16/17ish,

Reg SMITH, Departing 27 March 1912, from Liverpool to Saint John Nb, Ships name -Grampian.

Bumblebee

[Jan S]

Hi Bumblebee

It was just crediting him as a family mourner and he sent a floral tribute from Reg, Olive & children. Canada

Jan

[bumblebee]

There is also this one who is a Farmer, going to New Zealand as of course we don't know he went straight to Canada.

Reg SMITH, 12 December 1911, Leaving London to New Zealand, Ships name, MAMARI

Bumblebee

[Mary Anne]

Well, based on the WW1 database and his birthdate, he doesn't appear to have enlisted from Canada in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.

St. John, N.B. sounds like a worthwhile try. Why not have a look in city directories between 1912 and 1935? You might also try writing to the New Brusnwick genealogical society and asking if anyone knows of him or could do a lookup for you on the directories.

See the sticky at the top of the "Canada Genealogy" page on Brit-Gen for information on provincial archives and genealogical societies...


Mary Anne