Genealogy Chat

This is what I could read in the photos. The entries are in date order so you can get a rough idea when I couldn't see the date. Births: Peter Smith b June 29th 1848 Marian Brunning b June 26th 1853 Ernest James Smith b Nov 21st 1876 Edwin Smith b April 13th 1878 Herbert Cecil Smith b Aug 21st 1880 Anne Brunning Smith b Sep 29th 1882 Ada Marion Smith b Oct 22nd 1885 Albert Edward Smith b Feb 25th 1889 Emmie Julia Smith b Dec 5th 1890 Harold Smith b July 8th 1893 Arthur Edwin Smith b June 8th 189_ Douglas James Withers b Oct 22nd 191_ son of Emmie Julia Doreen Emmie Withers b June 13th 191_ dau of Emmie Julia Molly Sylvia Withers b Aug 12th ???? dau of Emmie Julia Rosamund Mary Smith b Aug 15th ???? Marriages: Peter Smith and Marion Brunning Sept 21st 1875 (Camberwell from IGI) Emmie Julia Smith and James George Withers May 16th 1911 at West Bergholt Church Arthur Edwin Smith and Ivy Jones from Melbourne, Australia Oct 4th ???? Albert Edward Smith and Maud Slow(?) at West Bergholt Chapel by Rev V Vowles Harold Smith and Gertrude Bridges at Needham Congregational Church Sep 15th 1928 by Rev J Rose Douglas James Withers and Kitty Turner of Bishops Stortford Aug 24th 1940 at Thorley(?) Church by Rev J Harding Wood Doreen Emmie Withers and Henry Leslie Champness June 22nd 1940 at Main Rd Baptist Church, Romford Molly Sylvia Withers and Thomas Robert Malloy of Gordanstown, Co Antrim, NI at Church of the Good Shepherd, Collier Row, Romford 18th Feb 1950 Deaths: Edwin Smith Nov 23rd 1878 Ernest James Smith 18th May 1883 Herbert Cecil SmithJune 1903 interred West Bergholt Chapel Peter Smith June 5th 1919 interred Bergholt Chapel Marian Smith Mar 25th 1922 ditto Albert Edward Smith April 9th 1930 ditto Harold Smith Oct 2nd 1934 in Ipswich Hospital, interred Creeling(?) churchyard Rosamund Mary Smith Sep 14th 1935 in Ipswich Hospital Creeling St Mary Chapel Margaret Smith 1924 in Australia aged 9 months Maud Smith Aug 24th 1954 Bergholt Methodist Church Annie Brunning Smith 16th Nov 1960 interred Clacton on Sea cemetery

Hi Janice, No I didn't look closely at the pics, just saw SMITH and stopped! I'll have another look (but I still won't be buying it, even if it IS my family!) Sam x

Sam, Did you look at the photos? One of them is of the handwritten entries and there are some Withers on there: Douglas James Molly Sylvia who married Thomas Robert Malloy, Co Antrim James George Doreen Emmie Janice PS George should be James George - my message won't edit properly.

I have just had a look as I have WITHERS in my tree although I definately wouldn't 'Buy it now' for £180!! And how it can make a 'Stunning christmas gift to any family with the name SMITH' is quite beyond me, with Smith being one of the most common surnames in England, the chances of being related to one of the Smith's listed must be extremely remote! Unfortuately it give no details of the Withers names in it and with the bidding currently at £50, I won't be enquiring about them either. Thanks for letting us know, I'm just totally gobsmacked that anyone could try and make so much money from something that any serious researcher would probably give their right arm to have. Sam x

If you are researching these connected names, there is a family Bible with their info on e-bay. Item no: 6204085719 Have transcribed the photos; will list in a reply. Janice