Part 860s – Smith Robertson Genealogy – Updated James Smith Descendant Chart

Good Day,

Okay, I have re-created and redrafted with some minor changes my current James Smith Descendant Chart. I have re-positioned three of the great, great grands: great-great grandaunt Mary Ann; great-great grandaunt Sophia; and great-great granduncle George.

This positions the children of ggg-grandparents James and Mary Ann (née Dore) Smith in the following order on the Descendant Chart:

  GG-Granduncle George Smith;

  GG-Grandaunt Sophia (née Smith) Ventour;

  GG-Grandaunt Mary Ann (née Smith);

  GG-Grandaunt Eley Smith;

  GG-Grandfather James Smith;

  GG-Granduncle Henry Smith; and

  GG-Granduncle Thomas Smith.

My logic is currently based on my research and documentation concerning births, marriage, and burials, as well as the Last Will and Testament of my ggg-grandfather James Smith. (See Part 347s.)

I will shortly be updating the pull-down links at the top of the page of A Genealogy Hunt.

If you have any comment, thought, idea, or question, please feel free to contact me at A Genealogy Hunt.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 115s – Smith Genealogy – 1846 Baptism - Great-Grandaunt Eley Mary Smith

Afternoon,

And the beat goes on. I had to switch, just to focus myself and work with something that I had found. Chasing genealogical documents in my research at times can take hours on end, and then its supper time. And you’ll notice that there is no Part 114… I created two; Part 106s and a Part 106w; earlier on. I do get confused from time to time, but I’m trying. This is Part 115s.

My focus at this moment is the 1846 Baptism Entry for great-grandaunt Eley Mary Smith, sister to my great-grandfather William James Smith, (see Part 106s). It always amazes me as to the repetition and use of names in a family. This time “Eley” and “Mary”.

Based on family notes and constructed records, I have learned to date that great-grandaunt Eley Mary Smith was the third of seven children of my great-great-grandparents James, Jr., and Cecilia Jane (née Thomas) Smith. The seven were great-grandfather William James; great-granduncles James Edwin, Victor Robert, and Inkerman Samuel Thomas; and great-grandaunts Eley Mary, Rosanne Maria, and Grace Eliza. Based on documentary evidence I have been able to substantiate six of the seven, not including great-granduncle James Edwin. I have also presented the possibility of an elder daughter of gg-grandfather James Smith and Amelia Charles, great-grandaunt Mary Smith in Part 105s.

This image of the page including the Baptism Entry, No. 240, from great-grandaunt Eley Mary Smith was discovered on the microfilm FHL[1523656], Item 8, Parish Registers, 1784-1971, Anglican Church. Parish of St. George (Grenada).

Sources: Parish of St. George, Anglican Church, Grenada 
and Family History Library

My transcription of the highlighted -

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Baptism Solemnized in the Parish of Saint George in the Colony of Grenada in the Year of Our Lord 1846

When Baptized – 1846 October 13th, No. 240
Name & Age – Eley Mary Daughter of, born April 5th, 1846.
Parents Name
Christian, Surname – James and Cecilia Jane } Smith
Abode – St. Leonard, Parish of St. George
Quality Trade or Profession – Carpenter
By Whom the Ceremony was performed – A.J.P. Buchanan?, _____ Minister of Carricou.

If you have any questions or comments or information that may be helpful to the research please email me.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 106s – 1841 Baptism Great-Grandfather William James Smith

Evening,

Piece of advice if you have allergies and decide to chop up chili peppers for supper… use a double or triple thickness of Kleenex tissues. The heat from the oil of the chili peppers on your fingers does a number on your nose. I thought I was going to join the ranks of the Rudolphs in the North Pole this season. I certainly would not have to worry of frostbite.

And see what I said about the James Smith. It definitely is a repeated name in the history of my family.

My great-grandfather William James Smith was born the 15th of June 1841. His baptism was recorded in the Parish Register of the Anglican Church of Saint George, in the island of Grenada.

Found on microfilm FHL[1523656], Item 7 – Parish Registers, 1784-1971, Anglican Church, Parish of St. George (Grenada), and entry No. 590.

Sources: Parish of St. George, Anglican Church, Grenada 
and Family History Library

My transcription –

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Baptism Solemnized in the Parish of Saint George in the Island of Grenada in the Year of Our Lord 1841

When Baptized – 1841 June 15th, No. 590
Name & Age – William James, born 8th May 1841
Parents Name
Christian, Surname – James Smith, Junr. and Cecilia Jane, his wife
Abode – Parish of St. George
Quality Trade or Profession – Master Carpenter
By Whom the Ceremony was performed – J.C. Barker, Rector

Comparing this entry from great-grandfather William James to that of great-grandaunt Mary, as indicated in Part 105s, you will note that it may be deduced that they were half-brother and sister. They may have the same father, gg-grandfather James Smith, Jr. but they definitely have different mothers; great-grandmother Cecilia Jane (née Thomas) Smith and Amelia Charles, respectively.

Enjoy, from the sneezing, burning nose,

Jim

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Part 105s – 1840 Baptism Great-Grandaunt Mary Smith

Afternoon,

I’m all stuffed up. I’m sneezing. My nose is dripping… constantly. And something has triggered the mucous membranes of this nose. Get out the Kleenex with aloe and vitamin E. Achoo!!! Bless me. I don’t think I have the Achoo syndrome. Mine’s triggered around this time to some order or genus of pollen. And I just learnt something the Achoo syndrome, or photic sneeze reflex can be genetically inherited. Well, bless you. It’s all in the genealogy. Fancy that.

Having the most common name in the English language such as mine, Jim Smith, and when I know that I have a number of ancestors also named James Smith, it is at times a chore to search for those lines in my genealogy that are or may be correct. All-things-being-equal, I am looking for that note in the margin or that hint that may, or may not provide some credence and value to the source documentation.

In ggg-grandfather James Smith’s Last Will and Testament, presented in Part 61s, there is discussion of “Mary Smith the reputed daughter of my son George Smith.” In Part 97s I was able to present information that may or may not ascertain that Mary Victoire Smith daughter of one George Smith and Rose Scott, may or may not be the same as “the reputed daughter” mentioned in the Will. And of course, the name Mary Smith could almost be as common a name as James Smith.

My continued search next revealed another baptism of a Mary, possibly Smith. Per the Baptism entry of the Parish Register of the Town of Saint George, the 12-day old child, Mary is the daughter of James Smith Jr. and Amelia Charles. Five items of the entry indicate that this could be a child of gg-grandfather James Smith, Jr. The five are:

1. The father’s name – James Smith,
2. The suffix of Jr. added to the name of James Smith,
3. The year of the Baptism – 1840,
4. The location of the Baptism – Parish Church of Saint George, and
5. The occupation of the father – Master Carpenter.

All five items can be attributed to gg-grandfather James Smith, Jr. By calculation this Mary could have been born on 30 April 1840. The baptism took place on 11 May 1840, and based on documentary evidence, gg-grandfather James married gg-grandmother Cecilia Jane (née Thomas) on 6 June 1840.

The page and entry No. 453, from FHL[1523656] Item 7 follows:

Sources: Parish of St. George, Anglican Church, Grenada 
and Family History Library

My transcription –

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Baptism Solemnized in the Parish of Saint George in the Island of Grenada in the Year of Our Lord 1840

When Baptized – 1840 May 11th, No. 453
Name & Age – Mary, Aged 12 Days
Parents Name
Christian, Surname – James Smith, Jr. and Amelia Charles
Abode – Parish of St. George
Quality Trade or Profession – Master Carpenter
By Whom the Ceremony was performed – J.C. Barker, Rector

All-things-being-equal, by relationship calculation Mary Smith may have been my great-grandaunt.

And that's sneeze number 43, and now I’ll go looking for another box of Kleenex.

Enjoy,
Jim

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Part 91s – Smith Genealogy – Updated Descendant Chart

Morning,

I would like to welcome all of you new readers to my Blog. If you do not find what you are looking for please feel free to ask. Add your comment or question to a posting or send me an email.

I've updated the James Smith Descendant Chart, which can be usually found in the blue section of the left-hand column. The Key to understanding the format of each Descendant Chart is the added letters and numbers to the right of a name. For example, C-P49s, can be used to locate an image of the document as it appears in a posting on the Blog. The abbreviations are as follows: B = Birth; C = Baptism/Christening; M = Marriage; D = Death or Burial; W = Will; P49s = Part 49s.

I get a bit befuddled sometimes, (and what else is new), by the Blogger search engine but you can key in a code, name, word, phrase, etc., and after you click on the Search button you may be provided with a list of possible hits relating to your search entry. Remember it is a machine that is trying to match your thoughts to whatever is in the Blog data storage.

When I typed in "Part 49s" in the search box in the top of the left-hand green column I was greeted with "No Results". But when I typed "Part 49" without the "s" the engine produced five results of which the third one was the choice I was searching for. And as I was taught, many moons ago, if at first you don't succeed, try, try, try again. Remember it is your thought process being matched by a machine trying to match to my thought processes. And please my insurance doesn't cover remote PC crashes.

And here is the newest and 6^th update of the James Smith Descendant Chart.

@ 2009, Jim Smith

Enjoy,

Jim

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Morning, May 14, 2009 - Early Smith Baptism/Birth Study

Morning,

Tampa is wet this morning. Hope you're enjoying that morning coffee. Does anyone know where I can get Jamaican Blue Mountain beans without paying through the roof?

I think I can, I think I can, I think I can... research the name Jim SMITH. Did you know that the name SMITH is the most common surname, at least in the English language? (Check out About.com:Genealogy.) James alone, on the other hand is relative, but take a gander at the at the Long-Term Trends in Personal Given Name Frequencies in the UK paper at the Given Name Frequency Project. But coupled together, I'm looking for at least two ancestors with the same name as I have, Jim/James SMITH! A research nightmare... maybe?

As I mentioned yesterday, I'm working on a review of SMITH baptism images that I was able to capture from the microfilm FHL1523656 - Parish registers, 1784-1971. Based on this information, which I must reiterate is only from microfilm FHL1523656, I have been able to construct a three-generation descendency chart that begins with my three-times (ggg) great-grandparents James and Mary Ann (nee DORET) SMITH. Included is a part of my blood line from my ggg-grandfather James, my gg-grandfather James, Jr. and my great-grandfather William James.

Please understand that the information presented here in the included descendent chart is my reading and transcriptions of the baptismal registrations as presented in the registers. I have constructed these connections many times in different models in the hope that I may 1. see something that I may have missed previously, and 2. hopefully find some clue that would open a door that would lead to more historical information of ggg-grandfather James SMITH and the Smith family.

The information in the image, created with the software GenoPro, presented here is solely based on the baptismal registrations. The following are points, abbreviations and representations that I take into account when referring only to this chart. These points are:

1. A square represents a male and a circle represents a female.

2. The year above a square or a circle is the year of the individual's baptism and/or birth, exact or approximated based on the information provided by the baptism registration entry.

3. The number within the square or circle represents the age of the person would be today calculated based on the information and dates provided in the baptism registers.

4. A blank square or circle simply means that the reviewed baptism registrations do not provide a date, either at all or legible.

5. I use a question mark, "?", to indicate that the baptism register at this point does not include a specific name(s) or surname. An example is that of gg-grandmother Cecilia Jane ?. I do know that her maiden name was THOMAS.

6. A solid link between parents does not indicate at this point that the couple are married or not married. It simply means that these are the identified parents of a person.

7. A double dashed red link is my assumption that the two persons depicted are the same person.

I would certainly appreciate hearing from anyone who may have any SMITH information and or questions. And today is my volunteer day at the Family History Center.

Enjoy your coffee,

Jim

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