Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
Does anybody know anything about Robert Ewart Smith born 3 Jan 1907inSaskatchewan, Canada Death7 Jun 1995inLloydminster, Alberta
Married to Kathleen Alice Hyde
Robert Ewart Smith was the son of Robert Mellish Smith
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Re: Robert Ewart SMITH - Kathleen Alice HYDE
Hi, You know that Robert Ewart SMITH b Jan 3 1907 in Sask. Passed away June 7 1995 at Lloydminster Alberta. What is your source of Information.?
Was Robert Ewart SMITH a resident of Alberta at the time . or visiting?
OBITUARY may show some personal Information. May show names and locations of other family members at the time.
Perhaps family may have submitted family history/stories - to the Local History Book Project in Alberta / in Saskatchewan. See Our Roots/NosRacines - book may have been digitalized to be read online.
Cheers, Stella
1911 CensusCanada/Sask/Battleford /38/Twnshp 46. Pg 3. 8 27 Smith Roy Millen? M Head M Nov 1877 33 9 27 Smith Ada Morris F Wife M Aug 1875 34 10 27 Smith Robert Ewart M Son S Jan 1907 4
1916 Census:Sask/Battleford/ 22/page 8 Head: Robert M 38 Wife: Ada W/M 38 Son: Robert E. 9
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
1916 Name: Robert M Smith Gender: Male Marital Status: Married Age: 38 Est. Birth Year: 1878 Birthplace: England Year of Immigration: 1895 Home in 1916: 22, Battleford, Saskatchewan Address: 49, 26, W3, Wilbon Racial or Tribal Origin: English Relation to Head of Household: Self Spouse's Name: Ada W Smith + Name: Ada W Smith Gender: Female Marital Status: Married Age: 38 Est. Birth Year: 1878 Birthplace: Ont Home in 1916: 22, Battleford, Saskatchewan Address: 49, 26, W3, Wilbon Racial or Tribal Origin: Scotch (Scotish) Relation to Head of Household: Wife + Name: Robert E Smith Gender: Male Marital Status: Single Age: 9 Est. Birth Year: 1907 Birthplace: Sask Home in 1916: 22, Battleford, Saskatchewan Address: 49, 26, W3, Wilbon Racial or Tribal Origin: English Relation to Head of Household: Son Father's Name: Robert M Smith Mother's Name: Ada W Smith Sub District Desc.: Townships 47, 48 and 49, ranges 26, 27 and 28, W. 3. M., including the Village of Marshall
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Re: Robert Ewart SMITH - Kathleen Alice HYDE
I came across the information through Find a Grave.
I know little about the family - other than from census records, am trying to see if there are any living members of the family that have any information about the Mellish ancestors.
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
My late in-laws knew Rob & Kathleen Smith for many years. The Smiths had no children so I phoned a former neighbor of theirs and she had put many of their pictures and information that her mother had got from them in the Lloydminster Regional Archives (they have a web site). The rumour that her mother told her was that the father (known here as Roy) had left the family (Mother and Robert Ewart) and later resurfaced in England, remarried there and had a second family. This is unproven and if Mrs. Smith knew where he had gone she never said anything.
Jan
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
Hi Jan
Thanks for the info, it is really helpful. I will try and contact the Lloydminster archives to see what I can find out.
I will also see whether I can find anything about Roy Mellish Smith returning to the UK.
Do you know what Rob and Kathleen did, or anything about Kathleen's family as I have not been able to find anything out about her other than birth and death details from the Find a Grave web site.
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
I have found the Smith story in the local history book "East of Lloydminster" page 266. The girls at the archives could probably copy it and fax it to you or the Lloydminster Library could do it. Kathleen A. Hyde was the only child of Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Hyde. She was born in Montreal Apr. 15, 1916 and they moved near to Lashburn, Sk. in 1923. She married Rob Smith November of 1936. There is a photo of them in the history book with their story. It also stated that Robert Sr. (Roy) moved back to England but doesn't say when. It states that Robert Sr. married Ada Morris (Mossie) Robb in March of 1906. He had worked for her parents in the Neepawa, Manitoba area when he first came to Canada in the early 1880s. She had been born in Scotland and came with her family in 1877 to Bruce Co., Ontario and later to Neepawa.
Jan
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
Hi Jan
That is really interesting, I would love to get a copy of the information and photo, do you have a contact detail for them. I am in the UK so email would be the best way of making contact. Roy Mellish Smith's family have some interesting ancestors - one of them is John Edward Mellish who is from the USA and was a telescope maker and has crators on Mars named after him, quite a lot is available on the internet about him.
Many thanks for your help. It is strange to think of my husband having ancestors in the Lloydminster area of Canada as I visited the area when I was working on a ranch as part of an agricultural exchange to Canada in the early 1980's. Also I used to have a pen pal in the Lloydminster area - family name Garton.
Jo
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Re: Robert Ewart Smith - Kathleen Alice Hyde
The Lloydminster Regional Archives has a website which you should be able to google. It will have their contact information on it. The same goes for the Lloydminster Library. Either one would be able to help you, I am sure. It is indeed a small world.
Jan
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