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From: "Jan Bousse" <>
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 13:46:46 +0100
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Thank you Dorothy, old girl! In fact, I know how old you are, and you are
quite a bit younger than me! But I won't divulge our ages here. Let's
therefore go to the core of your information. I was able to check FHL film
1291702. I jotted down the contents : St. Mary Paris Bapt., marr., burial
index (v.1) 1752-1847 (vol. 2 missing). But as far as I could see that was
only an index, where I found the name William Campbell, who could have been
the William Campbell mentioned as John Campbell's father at the latter's
marriage on 28 Dec. 1898. John was then said to be 24, therefore presumably
born in 1874. Finding no other William Campbell, I am hoping that the one
born in 1842 could be John's father, who would have been 32 when that
presumed son John was born. Quite possible, no? But in the index there is
only a reference to the birth register : 8, and the folio : 3. Are you
telling me now that the actual baptism is there and that Patricia Jackson
has it in her website?

Of course I remember the "elusive mariner", does he still elude you?

I hope I'll come to the end of this, thank you for what you have told me
already.

Jan.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dorothy Kew" <>
To: <>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:07 PM
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - Christian names in 1817


> Hah, Jan, I'm older than you think! No, I meant to say that she was my
> great-grandmother, the mother of my grandfather, William Dey Smdemore.
To
> be honest with you, I have no real documentary proof of this, as it's
mainly
> family story, which is as follows: my grandfather, William Dey Smedmore,
> was illegitimate, his mother being Ann Wood, of Port Royal, where he was
> born, and his father a seafaring Englishman, named William Smedmore. I'm
> sure you remember my search for this elusive mariner in the Public Record
> Office! Since the Ann Wood I found in the Port Royal baptismal register
was
> the only one, and she sort of fitted the time period, I had to go with
her.
> Sadly, on William's baptism in January 1837 (he was born October 1836),
> there were no parents named, because he was illegitimate.
>
> You should be able to find baptisms for those Campbells you mentioned in
the
> St. Mary parish records. Unfortunately, I don't have that film on loan,
or
> I could look up the names for you. The index is FHL film # 1291702 --
> includes Baptism, marriage and burial indexes, 1752-1847. Vol. 2 of the
> indexes is missing and was not filmed, but Patricia Jackson has put on her
> web page where the actual indexed entries for St. Mary can be found, at
> http://jamaicanfamilysearch.com/Samples/unindex.htm Anyway, you would
> probably be interested in vol. 1, I imagine.
>
>
> Hope that helps, Jan, from your old friend (!)
>
> Dorothy



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