Category Archives: Smith Family

Researching Census Records

Posted on February 18, 2022 by Christine Goodnough

Census records are another good source of information for genealogists. However, I’ve observed that ages are often the census taker’s guess rather than accurate fact. I suppose it wasn’t polite to ask ladies their ages, so a woman may be … Continue reading →

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Cousin Stanley Smith Killed in Tornado

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Cousin Stanley Smith Killed in Tornado by Linda C Butler Told by Charlie Vance In 1963 near Spy Hill SK, Stanley Smith went to visit a neighbor and a tornado came, picked up the house and carried it into the … Continue reading →

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Reminiscing – Excerpts of Letters from Ruth Richardson

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Linda C Butler

Reminiscing – Excerpts of Letters from Ruth Richardson In a letters dated 6 Sep 1988, 22 Oct 1988, and 8 Dec 1989,  to Charlie Vance, Ruth says: I have been writing my life’s memories and that has taken a lot of time. … Continue reading →

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The Haunted Farmhouse

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Linda C Butler

The Haunted Farmhouse by Linda C Butler In the 1950s our family travelled to British Columbia on holidays and we stopped to visit Ruth Richardson, a distant cousin who lived in an isolated farmhouse.  Dad had driven all day and … Continue reading →

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John Smith’s Family

Posted on October 22, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

Mary Vance, seated, and her sister Thomison Ronald I mentioned in an earlier post that John Smith was kidnapped by a press gang of the British navy when he was nine years old and forced to serve on a ship until … Continue reading →

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The Smith Family Starts From Scratch

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Christine Goodnough

As I said in an earlier post, great-great-grandpa John was kidnapped by a press gang when he was nine and forced to serve on board one of His Majesty’s ships until he escaped at age 14. He jumped ship in … Continue reading →

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