My Ggfather Frederick Smith moved from Yeovil to South Wales. He was born in Jan 1847, and moved 1873/4 to Undy, Monmouthshire taking wife Susan (Andrews) and sons Benjamin b 1870 and Tom b 1873 If anyone has any info on this family before Frederick I would be grateful as I have found difficulty in getting information on YEOVIL. Regards Phil

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:16:35 -0000, Phil Smith <Phil@pontypool648.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: > My Ggfather Frederick Smith moved from Yeovil to South Wales. He was > born in Jan 1847, and moved 1873/4 to Undy, Monmouthshire taking wife > Susan (Andrews) and sons Benjamin b 1870 and Tom b 1873 > If anyone has any info on this family before Frederick I would be > grateful as I have found difficulty in getting information on YEOVIL. Hi Phil, In Gordon Beavington's 1851 census transcription of Yeovil there is a scholar, Frederick SMITH, aged 4. He could be your great-grandfather who was born in 1847. Head of the SMITH household at Yeovil Marsh was Charles SMITH, aged 36, who was an agricultural labourer. Members of the household were Jane, 36, a glover, Eliza, 12, a glover Yeovil, Emily, 10, at home, George, 7, a scholar, Frederick, 4, a scholar and 1 year-old Elizabeth. Charles SMITH was born in Yeovil and Jane SMITH was born in Marston. The children in the household were born in Yeovil. The next entry in the census is for another SMITH family, who could possibly be related. Robert SMITH, aged 23, an agricultural labourer, born in Yeovil, was head of household. A member of the family was his mother, Elizabeth SMITH, aged 70, who was born in Mudford. Perhaps this Elizabeth SMITH was also the mother of Charles SMITH and grandmother of Frederick SMITH. Josephine -- Josephine Jeremiah www.ianandjo.dsl.pipex.com