This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Smith, England Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/7aB.2ACEAE/973 Message Board Post: tatwharton@aol.com wonders if anyone has information on James Custer Smith and his descendants. He was thought to be from Toronto, maybe born in the 1870s, married Lilly Matilda England of Regina, was with the Canadian Royal Northwest Mounted Police from 1900 to 1904 (RCMP files) living in Dawson City barracks in 1901 census. After discharge he and Lilly are found on Good Street in Winnipeg where he worked as a contractor and carpenter (1904 City Directory). Lilly died of TB in 1919 in Vancouver, BC. (Vancouver obit) It is believed that Lilly and James Custer Smith separated or divorced. They were known to have had 4 sons and 1 daughter who have all eluded me for 30 years. 1. Gordon William Smith - wife Venita, living in Surrey, BC. 2. James Douglas Smith - ?made living with Ice Capades/Folies or circus 3. Harold England Smith - living in Langley, BC in 1977 4. John Albert Smith - called Bertie by family 5. Harriet Smith England - wife of George Percy England. Harriet worked at Birks (Vancouver). She died in 1977 (obit) and had been raised by maternal aunt, Mrs. Albert Wellington Kain of New Westminster, BC. Lilly's family was from Cobourg, Ontario, going west with the building of CPR. Some of her England relatives established a grocery in Kamloops. I will be greatful for any suggestions on the search for this family.