Hi, Thanks for the information about 'virtual Hull' - just another of my brick walls. The message was mine. I usually sign as Ginger because that is what I'm known by. I now have a sneaking suspicion that my father-in-law may have been pulling the wool over our eyes when he led us to understand that the double barreled name wa an old one and that really it is his mother's maiden name and fathers surname. Perhaps I should be looking for DELLER or SMITH and a marriage of DELLER and SMITH Thanks again Ginger ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnson, Eric [CCS] <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2000 12:50 AM Subject: RE: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Canal death in Hull > Hi Julie > > Try http://www.virtual-hull.com/lost-friends.html > > On this page there is a Pat Deller-Smith seeking information about her father-in-law, John Deller-Smith who was born in Hull about 1914. She wants to know more about him or his family. Her email address is > [email protected] > > Maybe you should drop her a line. Two heads are better than one, etc. > > Eric > Carlton, WRY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mrs Julie Goucher [SMTP:[email protected]] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 3:30 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [CANAL-PEOPLE] Canal death in Hull > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > I am hitting brickwalls before I have even started with my husbands > > family. He knows little about his father's family except that they were from > > Hull in Yorkshire. > > > A story from a relative says that ggrandfather was drowned when he had an > > epileptic fit and fell in the canal. Details are very sketchy but I thought > > someone might know some thing. > > > The name was DELLER-SMITH (not even a forename) > > > Date around 1900 > > > Place Hull > > > > Try the local newspapers, they may well have reported this. > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Regards > > Julie Goucher > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > ============================== > > The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > > Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >