This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Forbes Smith Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/EEX.2ACIB/826 Message Board Post: Looking for any info on William Smith b. abt 1836, Dundee or his wife Mary Maxwell Forbes b. abt 1838, Dundee. They married in Dundee on 17/9/1860. They are listed in the 1881 census of England living in Stretford, Lancashire with 8 children and 3 servants. According to the census record William was a linen merchant. Children: John Alfred b.abt 1862, Manchester Herbert William b. 1863, Manchester James Smieln b. 1865, Manchester Harry Smieln b.1867, Manchester Charles Fredk. b. 1869, Manchester Annie Louisa b. 1870, Manchester (my ancestor) Alec Forbes b. 1873, Manchester Edith Mary b. 1877, Southport