Dear Mr. Flawn, if you look on the Ilse of Wight FHS website for deaths, you will find a John William Smith who died in the Calbourne district in 1886, aged 53. A check on FreeBMD gives a John William Smith's death registered in the March quarter of 1886, again giving an age of 53. These indexes are both transcripts but the fact that they agree points to their accuracy. To find out his exact place of death you will have to get a copy of his death certificate. Finding out where he was buried could be much more of a problem. Regards, Anne in Wales. ======================================== Message Received: Oct 09 2009, 11:01 AM From: "Charles Flawn" To: isle-of-wight@rootsweb.com Cc: Subject: Re: [IoW] ISLE-OF-WIGHT Digest, Vol 4, Issue 239 Hello, I'm very interested to see 'Springvale House, Seaview IoW ' mentioned as my grandfather died in 'Seaview, Yarmouth, IOW' in 1886 and I have been trying to trace where he actually died and was buried. His name was John William Smith, he was a miller from Warwickshire who went to IOW for his health, he died of consumption. If this is the same place,Where might I find the records? Best regards Charles Flawn in Buckinghamshire UK From: isle-of-wight-request@rootsweb.com Subject: ISLE-OF-WIGHT Digest, Vol 4, Issue 239 To: isle-of-wight@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 01:00:29 -0600 --Forwarded Message Attachment-- From: richvr51@o2.co.uk To: Isle-of-Wight@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 00:08:37 +0100 Subject: [IoW] George Henry SMITH 1880 - 1972 Hello everyone I have just received a copy of the death certificate for my granduncle George Henry and was wondering if an obituary was published. He was a Chief Petty Officer RN and he retired in 1922. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for services rendered during the Gallipoli Landings and the subsequent evacuation (April 1915 - January 1916). He was posted to HMS Triumph in 1912. Triumph was sunk by the German submarine U13 in the Dardenelles on 18 May 1915. He died on 14 December 1972 aged 91 of heart failure at Springvale House Seaview IoW with his niece Lena Dorothy May HALLAM (nee SMITH) in attendance. He was cremated and his ashes interred at St John's Church, Ryde on 20 December 1972 Any information about George Henry or any other members of his family will be very gratefully received. Many thanks. -- Rich in Plymouth Cats humour us because they know their ancestors ate ours. _________________________________________________________________ Access your other email accounts and manage all your email from one place. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/ ************************************** You can contact the Isle of Wight List Administrator by emailing: Isle-of-Wight-Admin@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ISLE-OF-WIGHT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message