Hi , the two words needle and haystack spring to mind.........however in the London Gazette of 8th July 1862 there is a John Stephenson Smith , of Hallgate Wigan, in the co of Lancaster, provision dealer, dealer and chapman , having been adjudged bankrupt under a petition for adjudication of Bankruptcy filed in Her Majesty`s Court of Bankruptcy for the Manchester District on 26th June 1862 is hereby required to surrender himself to Nicholas Simons, esq , Registrar of the said court. And following an earlier post there is a bapt of a John son of Thomas Stephenson and Mary Smith, at St Nich , E Dereham in 1814 .....wrong way round of course. life is hard . soften it with a cat \\\=^..^=/// ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken Stanger" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2014 8:52 PM Subject: [NFK] Smith Norfolk. Watton > > > > Hi, > Can anyone help with Smith in Norfolk. > > I have a marriage > 1st May 1839 Lowestoft > John Stephenson Smith , youngest son of the late Wm Smith, Esq., of > Watton Darn ( or Dam) , Norfolk, > to Hannah Hursthouse , second daughter of Chas. Hursthouse, Esq., late > of Tydd St Mary's Lincs , > > I’m trying to find both parents in Watton for John Stephenson Smith. > > I feel his mother’s maiden name might have been Stephenson > > Regards Ken Stanger > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message