I checked the 1939 Register and there was this "possible" entry:- 25 Oak Lea Ave. W.Melton.Wath upon Dearne. W. Riding Yks. Harold R.SMITH bn 29 July 1897 Wath upon Dearne ( Marr) General Labourer-Urban District Council. Sarah A.SMITH bn 9 July 1903 Wath upon Dearne( Marr) Harold SMITH b 31 May 1921 Wath upon Dearne. Oiler & Greaser, Carriage Wagon Dept of LNE Railway Co. Single ( 1 Closed record) RG10/3746C/016/24 Letter Code KOZB Don't know if that is any help? Do you know what his occupation was ( other than the band)? Margaret Taylor ( Port Perry.Ont) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gail Hirst" <gfh1943@aol.com> To: "Margaret Taylor" <magmom@ruralwave.ca> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 3:39 PM Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Ivy Redgewell Thanks Margaret! It seems very likely that she is the band leader. I'd never thought of looking at the census records! I appreciate your help! Gail > On 15 Mar 2016, at 18:41, "Margaret Taylor" <magmom@ruralwave.ca> wrote: > > I can't find any reference to the band you mention, however, on the 1911 > census there is a 17 year old, Ivy REDGEWELL bn Wath on Dearne ( living > there with father George REDGWELL and other family members). I wonder if > this is the same person you mentioned? > > Margaret Taylor ( Port Perry.Ont)

Just to throw in a total red herring my grandparents were another Harold and Sarah Smith. He was from the Malton/Norton area and she from the town of Pickering (loving the current videos of the Flying Scotsman chuffing up Newtondale) ! Cheers from Down Under Caroline

Hi Caroline I believe my father, Harold Smith, died in Australia and 2 of his children were born there Regards, Gail Sent from my iPhone > On 16 Mar 2016, at 03:41, Caroline Gaden via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > Just to throw in a total red herring my grandparents were another Harold > and Sarah Smith. He was from the Malton/Norton area and she from the > town of Pickering (loving the current videos of the Flying Scotsman > chuffing up Newtondale) ! > Cheers from Down Under > Caroline > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message