MY SMITHAM FAMILY

John Smitham married Catherine Harvey on 31 OCT 1908 in St Hilary
(In 1911 John is aged 29 and a Farm Lab. Catherine is aged 26. The family is living in Townshend, Crowan)
(In 1921 John is aged 40 and a Farm Lab. Catherine is aged 36. The family is living in Tewoslive, Townshend)
(John was a Farm Labourer and the family moved from Trescoe Hill to Leedstown in 1936 and to Noonvares in 1941)
(Catherine died on 4 SEP 1959. John died on 11 JUN 1963. Both are buried in Townshend Methodist Chapel)


John & Catherine on their wedding day
John & Catherine on their Golden wedding.
The happy couple surrounded by their boys; John, Joe, Walter & Wilfred



The final resting place of John and Catherine, Townshend Chapel


John and Catherine had five children

Name Date and place of birth Any other information
John Smitham Born in the MAR quarter 1910 in Townshend
(Penzance 5c 191) 		In 1911 he is at home aged 1
In 1921 he is at home aged 11
Married Dorothy Bennets in 1934.
Florence Smitham Born in the DEC quarter 1911 in Townshend
(Helston 5c 278) 		In 1921 she is at home aged 9
Married William Thomas Tossell on 4 MAR 1933. Florence and her family moved to Essex in 1951.
They had two daughters: Mary (b 1933) and Joyce (b 1935)
Florence is buried in Essex.
Joseph Harvey Smitham Born on 17 JUN 1916 in Townshend
 In 1921 he is at home aged 5
Married Dora Trevaskis on 11 DEC 1943.
They had one daughter called Elizabeth Mary Smitham (b 1950).
Joseph died in the JUN quarter 1978 (Kerrier 21 259) and is buried in Townshend.
Walter Smitham Born on 6 JUN 1919 in Townshend In 1921 he is at home aged 2
Married Margaret Jean Thomas on 23 MAR 1946 in Crowan.
They had one daughter called Heather D. Smitham (b 1946)
Margaret Jean Smitham of Plain-an-Gwarry, Marazion was buried on 9 AUG 1952 in Townshend Chapel.
Walter married to Pamela Shirley White in the SEP quarter 1955 (Penzance 7a 251)
Walter died in 1992 (Kerrier 21 172)
Thomas Wilfred Smitham Born in the JUN quarter 1924 at Trescoe Hill, Townshend
(Helston 5c 241) 		Married Ivy Williams on 21 JUL 1956. They have no children.


John Smitham of Godolphin married Dorothy May Bennetts of Relubbus on 3 MAR 1934 in St Hilary

John and Dorothy had four children

Name Date and place of birth Any other information
Montagu Alan Smitham Born in the SEP quarter 1934
(Helston 5c 199) 		Married Patricia Henwood in the MAR quarter 1959 (Kerrier 7a 116)
Katherine Molly Smitham Born in the SEP quarter 1938
(Penzance 5c 244) 		Married Richard Hitchens in the MAR quarter 1959 (Redruth 7a 327)
Marguerite Joan Smitham Born in the DEC quarter 1939
(Penzance 5c 635) 		Married William Rogers in the SEP quarter 1962 (Kerrier 7a 129)
Dorothy Sonia Smitham Born in the SEP quarter 1942
(Penzance 5c 314) 		Married William James in the SEP quarter 1961 (Kerrier 7a 147)


 

 

 

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