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The Canadian descendents of

John William Smith Snr, and Janet Finnie

by Wendy Wenberg (17-WWG: Appendix 2)

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JOHN WILLIAM SMITH (b.1887 Farnworth Lancashire England) 
married JANET FINNIE(Finney) (b.1891 in Cambuslang Scotland)

Marriage details : not known
Emigration to Canada : details not known.

Their children, 2 sons, both born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada:

John William Smith,Jr, 1914
Albert Smith (my father), 1915

John William SMITH, JR. b. April 6, 1914

m. (1) Madge; m. (2) Shirley; m. (3) Elizabeth Vogel, Vancouver, B.C. Canada.

John worked for Turner's Dairy delivering milk. After that, he became a member of the Vancouver Police Force where he was known as "Lucky Smith". He left the force and worked at delivering bread. While married to Elizabeth, they moved to Powell River and he continued with the bread deliveries. He served in WWll with the Canadian Seaforth Highlanders. He was injured in the war, shot, and was still picking shrapnel out of his body until his death.

John Wm Smith Jnr, Died: July 21, 1978 Powell River, Burial July 27, 1978, North Vancouver, B.C. Canada

ALBERT SMITH b. April 10, 1915

married twice:

(1) Sadie Marguerite (Peggy) NEWTON, marriage April 1940 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada.
Sadie (Peggy) was born January 17, 1911 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, dau of Clement Newton & Sarah McCormick. 
She died January 31, 2000 in Mission, B.C. Canada. 

(2) Verna Mae SMYTH, marriage Abt. 1962 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. 
Verna Mae was born Abt. September 1924 in Vancouver, B.C. Canada, and died April 19, 1992 in New Westminster, B.C. Canada.
Burial: Abt. April 24, 1992.

More about Albert SMITH
He served in the Canadian Air Force during WWll. He was stationed in Calgary, Alberta, but never served overseas. He was an airplane navigator.

When he married Sadie Marguerite (Peggy) Newton Swenson, Bert worked at Turner's Dairy delivering milk. He lived at his parents home at 1737 West 5th Avenue in Vancouver, B.C. He was 25 years of age and his denomination was the United Church of Canada, Peggy was 28 and her denomination was Presbyterian. Bert and Peggy married at the home of Bert's parents on April 13, 1940. Bert's best man was Samuel McAdam of 3178 West 15th Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. Peggy's maid of honor was her sister, Velma Jane Newton and she lived at 3614 Cambridge Street, Vancouver, B.C. Rev. George C.F. Pringle performed the ceremony. 
Albert and Peggy were divorced in 1964.

Albert eventually married Verna Mae Smyth.

Albert Smith died September 21, 1973. Burial: September 25, 1973, Ocean View Cemetary, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

More about Sadie Marguerite (Peggy) Newton, the first wife of Albert SMITH.
Sadie (Peggy) was married first to Arthur Ward Swenson. They married on March 14, 1931 in Burnaby, B.C. The ceremony was done by Rev. J. White and it was at 3:00 p.m. At the time, Peggy lived at 1813 Morton Avenue, Vancouver, B.C. and Ward was living at the Rialto Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. Peggy's attendent was Katherine (Billie) McDonald and Ward's attendent was his brother, Leslie W. Swenson. They left for a honeymoon in Seattle, Washington at the New Richmond Hotel room #916. They arrived at 9:00 p.m. Saturday (4 1/4 hours to get there). On Sunday, Aunt Maud had a party for them and on Monday, Aunt Maud had a chicken dinner. They left for Vancouver Monday night at 6:15 p.m. and arrived at 10:00 p.m. Peggy gave birth to a still born son. This marriage eventually ended in divorce.

Peggy worked prior to her first marriage. After her divorce from Albert Smith, her second husband, Peggy found work at Gault Bros. Ltd. running the cafeteria. She then moved into lady's wear and various stores. She died in 2000. Burial: February 05, 2000, Mission, B.C. Canada. (....had her 89th birthday in the Mission Memorial Hospital)

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