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Thank you to everyone for your enormous help. I have come across the Ancestry tree before but am a little dubious to draw on the information due to a few inaccuracies. Once again many thanks to everyone-if there is any further information anybody finds out it will be gratefully received.

Regards Roy

Tree on Ancestry a little inaccurate


Tree on Ancestry a little inaccurate


Name: Margaret M L West
Mother's Maiden Surname: Smith
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1918
Registration district: Headington
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 1475


Name: Margaret M L West
Mother's Maiden Surname: Smith
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1918
Registration district: Headington
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Volume Number: 3a
Page Number: 1475



Name: Margaret Mary L Breach
Birth Date: 18 Jul 1918
Date of Registration: Mar 1994
Age at Death: 75
Registration district: Oxford
Inferred County: Oxfordshire
Register Number: D43D
District and Subdistrict: 7021D
Entry Number: 250


It also looks like the two daughters named Esmee / Esme are one and same but with different years of birth.

Well his army record is on ancestry and he lists two SONS on there

George William born 4.4.1915

Births Jun 1915
West George W Smith Oxford 3a 2048


Richard Verdun born 26.6.1916

Births Sep 1916
West Richard V Smith Headington 3a 1895


Both born listed as born oxford on the papers

They married at the Register Office ,High Street , Oxford 4.10.1913



Name: Richard George West
Estimated birth year: abt 1893
Age at Enlistment: 23
Residence: 12 Wingfield St, Cawley Rd Oxford
Document Year: 1916
Regimental Number: 21418
Regiment Name: Royal Berks Rgt
Number of Images: 28

Source Information:
Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO).
War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created

A tree on Ancestry has 10 daughters, 2 of them private (possibly still living).

The ones named are:

Barbara E.
June
Rose
Margaret M.L. (1916-1991) married a Breach
Sylvia D. (1923-1926)
Esmee V.J. (1924-)
Alexandra D.M. (1926-)
Esme Violet J. (1929-1998) married a Young

There are also 2 sons:

George William (1915-2003/4)
Alex (1920-)

Also a photo of Richard George's mother Sophia West nee Clarke (1843-1931).

Marriages Dec 1913
Smith Lydia G West Headington 3a 2060

West Richard G Smith Headington 3a 2060

So do you have the actual marriage date ?

If they married in say October and she wasn't pregnant at the time then a first birth may be in June/sept qtr 1914

Was he in WW1 if so then a bigger gap between births may occur

There are 6 West births with MMN Smith after 1913 in Headington which includes Cowley but only 5 are female.

Births Sep 1916 (>99%)
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West Richard V Smith Headington 3a 1895

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Births Sep 1918 (>99%)
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West Margaret M L Smith Headington 3a 1475

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Births Dec 1919 (>99%)
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West Kathleen J Smith Headington 3a 1970

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Births Jun 1921 (>99%)
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West Evelyn F Smith Headington 3a 2005

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Births Mar 1923 (>99%)
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WEST Sylvia D S Smith Headington 3a 1797

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Births Sep 1924 (>99%)
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West Mary B Smith Headington 3a 1714

Well if you establish when the first one was born then by elimation of time ie the time between births then it may be possible to find the births Sounds though as if several birth certs may have to be bought

Hello all

I am researching a tree for a friend of mine. Apparently her great grandfather had ten daughters whom I am trying to find the names of. Her Great grandfather was Richard George West 1892-1976 and Great grandmother Lydia Gertrude Smith 1892-1984. Both were born and died in the Oxfordshire area (Cowley/St Clements). They married in 1913 and the problem is there were two other Oxfordshire families where a West married a Smith around the same time period. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Regards Roy