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Yes,I did.All his children were born in Singapore or Penang.

Have you given us every scrap of info that you have about this family?

Birth location is especially important.

Hello Everyone,

Thanks again.But I don't know any information about Ronald Gerard-Smith's marriages or any name of his wife.All I know is Elizabeth.I don't know her surname too.I don't know whether he is remarried or not.

Best wishes,
Winson Saw

So did I - sorry, Shirley.

Oops.......missed that in among all the other info

The record of Ronald died 1992 with wife Elizabeth is on the memorial stone that includes the ref to Helen died1950


I posted this at the beginning of the thread

Having said that, here's another bit of pure speculation, based entirely on the place (Kensington, where his sister Dorothy lived) and the bride's first name:

Ronald J Smith
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Ronald J Smith
Registration Date: Jul 1959
[Aug 1959]
[Sep 1959]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Kensington
Inferred County: London
Spouse: Elisabeth C Tannhausen
Volume Number: 5c
Page Number: 2829


You mention Ronald's "marriages".
How many times was he married? Do you know any names other than the possible Elizabeth?

This man died in 1992 - but without knowing if Winson's Ronald died in the UK or not, there's no way to know if this is the right death:

Ronald James Smith
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Ronald James Smith
Death Age: 71
Birth Date: 30 Aug 1921
Registration Date: Nov 1992
Registration District: Wandsworth
Inferred County: Greater London
Volume: 15
Page: 1143

In fact, it's all pointless speculation without further info.

In the 1925 travel record posted earlier, he was aged 4.

Ancestry suggests (and note, it's only a suggestion), that this is him:

Ronald J Smith
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005
Name: Ronald J Smith
Registration Date: Jan 1952
[Feb 1952]
[Mar 1952]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration District: Battle
Inferred County: Sussex
Spouse: Johanna Moriarty
Volume Number: 5h
Page Number: 52


Mr Ronald James Smith
in the England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019
Name: Mr Ronald James Smith
Gender: Male
Age: 88
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1921
Last Residence: Rye, East Sussex, England
Postal Code District: TN31
Death Date: 13 Feb 2009


But again, you would need to see the certs to be sure one way or the other.
He certainly wasn't the only Ronald James Smith.

And of course that death doesn't match your info of death in 1992.

You say that Ronald died in 1992 - where?

You refer to a wife named Elizabeth- what is your source?

Where in the world do you think he married?

Please give location info when asking for assistance from members

You would have to buy the Gerard-Smith/Paul marriage cert to be 100% sure if it's the correct one or not - but given the unusual name, yes, it seems almost certain that's her.
The woman who married Anthony Paul was born 1919 - per the 1957 travel record posted earlier.
It does appear, however, that the marriage didn't last, as she was using her maiden name in the 1960s ERs, and Anthony isn't listed with her.

(The marriage cert would give the bride's father's name.).

Hello Everyone,

Thanks so much for your information.

May I know is Dorothy Gerard-Smith (1919-?) is married to Anthony Paul?.Is that her?.She was born in 1919 Penang.

Do you have any information about her brother Ronald James Gerard-Smith's marriages?.

Best wishes,
Winson Saw

England, Andrews Newspaper Index Cards, 1790-1976


Name
Helen Gerard-smith
Father's Name
Gerard A J Smith
Mother's Name
Dorothy
Death Date
29 Aug 1950
Death Place
Rome, Italy
Household Members

Long biography of John Ryan, Philomena's son:

https://tinyurl.com/y55oxwyy

"Ryan, John Archibald (1915–89), joint managing director of John Power & Son, and governor of the Bank of Ireland, was born 27 August 1915 in Tipperary, second son among three sons and two daughters of William Ryan (1875–1957), distiller, of Dublin, and his wife Philomena (d.1959), daughter of Paul Smith-Steinmetz of Dublin - - - - - -"

" _ _ _ _ He married (10 April 1940) Sybil Margaret, daughter of Dr Maurice Drummond of 22 Upper Fitzwilliam St., Dublin. They had four sons and one daughter and lived at Shrewsbury Rd., Dublin, and from 1966 at Homefield, Kilmacud, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin. _ _ _ _ _"


It also mentions a sister Veronica 1921-66, who never married.

SMITH
JAMES PAUL
76
1898
685/2 259
St Andrew (Edinburgh)


First name(s) Alister F A
Last name Smith
Gender Male
Birth year 1878
Age 75
Death quarter 2
Death year 1953
District Harrow
County Middlesex
Volume 5F
Page 343A

Philomena's marriage - :


Philomena M Smith-Steinmetz
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Marriages Index, 1845-1958
Name: Philomena M Smith-Steinmetz
Date of Registration: Apr-May-Jun, 1913
Registration District: Tipperary, Ireland
Volume: 3
Page Number: 423
FHL Film Number: 101262
Records on Page:
Name
Philomena M S Steinmetz
William Ryan
Philomena M Smith-Steinmetz



Philomena Mary Ryan
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Philomena Mary Ryan
Death Date: 24 Dec 1959
Death Place: County Dublin, Ireland
Probate Date: 11 Apr 1960
Probate Registry: London, England

RYAN, Philomena Mary, of Thornhill, Stillorgan, County Dublin, widow, died 24 December 1959.
Probate London 11 April to John Ryan, governor of the Bank of Ireland, and Clement Ryan, company director.
Effects £1246 18s 3d in England.

Margaret Mary
Last name Steinmetz
Sex Female
Marriage year 1876-8

James Paul Smith
Marriage place Ostend
Place type Place
Country Belgium
Type Consular/Overseas
Source Gro Consular Marriages (1849-1965)
Records year range 1876-1880
Archive reference MCON
Volume 6
Page 51
Line number 4

Margaret Mary Steinmetz
Sex: Female
Father: Steinmetz, Chevalier
Husband: James Paul Smith, Esq
Other information in the record of James Paul Smith, Esq
from British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices

Name:
James Paul Smith, Esq
Event Type:
Marriage Notice
Event Date:
5 Feb 1876
Event Place:
Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original):
Dundee, Angus, Scotland
Event Place Note:
142-9145
Gender:
Male
Spouse's Name:
Margaret Mary Steinmetz
Spouse's Gender:
Female
Spouse's Father's Name:
Steinmetz, Chevalier ---------------
Newspaper:
Dundee Courier and Daily Argus
Page Number:
4
Publication Date:
5 Feb 1876
Affiliate Record Type:
Marriage

Margaret Smith Steinmetz
in the Web: Ireland, Census, 1911
Name: Margaret Smith Steinmetz
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widow
Age: 66
Birth Year: abt 1845
Birth Place: Belgium
Residence Date: 2 Apr 1911
House Number: 1
Townland/Street: Carrownreddy (Pt. of)
District: Tipperary E. Urban
County: Tipperary
Country: Ireland
Electoral District: Tipperary E. Urban
Literacy: Read and write
Religion: Catholic
Relationship: Head
URL:
Household Members Age Relationship
Margaret Smith Steinmetz 66 Head
Philomena Smith Steinmetz 27 Daughter
Margaret Walkins 26 Servant
Ellen O'Connor 23 Servant

Margaret Smith Stinmetz
in the Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958
Name: Margaret Smith Stinmetz
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1844
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1924
Death Age: 80
Registration District: Dublin South
Volume: 2
Page: 413
FHL Film Number: 101736

Not that it helps at all with descendants!

The parents married in Bruges, as per Gerards' birth cert above.

Presumably Margaret came to Scotland after marriage, or just before.

No record of the name Steinmetz - unless the MMN is a corrupted version of it on the baptism above

RC baptism, which fits with the brother having attended Stonyhurst, which is an RC establishment