James Albert Smith

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Vickey Robinson @ genes

• fact. Jim completed his education at 15 and left school to work as an apprentice electrician. He eventually gave this up to work as an ambulance man / driver for the local Fryston pit. He worked as an ambulance man from 1926 until 1935. Jim decided to work down the mine soon after the marriage, as they needed the money. They were buying a house, and wanted a family, so a larger income was needed. He did this until he retired from underground work about 1960. He then continued to work for the NCB until he retired from this in 1965. He then changed his employment completely, and went to work as a partner in a garage as the manager, this continued until 1969, when the business was terminated. Jim by this time was 58 years old, and had decided he wanted an easier life, with less worry and stress, so he went to work for the local council as a driver and did this until 1976 when he retired. Jim died in 1995, and until the end of his life, he kept a lively mind and an interest in everything going on around him. Two months before his death, he was riding a scramble bike around a friend's garden, "just to see how it feels".

• connection. ³⁴⁹ Diane & Robert Davies are connected to me in this way:
Diane Morritt (c1940) married Robert Davies (c1940)
Her father is John Morritt (1911)
His father was George Morritt (1879)
His father was William Morritt (1852) who married Esther Whitfield (1853)
Her father was George Whitfield (1814) who married Temperance Duck (1816) & they also had Eliza Whitfield (1835) who married John Travis (1824)
They had Eliza Travis (1877) who married Henry Maskill (c1875)
They had Blanche Maskill (1905) who married Clarance Robinson (1912)
They had Geoffrey Robinson (1944) who married Christine Smith (1943)
Her father was James Smith (1911)
His father was Tom Smith (1889)
His father was James Smith (1859) who married Sarah Schofield (c1860)
Her father was George Schofield (1820) & he also had Emma Schofield (c1865) who married John Bowman (1863)
His father was James Bowman (1837) & he also had Elizabeth Bowman (c1865) who married Frederick Wright (1862)
Her father was Henry Wright (1830) & he also had Amos Wright (1857)
He had Sarah Wright (c1895) who married Fred Smith (1887)
They had Annie Smith (c1922) who married John Harling (c1920)
His father was Arthur Harling (1886)
His father was Joseph Harling (c1852)
His father was Edward Harling (c1831) & he also had Ned Harling (c1853)
He had Reuben Harling (1891)
He had Edna Harling (1919) who married George Stenton (1924)
His father was David Stenton (c1889) who married Bertha Evans (1893)
Her father was Thomas Evans (c1854) who married Elizabeth Davies (1857)
Her father was Thomas Davis & he also had Joseph Davies (1852)
He had G. A. Davies (1894)
He had Colin Davies (1925)
He had me Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)

James married Gwendoline Sixsmith on 2 Apr 1934 in Methodist Church, Glass Houghton, Yorkshire England. (Gwendoline Sixsmith was born on 24 Jan 1909 in Rosedene, Churchfield Lane, Glass Houghton, Yorkshire England and died on 4 Jan 1987 in Infirmary, Pontefract, West Yorkshire England.)