Smith, John Henry 1 2
| Birth Name | Smith, John Henry 3 |
| Gramps ID | I0043 |
| Gender | male |
Events
| Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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| Birth | between 1902-04-04 and 1903-04-03 | 4 | ||
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| Birth | 1903-01-05 | Allegedly | 5 | |
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| Residence | 1935-04-03 | 21 Streatham Place, Lambeth, London, UK | 4 | |
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| Occupation | 1935-04-03 | LCC Detention Officer | 4 | |
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| Residence (Unknown) | 30 Ryde Vale Road, SW12 | 5 | ||
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| Residence | 1972-03-23 | 1 Kings Meadow, Kedington | 6 | |
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| Residence | 1974-01-02 | 1 Kings Meadow, Kedington | 3 | |
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Parents
| Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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| Father | Smith, John Thomas [I0422] | |||
| Smith, John Henry [I0043] | between 1902-04-04 and 1903-04-03 |
Families
| Family of Smith, John Henry and Williams, Peggy [F0007] | ||||||||||||||||
| Married | Wife | Williams, Peggy [I0016] ( * 1898-06-04 + 1974-01-01 ) | ||||||||||||||
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Media
Narrative
Brenda Sennitt said (see sources)
John Smith used to work for MI5. Dennis Sennitt used to work for BT and went to MI5 to service their phones. An alarm went off and people scurried everywhere. Dennis opened a door and John Smith scurried by looking for the alarm. Carrying a teapot. I love the idea of spies being armed with teapots!
And John Smith was a special constable in the war. He worked on point duty directing traffic. A black market guy used to come up to him on point duty and sell him goods like sugar. John sold them on to his colleagues at the police station. He was carpeted. He said, "There may well be something in your accusations. However, I should point out that I do have a complete list of customers and purchases..." No action was taken.
Narrative
Keith Williams in a phone call to EJWilliams on 19 Mar 2009 said:
Peg always said that "John Smith was a real man's man. And a real lady's man too." After Peg died, Keith saw John Smith in Haverhill, and he was with another woman then.
John made cakes for weddings, including the wedding of Keith and Linda.
He would never go into churches. At weddings, he'd go to the pub while the service was on.
Narrative
Email from Owen Sennitt to Emrys 10 June 2009:
No worries.A few bits of narrative to use as or if you wish:- John Smith (Peggy Williams 2nd husband) was my Dads best man. Also he was not MI5 but head of security at War Office (same thing in those days I suppose)- With regards to Aneurin (Nye) Williams - he introduced my Mum and Dad as Dad taught Mum to drive as a favour to him (Nye, John Smith and Dad were drinking partners! - this may also be how John met Peggy but not sure)- You may remember that when I was about 10-11 years old Uncle Wells used to help out at my nirthday parties by refereeing a 6-a-side football match and then come swimming with us all and teach us diving etc. He may have been 70-71 but he was fit and could keep going with all of us. My school friends nicknamed him 'Super Wells'.RegardsOwen
Pedigree
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Smith, John Thomas [I0422]
- Smith, John Henry