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SMITH, Joyce Olive
1920 - 1997 (76 years) Has 58 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1897 - 1984 (86 years)-
Name SMITH, Joyce Olive Birth 21 Dec 1920 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire 
Gender Female Death Apr 1997 Fenland Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I5016 Edgoose Last Modified 29 Mar 2026
Father SMITH, Bertie Leonard, b. 19 May 1897, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire d. 1984, King's Lynn Registration District, Norfolk (Age 86 years) Mother EDGOOSE, Emily Rachel, b. 18 Jan 1898, West Walton, Norfolk d. 12 Nov 1960, West Walton, Norfolk (Age 62 years) Marriage 5 Nov 1919 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F357 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - JOYCE OLIVE SMITH 1921-1997
The birth of Joyce O. SMITH was registered in 1921. The 1939 Register records that she was born on 21 December 1920.
(GRO March Q 1921 (EDGOOSE) Wisbech 3b 934)
From the 1939 Register of Church Lane, Marshland R.D., Norfolk:
Bertie L. SMITH, born 19 May 1897, yardman on farm, married;
Emily R. SMITH, born 18 January 1898, unpaid domestic duties, married;
*Joyce O. SMITH, born 21 December 1920, domestic servant daily, single;
Mollie D. (SMITH) HORSPOLE, born 3 March 1928, at school, single.
(RG101/6566F/008/06 TRQN)
An Index of the Will of Edith Maud EDGOOSE (1891-1943), spinster and housekeeper:
01*Edith Maud EDGOOSE (1891-1943), the Testatrix
Beneficiaries :
02 Eileen Means
03 Ernest Robert GOODMAN, executor
04 Emily Rachael SMITH, sister of the Testatrix
05 Carrie Elizabeth SPARKES, sister of the Testatrix
06 Robert James EDGOOSE, brother of the Testatrix
07*Joyce Olive SMITH
08 Mollie Doreen SMITH
Others:
09 Arthur Naylor MEANS, executor
10 Maud Mary SLEIGHT, witness
11 Edward M. STARBUCK
(District Probate Registry, Lincoln, 1943)
An Index of the Will of Edith Maud EDGOOSE (1891-1943), spinster and housekeeper:
01*Edith Maud EDGOOSE (1891-1943), the Testatrix.
02 Ernest Robert GOODMAN, executor.
03*Joyce Olive SMITH.
04 Mollie Doreen SMITH.
05 Arthur Naylor MEANS, executor.
06 Maud Mary SLEIGHT, witness
07 Edward M. STARBUCK.
08 Arthur Frank WHITTOME, a Commissioner for Oaths.
09 G. M. G. WO[undecyphered].
10 A. N. OTHER [undecyphered].
(District Probate Registry, Lincoln, 1943)
The death of Joyce Olive SMITH was registered in 1997. The registration of her death records that she was born on 21 December 1920.
(GRO April 1997 Fenland 3381A E1A 74)
(revised 29.03.2026)
- JOYCE OLIVE SMITH 1921-1997