A few annoying brick walls.

One, is my great-grandfather, Matthew Smillie, born about 1915, I'm unsure. He was the son of Adam Smillie, and had three brothers, James "Jim," Robert "Bob," and Adam. He married Maxine Mary Murphy, who was born 1912 in Rossland, British Columbia, Canada, the daughter of Peter D. Murphy and Mary McDonald.

Another is the above mentioned Peter D. Murphy, he was born July 1887 in the United States and immigrated to Canada prior to 1911. He and his wife Mary had two known children, Maxine 1912-1982, and Peter, who lived in California and died after his sister Maxine.

A third, is my 3x great-grandfather Isaac Ventnor Williams. He was born May 20th 1850 in Wales. He immigrated to North America in 1860, was a bugler in the civil war, ended up in Ontario by 1871 and later married to Annie Elizabeth Brigham, daughter of William Brigham and Jane Stead, in the same year. Lived in Ontario during the 1871, '81, '91, 1901, and '11 censuses, and died in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on January 22nd 1922.

A fourth is my 2x great-grandmother, Elizabeth Bodie Smith, born November 1877 in Scotland, daughter of John and Margaret "Maggie" Smith, resided in St.Louis, Missouri circa 1903 and in Vancouver, BC, Canada circa 1911, and she died in the late '40s or '50s.

Another great-grandfather brick wall (I never knew that side of the family) George William Neale, died circa 2007, most likely in Ladysmith, BC, Canada. He married Thelma May Gilson, daughter of Matthew Gilson and Elsie May James, in the mid to late '40s.

Those are the only ones I think I really have at the moment.


Any help/suggestions is much appreciated,

Thanks-in-advance,
Ryan