Paul,
I would add the Les entry, maybe with a bit extra.
It's only a year since his death, so the chance of Eva re-marrying in
that time is low, and that increases the chances of SMITH being his name.
There is no existing Ryerson entry for a Les SMITH in Dec 1998.
However, is it a small paper or a large paper? If a small paper, it
won't be hard to find the notice, but if it's a large paper, I'd
add Eva as a Prev Name for Les so a cross-ref entry is generated
pointing to the correct entry. (This is another case of asking for
help without giving us ALL the available information! It's impossible
to give a definitive answer.)
John
G'day All,
Happy New year!!
I have a notice that reads, in part
"SMITH, Eva May... on Dec 12 1999 .... wife of Les (deceased Dec 10 1998) ..."
So, should I make an entry for Les, to do so would assume his surname was also Smith. A reasonably logical conclusion, but not certain.
Also, a researcher looking through the paper would not find the entry if they were looking for "SMITH, Les".
Any thoughts
..Paul
