Researching Bob Smellie
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The name Bob means "Form of ROBERT - Bright fame" and is of German origin.
Records of Bob Smellie on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bob Smellie and the Smellie Family History
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Smellie Family History Databases
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Smellie Forums
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Miscellaneous Smellie Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Bob Smellie. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bob Smellie
Bob Smellie
Robert Smellie (22 December 1867 – 14 October 1951) was a Scottish footballer who played for Sunderland, Hamilton Academical, Queen's Park, Motherwell, St Bernard's, Corinthian and Scotland, as a left back. He was a Scottish Cup winner with Queen's Park in 1890 and 1893, and won the English Football League championship with Sunderland in 1892–93. He was later the Queen's Park club president; away from football he was an auctioneer in the farming industry, working in a family business which continued into the 21st century.
Source: Bob Smellie, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Smellie
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