Percy's siblings

Percy Hirst Grindrod Smith was the sixth of at least seven children born to Thomas and Eliza Smith.

Like Percy, Leopold, Louis, and Lilian all immigrated to the US. (The others may have also.) I believe Leo was the first to make the trip, in 1899. Percy followed in 1902. Louis (Leo's twin brother) and Lillian came over with their Aunt Theresa in 1903, although Lilian must have returned to England. She recorded her year of immigration as 1907 in Census records, and was married and had her first child in between 1903 and 1907.

Here's a copy of Leo's passport application, with a photo:

Note that Percy also signed the application for Leo. (Also note that in old passports that had to describe things like their face shape (oval) and nose type (Roman). I didn't know there were different classifications for noses.)

Here are some photos Grammy sent of Percy's siblings. In the upper left is Leo with his wife Nellie. They lived in Tujunga, California for a time, and may have also lived in New Orleans (see the passport application above). In the upper right is a photo of Charles T Smith, who was the second oldest of the siblings. In the bottom left is Louis Smith (Leo and Louis must have been identical twins with those matching Roman noses). The photo on the bottom right is Lilian Beatrice T Smith and her husband, Percy Hallet. Percy was also born in England, where he and Lilian were married before moving to California. Together, Lilian and Percy Hallet had six children (I think). The first was born in England, and the rest were born in California.