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Here he is at 23 Meredith Street

Lewis
Last name Smith
Year 1920
Season Autumn
Polling district or place St James
Constituency P B of Finsbury
Constituency in full Parliamentary Borough of Finsbury
County Middlesex, London
Country England
Register type Parliamentary Borough
Archive
The British Library
Archive reference SPR.Mic.P.316/BL.F.1
Record set England & Wales, Electoral Registers 1920-1932
Category Census, land & surveys
Subcategory Electoral Rolls
Collections from Great Britain, England
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Also there
Albert George Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Frederick Charles Smith
Violet Maud Smith
William Smith

For elimination only - NOT this one. He's with parents Walter and Sarah Ann and several siblings

Walter Lewis Smith
in the Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
Name: Walter Lewis Smith
Gender: Male
Arrival Age: 15
Birth Year: abt 1898
Departure Port: Liverpool, England
Arrival Date: 30 Mar 1913
Arrival Port: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Vessel: Tunisian

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Walter L Smith
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: Walter L Smith
Death Age: 56
Birth Date: abt 1898
Registration Date: Jan 1954
[Feb 1954]
[Mar 1954]
Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration district: Finsbury <<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Inferred County: London
Volume: 5c
Page: 512

Looks like them in 1939, but Alice's DOB is way out:

Walter L Smith
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Walter L Smith
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 15 Oct 1897
Residence Year: 1939
Address: 407 Northampton Buildings <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Residence Place: Finsbury, London, England
Occupation: Dispatch Clerk Unemployed
Line Number: 30
Schedule Number: 132
Sub Schedule Number: 2
Enumeration District: AFSX
Borough: Finsbury
Registration district: 14/1
Household Members:
Name
Alice M Smith - 30 Dec 1904, single
Walter L Smith

Is the DOB you have for Alice from her birth cert?
Her birth registration would cover a Dec 1904 DOB too.

SMITH, ALICE MAY mms MAHONEY
GRO Reference: 1905 M Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 637

Re the 1920 ER record rootgatherer found -

23 Meredith Street was the brother Leonard's address when he married.

Leonard Arthur Smith
in the London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932
Name: Leonard Arthur Smith - omnibus conductor
Marriage Age: 26
Record Type: Marriage
Birth Date: abt 1901
Marriage Date: 14 Aug 1927
Marriage Place: St James, Clerkenwell, Islington, England
Father: William George Smith, taxicab driver
Spouse: Maud Ellen Watson

Walter is still at 23 Meredith Street in 1929, with Albert George, Alice May, Frederick Charles, Violet Maud, and William:

Walter Lewis Smith
in the London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965
Name: Walter Lewis Smith
Electoral Date: 1929
Street address: 23 Meredith Street
Ward or Division/Constituency: Finsbury
County or Borough: Islington, England



1930 - all still there except William - Albert George, Violet Maud, Walter Lewis, Alice May, Frederick Charles.

1931, same address: Albert George, Alice May, Frederick Charles, Walter Lewis, Violet Maud.

1932, same address: Albert George, Alice May, Violet Maud, and Walter Lewis.

1933, same address: same four as in 1932.

1934 & 1935, same address - only Alice May and Walter Lewis.

1936 - 407 Northampton Buildings: Alice May and Walter Lewis

Working backwards -

1919 - same address: Albert George, Elizabeth, and William.


SMITH, FREDERICK CHARLES mms MAHONEY
GRO Reference: 1896 D Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 737

SMITH, ALBERT GEORGE mms MAHONEY
GRO Reference: 1893 S Quarter in HOLBORN Volume 01B Page 711


Later:
after much searching, I still can't figure out who Violet Maud is.