Fred found work in California working for different security companies until he was forced to retire because of declining health. During the last year of his life his children and grandchildren flew to California to be at his side as his health failed. His oldest stepdaughter traveled from Canada to California to assist her mother to care for Fred until his death at home. 

Fred is survived by his wife Dorothy, four stepchildren, five natural children, great grandchildren, and great-great grandchildren.  They are all left behind by a man who lost his family twice and was reunited with them. A man who toiled and contributed to the workforce of America, the United Kingdom, Cananada.  A man who had a grammar school education and could build a house, who designed and built furniture, serviced his car and was a grumpy but a gentle man.  Rest in peace for a job well done.

When Fred and Dorothy arrived in Sacramento, California they lived in an apartment for a short time before finding a house on the outskirts of Sacramento, in Orangevale. Fred had just enough space to plant fruit trees and plant a garden.  Not as much space as he wanted but more than he had in Canada.  Approximately eight years before leaving Canada, Fred was  united with his oldest children who he had not seen since they were babies.  In December of 1979 his daughters traveled to Jamaica to search for him after reading his file from Immigration and Naturalization.  They did not find their father but did find his mother who graciously gave them the information they need to contact their father.  The 47 mile ride back from Mandeville, Jamaica to Kingston, Jamaica where they we staying at the New Kingston Hotel was the longest ride ever, according to them.  Once back at the hotel they sent their dad a telegram and within the hour they received a called from him.  Fred told them he had remarried and was living with his wife in Canada.  He invited them to come to Canada for Christmas  and they did.  Fred and Dorthy warmly welcomed them and over the years they met Dorothy's children and their brothers in England.  They all became a blended family: Arthur Jones, Gregory Jones, Steven Jones, Kenneth Jones, Jozette Aaron, and Ginger Brunson Dorothy children.  Muriel, Barbara, Bruce, and Norman, Fred's children all interact as family.  Fred's oldest son Steven is the only one that did not  blend.

After living in England for almost ten years, Fred was lured to Toronto, Canada by the stories from his countrymen of a bigger home, a better job, and a better life.  So Fred left his family behind and migrated to Canada.  After he found work and saved some money he was ready for his family to join him.  His wife and two sons joined him in Toronto but his wife did not like it.  It was not long before she took the boys and returned to England.  Fred saw the potential and remained hoping to win his wife over.  His family never returned to Canada though his boys returned for visits.  Fred was alone again and thought he would be alone for the remainder of his life.  With many sacrifices he managed to buy a home and a car while longing for companionship.  

After being alone for several years while visiting his sister Winifred Gilling and her daughters, Audrey and Beatrice he met the woman who would be his third wife.  Dorothy Judith Jones , a widow with six children half of which were grown and the other half teenagers.  After engaging in a long distance romance from different countries, Dorothy moved to Canada.  They got married and spent several years living in Canada until they decided they had enough of cold weather and shoveling snow.  But before moving to the United States, Dorothy had to file for permanent residency for her husband.  She applied and he was granted "Alien Resident" status.  Shortly after Fred received his green card they sold their house.  They packed the contents of the house and their car in a tractor trailer and shipped it to Dorothy's son In Sacramento, California.  Fred and Dorothy followed traveling by train as they were on their own time schedule.

Determined to have a better life Fred traveled to England to work in the 1950's.  He found work and then accommodations with a Caribbean family.  It was not long before he began to socialize with his countrymen and he met Irene Ann Samuda.  They got on well and before long they were married.  Ann as she was called was a seamstress and a beautician.  They worked together and saved up their money until they had enough to buy a house. They also had two sons: Bruce Smith, later known as Bruce Terass Smith and Norman Samuda Smith.  Fred and Ann lived together in England  for approximately ten years before he was ready to move on to Canada.  

Fred came to the United States several times and on a different contract each tiime. On two occasions he came on someone else's work card. On one occasion around 1945 he met Ina Phyllis Pearson while he was working on a farm in New Jersey.  After a short courtship they married in Wilmington, Delaware on February 6, 1946.  From this blissful union three children were born.  Steven Harrison Smith ( 5/20/1947), Muriel Ann Smith (née, Newton, May 27, 1947), and Barbara Renee Smith (née, Truesdale, August 16, 1946).  Fred was arrested and detained by the U.S. Naturalization and Immigration Service months after the birth of his third child.  He remained in custody in Jacksonville, Florida for one year before being repatriated to his native Jamaica.  His children were adults the next time he saw them

With the advent of World War II (WWII), Fred had his first opportunity to leave Jamaica and go to the United States.  The British West Indies Labor Program (1943-1965) allowed men and women from the British West Indies (Jamaica, the Bahamas, St,Lucia, St. Vincent, Dominica, and Barbados) to get work visas to go to the United States to fill-in the gaps in the workforce caused by the men going off to war and those left behind moving into more lucrative Jobs for the war effort.  The men who came to America worked on farms as agricultural workers picking fruits and vegetables in the field all over the United States.  Fred worked on farms in Omaha, Florida, Michigan, and New Jersey.  According to his account life was tough and not as glorious as he envisioned.  He said he faced racial discrimination, some time uninhabitable accommodations, a pay envelopes that often came up short.  He like many tolerated it because there was little or no work at home.  As he said " a little short is better than nothing any day".

Although Fred was an interested student and a quick learner he had to leave school before graduating .  He left school to work and help support the family.  According to  stories he told, he worked with his uncle's from whom he learned carpentry, masonry, and bits and pieces of various other trades. All of which came in handy during his lifetime.  He also learned some farming and he planted a vegetable garden every year alongside his fruit trees.  But for him his garden was never big enough and he always spoke of having more land so that he could plant even more. He had a lovely and prolific garden every year including the year he died.  He planted a few flowers and plants in the front of the house but he put his energy in the vegetable garden and often said, "we can not eat the flowers when we are hungry".

Frederick William Smith was born January 9, 1924 to the late Samuel L. Smith and Jimina Maude (known as Maud) Marshall.  He was born in the Victoria Jubilee Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica.  Fred was one of three boys and one girl.  He was preceded in death by one brother, the whereabouts of the other brother is unknown, and his sister who survives him.  Winifred Gilling who resides in Brooklyn, New York.