4xGREAT-GRANDPARENTS

 

JAMES SMITH

Birth: about 1811, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: possibly 22 November 1811, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Parents: James Smith and Elizabeth Palmer

Death: 28 October 1858, Hindlip, Worcestershire

Burial: 3 November 1858, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Occupation: butcher (1835, 1841), butcher and farmer 300 employing 4 labourers (1851)

Addresses: Fearnall Heath, Claines, Worcestershire (1841 census)

 

 

Marriage: 2 February 1830, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: MARY SMITH

Birth: before 26 December 1811, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 26 December 1811, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Parents: Edward Smith and Sarah Lucas

Death: 24 April 1885, 34 The Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: butcher (1861, 1871)

Addresses: Fearnall Heath, Claines, Worcestershire (1841 census), Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 census), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), 43 Tything Street, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1871 census), 45 The Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census)

 

 

 

Children of JAMES SMITH and MARY SMITH:

 

 

1. JAMES SMITH

Birth: before 1 May 1830, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 1 May 1830, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: about December 1890, Droitwich registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: butcher employg 2 men (1851), butcher (1861, 1871), army butcher (1881)

Addresses: Mill Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (1851 census), Hylton, Worcester St. Clements, Worcestershire (1861 census), 9 Hylton Road, Worcester St. Clements, Worcestershire (1871 census), Little Berrington Street, Hereford, Herefordshire (1881 census)

 

Marriage: 6 January 1847, Great Malvern Priory Church, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: MARY ANN EMUSS

Birth: before 18 September 1825, Droitwich, Worcestershire

Parents: William Emuss and Hannah Alice

Death: about December 1889, Droitwich registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: butcher wife (1871)

Addresses: Mill Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (1851 census), Hylton, Worcester St. Clements, Worcestershire (1861 census), 9 Hylton Road, Worcester St. Clements, Worcestershire (1871 census)

 

 

 

2. MARY ELIZA SMITH

Birth: before 23 July 1837, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 23 July 1837, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 26 February 1928, Dewsbury registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1851)

Addresses: Tything, Worcestershire (1841 census), Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 census), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), Gladstone Street, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1871 census), Holly Bank, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1881 census), 2 Staincliffe Road, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1891 census, 1911 census)

 

Marriage: 3 April 1862, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: JOHN SHARP

Birth: about 1840, Dewsbury, Yorkshire

Death: 8 July 1918, Dewsbury registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: banker’s clerk (1871, 1881), retired bank manager (1891)

Addresses: Gladstone Street, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1871 census), Holly Bank, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1881 census), 2 Staincliffe Road, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (1891 census, 1911 census), Holly Bank, Dewsbury Moor, Dewsbury, Yorkshire (probate record, dated 2 October 1918)

 

 

 

3. HERVEY (or HARVEY) SMITH

Birth: before 18 April 1839, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 18 April 1839, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 25 February 1913, Goodrest, Merrimans Hill, Worcestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: butcher (1861), farmer (1881) farmer and dealer (1891), farmer (1901, 1911)

Addresses: Fearnall Heath, Claines, Worcestershire (1841 census), Mill Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire (1851 census), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), Ronkswood, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1881 census), Newtown, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1891 census), Ronskwood Farm, Newtown, Worcester, Worcestershire (1901 census), Goodrest, Merriman’s Hill, Lansdowne Road, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census)

 

 

Marriage: 12 June 1864, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: ELIZABETH JACKSON

Birth: about 1836, Worcester, Worcestershire

Death: after 29 July 1913, unknown location

 

Occupation: farmer wife (1881)

Addresses: Ronkswood, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1881 census), Newtown, Worcester St. Martin, Worcestershire (1891 census), Ronskwood Farm, Newtown, Worcester, Worcestershire (1901 census), Goodrest, Merriman’s Hill, Lansdowne Road, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census)

 

 

 

4. URSULA SMITH (my 3xgreat-grandmother)

Birth: before 14 November 1841, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 14 November 1841, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 9 March 1924, Maghull, Lancashire

Burial: St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire

 

Occupation: scholar (1851), fishmonger (1881)

Addresses: Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 censys), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), Ronkswood, Ronkswood Farm, Worcester St. Martins, Worcestershire (1871 census), 486 Rice Lane, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire (1881 census), Brookfield Lane, Aughton, Lancashire (1901 census),  Guest Farm, Maghull, Lancashire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: 6 May 1862, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

EDWARD WILLDAY (my 3xgreat-grandfather)

Birth: 18 February 1839, Worcester, Worcestershire

Baptism: 17 March 1839, St. Peter’s Church, Worcester, Worcestershire

Parents: Thomas George Willday and Elizabeth Hunter

Death: 7 March 1917, Guest Farm, Maghull, Lancashire

Burial: 12 March 1917, St. Andrew’s Church, Maghull, Lancashire

 

Please follow this link for details of Ursula Smith and Edward Willday’s family.

 

 

5. EDWARD SAMUEL SMITH

Birth: before 10 December 1843, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 10 December 1843, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 21 March 1894, Nursing Institute, Worcester, Worcestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1851), butcher (1861), butcher master employing 1 man (1871), butcher employs 2 men 1 boy (1881), butcher (1891)

Addresses: Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 census), 3 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), 28 Township, Worcester St. John, Worcestershire (1871 census), No 3 Oxford Place, Great Malvern, Worcestershire (1881 census), 30 Broad Street, Worcester All Saints, Worcestershire (1891 census)

 

Note: A report in the Worcestershire Chronicle (24 March 1894) indicates that Edward died after falling from his horse when out hunting with the Worcestershire Hounds on 14 March 1894, and sustaining “a severe compound fracture of the left arm”. When his condition deteriorated on 20 March, his arm was amputated, but he died early during the following morning.

 

Marriage: 7 March 1871, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: ANNE BROOKES

Birth: about 1845, Claines, Worcestershire

Father: Richard Brookes

Death: about June 1879, Worcester registration district

 

Address: 28 Township, Worcester St. John, Worcestershire (1871 census)

 

 

 

6. SILVESTER ORLANDO SMITH

Birth: about June 1846, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 20 February 1848, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 6 November 1894, Astwood, Worcestershire

Burial: 9 November 1894, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Occupation: farmer (1871, Littlebury’s Directory and Gazetteer, 1873), farmer of 67 acres (1881), farmer (1891)

Addresses: Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 census), Little Bridgend, Wichenford, Worcestershire (1871 census), Voyce, Wichenford (Littlebury’s Directory and Gazetteer, 1873), Little Ridgend Farm, Wichenford, Worcestershire (1881 census), Voyce Place, Wichenford, Worcestershire (1891 census), Astwood (9 November 1894)

 

Marriage: 2 July 1870, St. Andrew’s Church, Ombersley, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: MARY TRACEY

Birth: about 1844, Ombersley, Worcestershire

Death: before 16 October 1928, Brook Street, Worcester, Worcestershire

Burial: 16 October 1928, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

Occupation: farmer’s wife (1871)

Addresses:  Little Bridgend, Wichenford, Worcestershire (1871 census), Little Ridgend Farm, Wichenford, Worcestershire (1881 census), Voyce Place, Wichenford, Worcestershire (1891 census), 5 Brook Street, Barbourne, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census), Brook Street, Worcester (burial record)

 

 

 

7. THOMAS GWYNNE SMITH

Birth: about 1847, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 20 February 1848, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

Death: 16 July 1926, Worcester, Worcestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: butcher (1871), horse dealer and trainer (employing 4 men) (1881), liv horse dealer and breaker (1891), horse dealer (1897), dealer in horses (1901), horse dealer (1911)

Addresses: The Cottage, St. Mary’s Street, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1891 census), Worcester (1897), The Red House, 4 Castle Street, Worcester, Worcestershire (1901 census), The Red House, Castle Street, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census)

 

 

First Marriage: 15 June 1875, St. John the Baptist, Claines, Worcestershire

 

First Spouse: FLORENCE SUSETTE COATES

Birth: 21 November 1854, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Baptism: 12 January 1855, St. Edmund’s Church, Salisbury, Wiltshire

Parents: William Martin Coates and Caroline Ann Amelia Kelsey

Death: 16 July 1893, Worcester, Worcestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: 17 Endless Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire (1871 census, 1881 census), The Cottage, St. Mary’s Street, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1891 census)

 

 

Second Marriage: 20 September 1897, St. Andrew’s Church, Walcot, Somerset

 

Second Spouse: MARTHA OGDEN DEXTER

Birth: about December 1841, Tur Langton, Leicestershire

Death: about September 1919, Worcester registration district

 

Addresses: 29 Brock Street (1897), The Red House, 4 Castle Street, Worcester, Worcestershire (1901 census), The Red House, Castle Street, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census)

 

 

 

 

8. EDGAR SMITH

Birth: about December 1848, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 6 February 1859, St. James the Great, Hindlip, Worcestershire

Death: after 1911, unknown location

Burial: after 1911, unknown location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861), butcher (1871, 1891), living on own means (1901) journeyman butcher (1911)

Addresses: Hindlip Court Farm, Hindlip, Worcestershire (1851 census), 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), 43 Tything Street, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1871 census), Copenhagen Court, 1 House, Worcester St. Andrew, Worcestershire (1891 census), 4 York Place, Worcester, Worcestershire (1901 census), 45 Southfield Street, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census)

 

Marriage: unknown date and location

 

Spouse: ANNIE BRIDGENS

Birth: about 1863, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Death: after 1911, unknown location

Burial: after 1911, unknown location

 

Addresses: Copenhagen Court, 1 House, Worcester St. Andrew, Worcestershire (1891 census), 4 York Place, Worcester, Worcestershire (1901 census), 45 Southfield Street, Worcester, Worcestershire (1911 census)

 

Note: Annie’s maiden name has been determined by searching for the birth registrations of her children. As of October 2022, I have found no evidence of any marriage between Edgar Smith and Annie Bridgens from 1881 onwards.

 

 

 

9. ALBERT SMITH

Birth: about December 1851, Claines, Worcestershire

Baptism: 23 January 1859 St. James the Great, Hindlip, Worcestershire

Death: 21 December 1899, Worcester, Worcestershire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861), butcher (1871, 1881, 1891, probate record dated 15 January 1900)

Addresses: 43 Butchers Shop, Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1861 census), 43 Tything Street, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1871 census), 30 Sidbury, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census, 1891 census)

 

Marriage: 30 December 1872, St. Andrew’s Church, Ombersley, Worcestershire

 

Spouse: ELIZABETH ANN GREAVES

Birth: about 1853, Ombersley, Worcestershire

Death: after 1901, unknown location

 

Occupation: book keeper (1891), butcher shopkeeper (1901)

Addresses: 30 Sidbury, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census, 1891 census, 1901 census)

 

 

 

 

10. FREDERICK SMITH

Birth: about June 1853, Severn Stoke, Worcestershire

Baptism: 23 January 1859 St. James the Great, Hindlip, Worcestershire

Death: after 31 March 1901, unknown location

Burial: after 31 March 1901, unknown location

 

Occupation: scholar (1861), butcher (1871, 1874, 1881, 1882, 1886, 1891, 1901)

Addresses: 43 Tything Street, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1871 census), 45 The Tything, Worcester, Worcestershire (1881 census), 43 Tything, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1891 census, 1901 census)

 

Marriage: about March 1883, Worcester registration district

 

Spouse: SARAH SAVILLE

Birth: about 1848, Great Bargrove, Bedfordshire

Death: after 31 March 1901, unknown location

 

Addresses: 43 Tything, Tything of Whistones, Worcester, Worcestershire (1891 census, 1901 census)

Burial: after 31 March 1901, unknown location