MY 4xGREAT-GRANDPARENTS

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RICHARD SMEDLEY

Birth: before 10 June 1782, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 10 June 1782, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Parents: John Smedley and Mary Preston

Death: 6 April 1849, Nottingham Union Workhouse, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Burial: 9 April 1849, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

 

Occupation: framework knitter (1813, 1818, 1821, 1823, 1826) lace maker (1830, 1834, 1841)

Addresses: Mount Street (19 April 1813, 3 December 1815), Turncalf Alley (20 December 1818, 9 May 1821), Woolleys Yard (13 August 1823, 16 July 1826), Walker Street (21 June 1830), Chandlers Lane (25 November 1834), Nottingham Union Workhouse, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1841 address, 9 April 1849)

 

 

Marriage: 18 April 1808, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

 

Spouse: SARAH VERNEY

Birth: before 3 October 1785, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 3 October 1785, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Parents: William Verney and Catherine Bottom

Death: about December 1849, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: Mount Street (19 April 1813, 3 December 1815), Turncalf Alley (20 December 1818, 9 May 1821), Woolleys Yard (13 August 1823, 16 July 1826), Walker Street (21 June 1830), Chandlers Lane (25 November 1834), Derby Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1841 census)

 

 

 

Children of RICHARD SMEDLEY and SARAH VERNEY:

 

 

1. CHARLOTTE SMEDLEY

Birth: before 22 January 1809, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 22 January 1809, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: after February 1832, unknown location

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: Woolley’s Yard, Nottingham (9 March 1828), Bottesford (27 February 1832)

 

Marriage: 24 May 1827, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

 

Spouse: THOMAS BRANSTON (my great-great-great grandfather)

Birth: 17 December 1806, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Baptism: 27 December 1806, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Parents: John Branston and Maria

Death:  22 November 1891, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Burial: 25 November 1891, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

 

Occupation: brick maker (1828), ag lab (1841), labourer (1840, 1845, 1847), brick maker (1849) agr lab (1851), labourer (1853), road labourer (1861, 1871), roadman (1881), living on his own means (1891)

 

Addresses: Bottesford (27 December 1806), Woolley’s Yard, Nottingham (9 March 1828), Bottesford (27 February 1832, 17 July 1840), Near Tollbar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1841 census), Bottesford (19 March 1845, 4 April 1847, 1 July 1849), Beyond Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1851 census), Bottesford (17 April 1853), Beyond the Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1861 census), High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census), 3 Nottingham Road, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1881 census, 1891 census)

 

Please follow the link for details of Thomas Branston and Charlotte Smedley’s family.

 

Note: Thomas Branston later married Charlotte Smedley’s younger sister Sarah, whose details are given below.

 

 

 

2. ANN SMEDLEY

Birth: before 7 April 1811, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 7 April 1811, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: unknown date and location

Burial: unknown date and location

 

 

 

 

3. SARAH SMEDLEY (my great-great-great grandmother)

Birth: before 19 April 1813, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 19 April 1813, St. Nicholas’ Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: 28 January 1874, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Burial: 30 January 1874, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

 

Occupation: lace runner (1851) monthly nurse (1861)

 

Addresses: Mount Street (baptism record), Bottesford (17 July 1840), Near Tollbar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1841 census), Bottesford (19 March 1845, 4 April 1847, 1 July 1849), Beyond Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1851 census), Bottesford (17 April 1853), Beyond the Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1861 census), High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census)

 

Marriage: about June 1842, Nottingham registration district

 

Spouse: THOMAS BRANSTON (my great-great-great grandfather)

Birth: 17 December 1806, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Baptism: 27 December 1806, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Parents: John Branston and Maria

Death:  22 November 1891, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Burial: 25 November 1891, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

 

Occupation: brick maker (1828), ag lab (1841), labourer (1840, 1845, 1847), brick maker (1849) agr lab (1851), labourer (1853), road labourer (1861, 1871), roadman (1881), living on his own means (1891)

 

Addresses: Bottesford (27 December 1806), Woolley’s Yard, Nottingham (9 March 1828), Bottesford (27 February 1832, 17 July 1840), Near Tollbar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1841 census), Bottesford (19 March 1845, 4 April 1847, 1 July 1849), Beyond Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1851 census), Bottesford (17 April 1853), Beyond the Bar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1861 census), High Street, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census), 3 Nottingham Road, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1881 census, 1891 census)

 

Please follow the link for details of Thomas Branston and Sarah Smedley’s family.

 

Note: Thomas Branston had previously married Sarah Smedley’s eldest sister Charlotte, whose details are given above.

 

 

 

4. WILLIAM SMEDLEY

Birth: before 3 December 1815, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 3 December 1815, St. Nicholas’ Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: after 1841, unknown location

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: lace maker (1841)

Addresses: Mount Street (3 December 1815)

 

 

 

5. ESTHER (or HESTER) SMEDLEY

Birth: before 20 December 1818, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 20 December 1818, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: about March 1873, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: lace maker wife (1851)

 

Addresses: Turncalf Alley (20 December 1818), Derby Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1841 census), Goose Gate (21 February 1849), 1 Coal Pitt Lane, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire (1851 census), Brewits Yard (19 December 1860), Brown’s Yard, Collin Street, Nottingham St. Peter, Nottinghamshire (1861 census), 3 Brown Yard, Melville, Nottingham St. Peter, Nottinghamshire (1871 census)

 

Marriage: about March 1847, Derby register office

 

Spouse: ANTHONY POYSER (or POYZER)

Birth: 24 March 1812, Leicester, Leicestershire

Baptism: 28 March 1812 St. Margaret’s Church, Leicester, Leicestershire

Parents: Charles Poyser (or Poyzer) and Mary

Death: about June 1874, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: lace maker (1851, 1856), lacemaker (1871)

 

Addresses: Goose Gate (21 February 1849), 1 Coal Pitt Lane, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire (1851 census), Brewits Yard (19 December 1860), Brown’s Yard, Collin Street, Nottingham St. Peter, Nottinghamshire (1861 census), 3 Brown Yard, Melville, Nottingham St. Peter, Nottinghamshire (1871 census)

 

 

 

6. RICHARD SMEDLEY

Birth: before 9 May 1821, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 9 May 1821, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: before 5 May 1823, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Burial: 5 May 1823, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

 

Addresses: Turncalf Alley (9 May 1821), Woolleys Yard (5 March 1823)

 

 

 

7. HENRY SMEDLEY

Birth: before 13 August 1823, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 13 August 1823, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: about September 1858, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: journeyman butcher (1841), butcher (1851)

Addresses: Woolleys Yard (13 August 1823), Smithy Row, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire (1841 census), Hockley 25, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire (1851 census)

 

 

 

8. ELIZABETH SMEDLEY

Birth: before 16 July 1826, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 16 July 1826, St. Peter’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: about December 1847, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Addresses: Wooley’s Yard (16 July 1826), Derby Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1841 census)

 

 

 

9. EMMA SMEDLEY

Birth: before 21 June 1830, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 21 June 1830, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: about September 1904, Nottingham registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: Pattern Setter Lace Butchers Sister (1851)

Addresses: Derby Road, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1841 census), Hockley 25, Nottingham St. Mary, Nottinghamshire (1851 census), New Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1861 census), 35 Mayfield Grove, Nottingham, Nottingham (1871, 1881, 1891, 1901

 

Marriage: about June 1853, Nottingham registration district

 

Spouse: ROBERT BRIDDON (or BRIDDON ALSOP)

Birth: before 27 March 1827, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 27 March 1827, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Parents: Robert Breedon Alsop and Mary

Death: about September 1899, Nottingham registration district

 

Notes: Robert’s baptism record gave his name as Robert Breedon Alsop. His marriage registration gave his name as Robert Briddon Alsop.

 

Occupation: butcher (1861), cattle dealer (1871), cattle dealer 1 acre (1881), cattle salesman (1891)

Addresses: Parliament Row (27 March 1827), New Street, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (1861 census), 35 Mayfield Grove, Nottingham, Nottingham (1871, 1881, 1891)

 

 

 

10. EMMELINE GIBSON SMEDLEY

Birth: before 25 November 1834, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Baptism: 25 November 1834, St. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Death: 29 September 1898, Pinxton, Derbyshire

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Notes: Emmeline later used the name Emma Branston. In 1841, she lived with her married sister Sarah and brother-in-law Thomas Branston; both were significantly older than Emma/Emmeline and it is possible that they raised her after her father’s death.

 

Addresses: Chandlers Lane (25 November 1834), Near Tollbar, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1841 census), Jackson’s Row, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1861 census), Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census), Bright Street, South Normanton, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Pinxton Green, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (1891 census)

 

Marriage: 28 November 1853, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

 

Spouse: JOSEPH WELLS

Birth: before 17 October 1831, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Baptism: 17 October 1831, St. Mary the Virgin, Bottesford, Leicestershire

Death: about September 1906, Mansfield registration district

Burial: unknown date and location

 

Occupation: road labr (1861) agr lab (1871) colliery labourer (1881, 1891) colliery banksman (1901)

 

Addresses: Jackson’s Row, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1861 census), Orston Lane, Bottesford, Leicestershire (1871 census), Bright Street, South Normanton, Nottinghamshire (1881 census), Pinxton Green, Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire (1891 census)