William SMITH

William SMITH[1, 2, 3]

Male 1833 -

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  • Name William SMITH 
    Christened 20 Oct 1833  Lifton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I17215  Young Kent Ancestors
    Last Modified 17 Mar 2019 

    Father John SMITH,   c. 10 Mar 1811, Lifton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1851/1861  (Age ~ 49 years) 
    Mother Ann PALMER,   b. Abt 1813, Lifton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Sep 1831  Lifton, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F5249  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth SHORT,   b. Abt 1833, Little Torrington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married Jun Qtr 1857  Torrington District, Devon, England (vol. 5b, p. 924) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mary Jane SMITH,   b. Abt 1859, Little Torrington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Alice SMITH,   b. Mar 1861, Little Torrington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. John SMITH,   b. Abt 1863, Little Torrington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ernest SMITH,   b. Abt 1868, Little Torrington, Devon, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 20 Mar 2022 
    Family ID F5254  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Family residing at Cross Town at time of William's baptism, father a labourer in husbandry. Image 202 of 344 on familysearch.org, Lifton Bishop's Transcripts.

  • Sources 
    1. [S51] 1851 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Lifton, Devon, England, HO 107/1884, ED 4a, fol. 230, p. 17, Mar 1851.


      Household Sch. #48 Tinney:
      William Palmer, head, mar, 71, ag. lab, born Lifton, Devon
      Bridget Palmer, wife, mar, 68, born Lifton, Devon
      William Palmer, son, unm, 32, blacksmith, born Lifton, Devon
      William Smith, grandson, unm, 17, blacksmith, born Lifton, Devon

    2. [S52] 1861 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Kew, Surrey, England, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Little Torrington, Devon, England, RG 9/1501 , ED 4e, fol 79, p. 4, Apr 1861.


      Household Sch. #19, Taddeport:
      Grace Short, head, widow, 63, glover, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Mary Ann Short, daughter, unm, 28, glover, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Fanny Short, daughter, un, 25, glover, born Little Torrington, Devon
      William Smith, son-in-law, mar, 27, blacksmith, born Lifton, Devon
      Elizabeth Smith, daughter, mar, 27, dressmaker, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Mary Jane Smith, grand daughter, 2, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Alice Smith, grand daughter, 3 weeks, born Little Torrington, Devon

    3. [S53] 1871 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, Register General Office, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Little Torrington, Devon, England, RG10/2199 , ED 5, fol. 26, p. 22, Apr 1871.

      Household Sch. #89, Taddeport:
      Elizabeth Smith, head, mar, 36, dressmaker, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Mary J Smith, daughter, 12, gloveress, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Alice Smith, daughter, 10, scholar, born Little Torrington, Devon
      John Smith, son, 8, scholar, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Ernest Smith, son 3, scholar, born Little Torrington, Devon
      Fanny Short, sister, unm, 34, gloveress, born Little Torrington, Devon

    4. [S148] Bishop's Transcripts, Church of England, (familysearch.org), Lifton, Devon, England, p 48, Entry No. 144, image 176 of 344., 19 Sep 1831.

      John Smith, bachelor of this parish and Ann Palmer, spinster, of this parish, were married in this Chuch by Banns with the consent of [left blank] this nineteenth day of September in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-one By me Thomas Waddon Martyn, Curate This marriage was solemnized between us: the mark of John Smith and Ann Palmer [she signed]. In the presence of Thomas Dinner and Jonathan Bullen [both signed]
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