Joseph was baptised at St Peter and St Paul, Hanborough on 26th March 1826.[1] He was the son of Stephen Smith and Elizabeth Belcher and his father gave his occupation as farmer on the baptism register.
Marriage
Joseph Smith and Mary Ann Keen were married in North Leigh, Oxfordshire on 22nd September 1856[2]. They were bachelor and spinster. Joseph was 30, a labourer living in Handborough and the son of Stephen Smith who was a labourer. Mary was 20, a gloveress living in North Leigh and the daughter of James Keen who was a mason. Mary signed her own name on the register whilst Joseph could only make his mark with a cross and the witnesses to the marriage were Albert Cook and Mary Shepherd[3].
Stephen Smith, head, mar, 51, ag lab, born in Ensham, Oxon
Elizabeth Smith, wife, mar, 49, born in Ensham, Oxon
Joseph Smith, son, unm, 24, ag lab, born in Handborough, Oxon
Stephen Smith, son, unm, 22, ag lab, born in Handborough, Oxon
Charles Smith, son, 7, born in Handborough, Oxon
Ann Smith, dau, 1, born in Handborough, Oxon
Sources
↑ Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR120/1/R2/1 Image
↑ Register of Marriages, General Register Office of England and Wales, GRO Reference: 1856 S Quarter in Witney Volume 03A Page 889 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
↑ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): ED 1B Class: HO107; Piece: 1731; Folio: 24; Page: 15; GSU roll: 193640-193641 Ancestry Sharing Link
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