Alfred Edhouse (Balls) Smith (1856 - 1909)

Born 19 Dec 1856 in Bardwell, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Betsey Cannon Smith — married 3 Nov 1878 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died 10 Jun 1909 at age 52 in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Frederick (Balls) Smith was born in Suffolk, England.

Frederick was born on December 19, 1856 under the name of "Alfred Edhouse Balls". He was the illegitimate son of Frederick Edhouse (later Smith) and Maria Balls. His father was married to a woman named Mary Ann Ranson, but by 1857 his father had abandoned her and was living with Maria. Members of the Ranson family discovered the couple living together in 1860 and they fled to Peterborough and assumed the name of "Smith".

In the 1861 census Frederick (age 4) was the son of Frederick Smith in Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England.^[1]

Frederick's father established a successful ketchup and mushroom soup factory in Peterborough, eventually known as F. Smith & Sons. But Frederick himself would become estranged from his family and the business, due to giving away the recipe to a man named Ellington.

Frederick married Betsy Cannon Smith on November 3, 1878. They had at least eight children; Jane, Frederick, Martha, Alfred, Ernest, Albert, William and Joseph.

He died on June 10, 1909. He was buried with his wife at Broadway Cemetery, Peterborough, but was not interred in the family vault.

Frederick was born in 1857. He was the son of Unknown Smith. He passed away in 1909.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 England Census"
   Class: Rg 9; Piece: 966; Folio: 66; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542729; ED, institution, or vessel: 15; Household schedule number: 33a
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8767 #23561428 (accessed 12 October 2023)
   Frederick Smith (4) son in household of Frederick Smith (28) in Peterborough registration district in Northamptonshire, England. Born in Hatford, Norfolk, England.
2. ↑ A source for this information is needed.

• General Register Office, birth index entry for Alfred Balls Edhouse Balls, registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1856, Thingoe registration district, Volume 4a, Page 398.
• Ancestry.com, 1861 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com, Class: RG 9; Piece: 966; Folio: 66; Page: 5; GSU roll: 542729.
• Ancestry.com, 1871 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 1517; Folio: 128; Page: 18; GSU roll: 829776.
• General Register Office, marriage index entry for Frederick Smith & Betsy Cannon Smith, registered Oct-Nov-Dec 1878, Peterborough registration district, Volume 3b, Page 540.
• Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1881 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com, Class: RG11; Piece: 1593; Folio: 83; Page: 20; GSU roll: 1341382.
• Ancestry.com, 1891 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 1227; Folio: 52; Page: 29.
• Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Ancestry.com, Class: RG13; Piece: 1462; Folio: 89; Page: 26.
• General Register Office, death index entry for Frederick Smith, age 52, registered Apr-May-Jun 1909, Peterborough registration district, Volume 3b, Page 133.
• Ancestry.com, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Ancestry.com.

Birth 4th quarter 1856 at Thingoe, Suffolk

Marriage 1879 at Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Death 2nd quarter 1909 at Peterborough

UK Census 1861 at Mr Johnson's Row, Wellington Lane, St. Mary's, Peterborough with parents and siblings Frederick age 4 , John age 3 and Thomas age 1 all born Thretford, Norfolk surname SMITH

UK Census 1871 at Eastgate, Peterborough with parents and siblings

UK Census 1881 at 6 Odd Fellows cottages, Eastgate, Peterborough wit h wife occupation Carter's Labourer

UK Census 1891 at Bedford Street. Peterborough with wife and 4 children occupation Labourer

UK Census 1901 at 33 Morris Street, Peterborough with wife and 7 children occupation Carter Farm Labourer

1911 Census for his widow states married 31 years 15 children 8 alive , 7 dead "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27C-C7CP : 11 December 2017), Frederick Smith, Peterborough St John The Baptist, Northamptonshire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 20, Piece/Folio 1593/83, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,484.