Harriet Hutchings (Langbridge) Smith (1828 - 1878)

Born 1828 in Moretonhampstead, Devon, England

Ancestors

Wife of Alfred Smith — married 9 Mar 1852 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England

Descendants

Died 15 May 1878 at about age 50 in Laura, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Harriet Hutchings Langbridge was baptized on 31 January 1828⁠^[1] in Moretonhampstead,⁠^[2] Devon, England. Her parents were John Langbridge and Harriet Hutchings, who were married in Dunsford,⁠^[3] Devon, on 4 April 1823. Their first child lived for only eleven days, but the others all survived to adulthood. Harriet was the third child, second oldest of the five who survived infancy.

The 1841 census shows John and Harriet Langbridge living in Moretonhampstead with four of their children. The daughter Harriet is the one who was missing.

In fact Harriet was in London on census night 1841, at Carey Street, New Boswell Court, St Clement Danes, in the household of one Samuel Hutchins.⁠^[5] It is quite possible that Samuel was Harriet's mother's younger brother.

On census day 1851 Harriet Langbridge (age 22) and Mary Langbridge (age 21) were visitors in the household of a 61 year old widow named Hannah Wyatt at 5 Walton Street, Chelsea (St Luke). The 1851 census collection on FamilySearch splits this household in two, since it starts on folio 127 page 7 of census piece 1474 but continues on folio 128 page 8.⁠^[6]⁠^[7] According to what the census enumerator wrote, the household was as follows.

Presumably he had meant to write "Son" alongside John Wyat and "Visitor" alongside Harriet Langbridge.

Harriet Hutchings Langbridge married Alfred Smith on 9 March 1852.⁠^[8], at St Luke's Church Chelsea⁠^[9] Alfred was a cabinet-maker, son of a cooper named Robert Smith. The two marriage witnesses were John Langbridge and Mary Ann Langbridge.

It seems likely that the witness John Langbridge was Harriet's older brother rather than her father. Her father was about 66 years old by this time, and still living in Moretonhampstead. The younger John was living in London.

The marriage certificate gives Caroline Place as the residence of both bride and groom. Thanks to information in the Survey of London, provided by the British History Online website,⁠^[10] we learn that "Caroline Place was a row of dwellings of the most basic description ... built by Thomas Emmins and another Chelsea bricklayer, Charles Hawkins, in 1820–2",⁠^[11] and that it was demolished in 1889–90. A map⁠^[12] shows that it was parallel to present day Trevor Street in Knightsbridge, at the northern end of Trevor Square.

Alfred and Harriet Smith had one child who was born and died in Chelsea. Harriet Mary Doe Smith was born on 29 December 1852 and baptized on 10 April 1853 at St Luke's Chelsea,⁠^[13] and buried there on 12 August 1853.⁠^[14] The baptism record gives the family's abode as 10 Marlborough Square, and the burial record also says Marlborough Square.

Marlborough Square no longer exists. It was roughly triangular in shape, within the region bounded by present-day Ixworth Place, Marlborough Street, Elystan Street and Cale Street.

Alfred and Harriet Smith emigrated in 1854, and arrived in South Australia in the ship Ostrich on 21 July 1854.⁠^[15]⁠^[16] They had nine children born after their arrival in South Australia.

• John Allen Smith was born on 24 November 1854 and baptized on 11 May 1855 at Trinity Church Adelaide.⁠^[17] The baptism register⁠^[18] records that Alfred Smith was a carpenter and that Alfred and Harriet were living on Sturt Street.⁠^[19]
  John Allen Smith was buried in the West Terrace Cemetery on 19 September 1918.⁠^[20]⁠^[21]
• Alfred James Smith was born on 19 June 1856 at Nairne,⁠^[22] and died of heatstroke on 17 February 1875⁠^[23] at Laura.⁠^[24]
• Selina Smith was born on 2 January 1858 at Nairne and died on 15 May 1930⁠^[25] at Blyth.⁠^[26]
• Mary Louisa Smith was born on 24 February 1860 at Nairne and died on 5 January 1930⁠^[27] at Rhodes, New South Wales.⁠^[28]
• Frederick William Smith was born on 12 July 1862 at Nairne. He married Elizabeth Anderson on 14 April 1884⁠^[29] at Jamestown;⁠^[30] she was buried on 18 October 1900⁠^[31] at Johnburgh.⁠^[32] He married Isabella Phillis on 27 October 1903;⁠^[33] she died on 21 October 1949.⁠^[34] Frederick William Smith died on 27 March 1932 at Adelaide.⁠^[35]
• Agnes Anne Smith was born on 4 January 1865 and died on 29 January 1865 at Bungaree, South Australia;
• Walter Smith was born on 18 March 1867 and died on 7 February 1870 at Bungaree.
• Robert Carlton Smith was born on 19 September 1869 at Bungaree and died on 26 April 1948 in Perth, Western Australia.
• Elsie Maud Smith was born on 23 January 1873 at Bungaree and died on 6 February 1875 at Laura. ​​

Harriet died on 15 May 1878⁠^[36] at Laura, South Australia.⁠^[37]

Sources

1. ↑ Baptism of Harriet Langbridge, 31 January 1828: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975" database (FamilySearch, 11 February 2018), index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 916,868, 916,869.
2. ↑ Moretonhampstead: Wikipedia article.
3. ↑ Dunsford: Wikipedia article.
4. ↑ John Langbridge and family at 1841 census (piece 254, folio 6, page 6). FreeCEN – UK Census Records from Free UK Genealogy, accessed 23 November 2019.
5. ↑ Harrt Langbridge in household of Saml Hutchins, St Clement Danes, Middlesex: "England and Wales Census, 1841" database with images (FamilySearch, 22 May 2019); from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census" database and images (findmypast); from PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
6. ↑ Harriet Langbridge in household of Hannah Wyat, Saint Luke Chelsea, Middlesex, England: "England and Wales Census, 1851" database with images (FamilySearch, 9 November 2019), Saint Luke Chelsea, Middlesex, England, page 7, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census" database and images, (findmypast), from PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
7. ↑ Mary Langbridge, Saint Luke Chelsea, Middlesex, England: "England and Wales Census, 1851" database with images (FamilySearch, 9 November 2019), Saint Luke Chelsea, Middlesex, England, page 8, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census" database and images (findmypast ), from PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
8. ↑ Marriage certificate: Alfred Smith and Harriet Hutchings Langbridge.
9. ↑ St Luke's Church Chelsea: Wikipedia article.
10. ↑ British History Online: a digital library of sources for the history of Britain and Ireland.
11. ↑ Trevor Square Area: Development of the Estate. Survey of London Volume 45 (Knightsbridge).
12. ↑ Trevor Square Area: Powis House and the Trevor Estate. (See Figure 28.) Survey of London Volume 45 (Knightsbridge).
13. ↑ Parish registers for St. Luke's Church, Chelsea: Rough day book of baptisms, 1830-1861.
14. ↑ Harriett Mary Doe Smith, burial 12 August 1853: "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991" database (FamilySearch, 9 March 2018), St Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex, England; index based on data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 592,614.
15. ↑ List of passengers in the barque Ostrich, Southampton to Port Adelaide, 1854, compiled by Robert Janmaat.
16. ↑ The Ostrich (1854): Image of original passenger list]. State Records South Australia, GRG 35/48/1.
17. ↑ Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide: Wikipedia article.
18. ↑ Birth and baptism of John Allen Smith: image of Trinity Church baptism register page.
19. ↑ Sturt Street Adelaide: Wikipedia article.
20. ↑ John A Smith funeral notice: The Advertiser (Adelaide SA 1889–1931), 19 September 1918, page 2 advertising, column 4. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 6 December 2019.)
21. ↑ Record Search, provided by the Adelaide Cemeteries Authority.
22. ↑ Nairne, South Australia: Wikipedia article.
23. ↑ Death notice: Elsie Maud Smith and Alfred James Smith. The South Australian Register (Adelaide SA 1839–1900), 25 February 1875 page 4, Family Notices. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 6 December 2019.)
24. ↑ Laura, South Australia: Wikipedia article.
25. ↑ Selina Campbell death notice: The Chronicle (Adelaide SA 1895–1954), 22 May 1930 page 39, Family Notices. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 6 December 2019.)
26. ↑ Blyth, South Australia: Wikipedia article.
27. ↑ Mary Louisa Campbell funeral notice: The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW 1842 1954), 6 January 1930 page 9, Family Notices. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 6 December 2019.)
28. ↑ Rhodes, New South Wales: Wikipedia article.
29. ↑ Marriage of Frederick William Smith and Elizabeth Anderson: The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide SA 1858–1889), 22 May 1884 page 3, Family Notices. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 8 December 2019.)
30. ↑ Jamestown, South Australia: Wikipedia article.
31. ↑ Johnburgh burials (page 19), from the District Council of Orroroo Carrieton.
32. ↑ Johnburgh, South Australia: Wikipedia article.
33. ↑ GenealogySA: online database search.
34. ↑ Isabella Smith death notice: The Advertiser (Adelaide SA 1931–1954), 24 October 1949 page 14, Family Notices. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 8 December 2019.)
35. ↑ Frederick William Smith death notice: The Advertiser (Adelaide SA 1931–1954), 28 March 1932 page 6, Family Notices (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 6 December 2019.)
36. ↑ Death of Harriet, wife of Alfred Smith: The South Australian Register (Adelaide SA 1839–1900), 24 May 1878, page 4, Family Notices. (National Library of Australia, Digitised Australian Newspapers, retrieved 22 November 2019.)
37. ↑ Laura, South Australia: Wikipedia article.

See also:

Harriet Hutchings Langbridge's profile in FamilyTree on FamilySearch.