Samuel Smith (1805 - 1871)

Born 14 Jul 1805 in Edgbaston, Warwickshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Hawkes) Smith — married 2 Sep 1828 in St Mary's Church, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England

Died 28 Feb 1871 at age 65 in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England

Biography

Samuel Smith was born on 14 Jul 1805, in Edgbaston, Warwickshire. He was the son of Timothy and Elizabeth Smith.

Samuel married Mary Hawkes on 2 Sep 1828 at St Mary's Church in Handsworth, Staffordshire. Their fathers were named in the marriage notice as Timothy Smith and T.L. Hawkes. From the marriage bond, we know that both were aged 21 or more; Samuel was a factor of Edgbaston, Warwickshire and Mary was a spinster of Handsworth.

Their son Samuel Morgan Smith was born on 17 Oct 1834 in Edgbaston.^[1]

Their daughter Mary Caroline Smith was christened on 14 Feb 1838. The family's address was recorded as Edgbaston.^[2]

Their son Henry Lokin Smith was born in about 1842 in Edgbaston.^[3]

Their son William A Smith was born in about 1845 in Edgbaston.

Samuel died on 28 Feb 1871 in King's Norton district, aged 65.

Research Notes

Memorial Inscription

  ELIZA

  daughter of

  Timothy and Elizabeth Smith

  died May 15th 1818 aged 28 years

  ROBERT SMITH

  Born Aug 27th 1801 died Aug 24th 1855

  HENRY SMITH

  born June 22nd 1800 died Sept 12th 1864

  SAMUEL SMITH

  died Feb 28th 1871 aged 65 years

  EMMA SMITH

  died May 28th 1874 aged 70 years

  MARY

  WIFE OF SAMUEL SMITH

  WHO DIED DECR. 21ST 1878

  AGED 74 YEARS

Beale's notes: "Henry Smith was Low Bailiff in 1830, Mayor in 1845, and J.P. for the Borough of Birmingham. Mary Smith born Hawkes."

Sources

• Birth: "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CVWZ-LMPZ : 18 September 2020), Samuel Smith, .

• Marriage: "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV2N-CYH : 13 March 2020), Samuel Smith, 1828.

• Marriage bond: "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLQB-X4HN : 8 July 2020), Mary Hawkes and Samuel Smith, 1828; citing Marriage License, Handsworth, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archive Service, Stafford; FHL microfilm 7,619,106.

• Marriage Notice: "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLSW-1XGG : 19 April 2019), Samuel Smith, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing United Kingdom, 8 Sep 1828, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .

• Death registration: Samuel Smith, first quarter 1871, Kings Norton district, age 65, accessed on GRO website (free registration required)

• Memorial Inscription: Beale, Catherine Hutton. Memorials of the Old Meeting House and burial ground, Birmingham. (Birmingham: White and Pike, 1882). Accessed on https://archive.org/stream/memorialsofoldme00beal#page/n153/mode/2up

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQBG-XQT : 24 May 2019), Morgan Smith in household of Samuel Smith, St John the Baptist, Leamington, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7N1-7VP : 29 December 2020), Samuel Smith, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWXC-HP1 : 11 December 2014), Samuel Morgan Smith, 17 Oct 1834, Birth; citing p. 15, Edgbaston, Borough of Birmingham, Warwickshire, record group RG5, Public Record Office, London.
2. ↑ "England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGDK-7S5D : 26 February 2019), Mary Caroline Smith, ; from parish registers of the Church of England, database and images, citing Baptism, , Warwick County Record Office, England.
3. ↑ Birth registration: Henry Lokin Smith, first quarter 1842, Kings Norton district, mother's maiden name Hawkes, accessed on GRO website (free registration required)