Jane (Leggitt) Smith (1880)

Born 7 Dec 1880 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Fredrick Smith — married 8 Sep 1901 in All Saints Church, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England

Biography

Jane Leggitt (or Leggett)

Birth According to the Derbyshire Registrars Birth Index Transcription, Jane was born in 1880^[1] and registered in the first quarter of 1881 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England^[2]. Birth date 07 Dec 1880 according to 1939 census. She was baptised on 16 Mar 1881 in Whittington, Derbyshire, England^[3]. Her mother is named as Jemima Leggett.

Census 1881 Living at Station Road, Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England^[4]
Thomas Leggitt, Head, Married, age 39 (1842), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, Green Grocer
Jane Leggitt, Wife, age 50 (1831), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
Jemima Leggitt, Daughter, age 18 (1863), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, Domestic
George Leggitt, Son, age 13 (1868), born in Beckingham, Lincolnshire, England, Scholar
Joseph, Leggitt, Son, age 9 (1872), born in Whittington, Derbyshire, England, Scholar
Jane Leggitt, Daughter, age 3 months (1881), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England

Census 1891 Living at Newbridge Street, Whittington, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England^[5]
Thomas Leggitt, Head, Married, age 49 (1842), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, Carter
Jane Leggitt, Wife, age 59 (1832), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
Joseph Leggitt, Son, single, age 19 (1872), born in Whittington, Derbyshire, England, Carter
Jane Leggitt, Granddaughter, age 10 (1881), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, Scholar
Thomas Wingfield, Grandson, age 6 (1885), born in Whittington, Derbyshire, England, Scholar
Thomas Foland, Servant, Single, age 23 (1868), born in Derbyshire, England, Carter.

Census 1901 Living at 19, Main Street, Catcliffe, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England^[6]
Charles H Winfield, Head, Married, age 44 (1857), born in Coal Aston, Derbyshire, England, Coal Screener Pit Bank
Jemima Winfield, Wife, age 38 (1863), born in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England
Jane Leggitt, Illigitimate Daur, Single, age 20 (1881), born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, Char Woman
Thomas Wingfield, Son, Single, age 16 (1885), born in Old Whittington, Derbyshire, England, Pony Driver Coal Pit Bottom
Thorald Wingfield, Son, age 14 (1887), born in Old Whittington, Derbyshire, England, Belts Pit Hop Bank
Mary Wingfield, Daughter, age 13 (1888), born in Catcliffe, Yorkshire, England
Charles H Wingfield, Son, age 11 (1890), born in Catcliffe, Yorkshire, England
George W Wingfield, Son, age 9 (1892), born in Catcliffe, Yorkshire, England
Mabel Wingfield, Daughter, age 4 (1897), born in Catcliffe, Yorkshire, England

Marriage to Fredrick Smith on 08 Sep 1901 in All Saints Church, Rotherham, Yorkshire, England^[7]. Jane was age 20, a spinster and resident of Main Street, Catcliffe. Fredrick was age 22, a bachelor and miner, resident of 180 Bole Hill, Trecton. Fredrick's father named as Frederick Smith, a labourer. Witnesses to the marriage were Sabina Wingfield (bride's half sister) and Matthew Knight

Census 1911 Living at 11 Frederick Street Catcliffe Rotherham, Yorkshire & Yorkshire (West Riding), England^[8]
Frederick Smith, Head, Married, age 33 (1878), born in Darnall, Sheffield, Yorks, Miner Coal Face Hewer
Jane Smith, Wife, age 30 (1881), born in Chesterfield Derbyshire
George Smith, Son, age 9 (1902), born in Trecton Yorkshire
Clarcey May Smith, Daughter, age 5 (1906), born in Catcliffe Yorks
Thomas Frederick Smith, Son, age 3 (1908), born in Catcliffe Yorks
Elizabeth Smith, Daughter, age 2 (1909), born in Catcliffe Yorks
Ethel Smith, Daughter, age 0 (1911), born in Catcliffe Yorks
Frederick Smith, Father, age 76 (1835), born in Stoke Staffordshire, Labourer Colliery Lenses Yard

Census 1939 Living at 11 Frederick Street , Rotherham R.D., Yorkshire (West Riding), England^[9]
Jane Smith, 07 Dec 1880, Female, Unpaid Domestic Duties, Married
Frederick Smith, 23 Mar 1877, Male, General Labourer Unemployed At Present, Married
Mazey Ellis (Smith), 27 Dec 1915, Female, Domestic Servant Day Work, Single
Elizabeth Smith, 02 Jan 1909, Female, Unpaid Domestic Duties, Single

Death in 1953, aged 72, resident of 7 Waverley View, Catcliffe. Burial on 18 May 1953 in St Mary's, Catcliffe, Yorkshire, England^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Derbyshire Registrars Birth Index Transcription https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BPRS/B/392823400/1
2. ↑ England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=BMD/B/1881/1/AZ/000351/292
3. ↑ Derbyshire Baptism Index 1538-1910 Transcription https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=R_22562329039
4. ↑ 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1881%2f4316114%2f00673&parentid=gbc%2f1881%2f0015633628
5. ↑ 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f2766%2f0159&parentid=gbc%2f1891%2f0018908679 and https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record/browse?id=gbc%2f1891%2f2766%2f0160
6. ↑ 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1901%2f4389-4390%2f0502&parentid=gbc%2f1901%2f0028379268
7. ↑ Yorkshire Marriages Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=s2%2fgbprs%2fyorkshire%2fenglyor1d_pr-87-3-35%2f00192&parentid=gbprs%2fyorkshire%2fmar%2f500071799%2f2
8. ↑ 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f28042%2f0297&parentid=gbc%2f1911%2frg14%2f28042%2f0297%2f2
9. ↑ 1939 Register Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f3804%2f3804h%2f023&parentid=tna%2fr39%2f3804%2f3804h%2f023%2f09
10. ↑ Yorkshire Burials Image https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=s2%2fgbprs%2fyorkshire%2fenglyor1d_pr-119-3-2%2f00079&parentid=gbprs%2fyorkshire%2fbur%2f500066089

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