Mary Ann (Lomas) Smith (1835 - 1872)

Born 1835 in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Samuel Hague-Smith — married Sep 1853 in Derby, Derbyshire, England

Descendants

Died 18 Mar 1872 at about age 37 in Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Mary Ann Lomas was born in 1835 in Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England to Samuel Lomas and Hannah (Chantry) Lomas.

Mary Ann Lomas, daughter of Samuel, a publican, & Hannah, residing at Carlton, was christened on 12 Apr 1835 at All Hallows in Gedling, Nottinghamshire.^[1]

Mary and her family moved to Derbyshire in or before 1841.

In 1841 Mary Lomas (age 5) lived at Park St in Derby, Derbyshire with her father Samuel (30-34), mother Hannah (30-34), and brother Samuel (10).^[2]

In 1851 Mary Ann Lomas (age 15) lived in Derby with her father Samuel (41, Railway Clerk (Locomotive)), mother Hannah (41), brother Samuel (20, Locomotive Fireman), and servant Ann Webster (16, House Servant).^[3]

Mary Ann Lomas married Samuel Hague Smith in 1853.

Mary and her family emigrated to New Zealand in 1859.

Mary Ann Smith, wife of Samuel Hague Smith, was buried in 1872 in the Weslyan section of Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland.

Sources

1. ↑ Nottinghamshire : Gedling : All Hallows : Parish Register : "Parish Register" database, FreeREG (https://www.freereg.org.uk/search_records/65f1d5d0f493fdb483a05e6c : viewed 5 Apr 2024) baptism Mary Ann Lomas 12 Apr 1835
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7SL-XDL : Sat Mar 09 09:30:14 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Lomas in household of Samuel Lomas, 1841.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGDZ-X1H : Sat Mar 09 22:40:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Mary Ann Lomas in household of Samuel Lomas, 1851.

• FreeBDM UK. Marriages Sep 1853. Surname - Lomas. First Name(s) - Mary Ann. District - Derby. Volume 7b. Page - 603.

• N.Z. DEATHS - 1872/4847. Family Name -Smith. Given Name(s) - Mary Ann Hague. Age at Death - 36Y. https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search

• "New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6H-MR73 : Tue Oct 03 08:58:46 UTC 2023), Entry for Mary Ann Smith and Samuel Hague Smith, 18 March 1872.

• Familysearch. Find a Grave Index. Mary Ann Lomas Smith. Death - 18 Mar 1872. Birth - 1835. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:63TP-GWT2 and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218928580/mary_ann-smith

• Papers Past (NZ National Library) - Auckland Star, Volume 111, Issue 681, 18 March 1882, Page 2. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18720318.2.7?query=Mary+Ann+Hague+Smith&snippet=true

NOTE - there is another Mary Lomas whom other family trees are connecting with Samuel Hague Smith. They use three consecutive census records (1841, 1851 & 1861) with parents John and Ann Lomas, as sources. On the 1861 census she is recorded as single and under her maiden name (age 25). Mary Ann Lomas married Samuel Hague Smith in 1853. Additionally, Mary Ann's Father is recorded as Samuel Lomas on her marriage Record to Samuel Hague Smith.