Elizabeth (Smart) Amass
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Elizabeth (Smart) Amass (1847 - 1934)

Elizabeth Amass formerly Smart
Born in Debenham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdommap
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Died at about age 87 in Brockdish, Norfolk, England, United Kingdommap
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Elizabeth (Smart) Amass was born in Suffolk, England.

Elizabeth was born in December 1847, in Debenham, Suffolk, England. She was the Illegitimate daughter of George Amass and Caroline Smart. [1]

The 1851 census records Elizabeth living in Debenham, in the household of her Grandfather.[2]

Richard H Smart M 55 Chelmsford Essex
Caroline Smart F 23 Buckenham, Norfolk
John Smart M 18 Carlist, Suffolk
Elizabeth Smart F 3 Debenham, Suffolk
Georgianna Smart F 0 Debenham, Suffolk
John Service M 21 Debenham, Suffolk

The 1861 census shows Elizabeth at age 13 working as a nurse maid in the household of her Uncle William Smart.[3]

William Smart M 29 Bury St Edmund, Suffolk
Hannah Smart F 29 Mundham, Norfolk
Mary E Smart F 7/12 Brockdish, Norfolk
Elizabeth Smart F 13 Debenham, Suffolk.

In 1871 Elizabeth is living at London Road (Vicarage), Strood, North Aylesford, Kent, England and working as a servant within the Mayne family.[4]

Frederick O Mayne Head Widr Male 47 1824 - Kent, England
Mary L Mayne Daughter - Female 20 1851 - East Indies
Helen E Mayne Daughter - Female 17 1854 - East Indies
Edward B Mayne Son - Male 15 1856 - East Indies
Augustus G Mayne Son - Male 10 1861 - Middlesex, England
Mary A O Mayne Sister - Female 46 1825 - Kent, England
Elizabeth Amass Servant - Female 23 1848 - Suffolk, England
Louisa S Campbell Servant - Female 17 1854 - Kent, England
Emma Turner Servant - Female 24 1847 - Kent, England

By 1881, Elizabeth has moved with the Mayne family to Bearsted Vicarage, Bearsted, Maidstone, Kent, England, where she is still employed as a servant.[5]

Frederick O M Mayne Head Widower Male 57 1824 Vicar of bearsted Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Mary L Mayne Daughter Single Female 30 1851 - East Indies
Amy D Mayne Daughter Single Female 23 1858 - East Indies
Mary Ann O Mayne Sister Single Female 56 1825 - Sevenoaks, Kent, England
Elizabeth Amass Servant Single Female 33 1848 Housemaid domestic servt Debenham, Suffolk, England
Rose A Wire Servant Single Female 23 1858 Parlour maid domestic servt Bromley, Kent, England
Ellen Pettitt Servant Single Female 22 1859 Cook domestic servt Hunton, Kent, England

In the 1891 census, Elizabeth is living at Cromwell Road, Hove, Steyning, Sussex, England working as a servant to Mr Mayne and his new wife. [6]

Frederick Otway Mayne Head Married Male 67 1824 Clerk in holy orders retired Kent, England
Elizabeth E Mayne Wife Married Female 29 1862 - Rowsley, Derbyshire, England
Elizabeth Amoss Servant Single Female 43 1848 Housemaid domestic servant Suffolk, England
Rose Chandler Servant Single Female 20 1871 Cook domestic servant Surrey.

The 1911 census recorded Elizabeth as a servant to Elizabeth Eugenia Mayne, and living at Oxley Cottage Hurstpierpoint, Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England.[7]

Elizabeth Eugenia Mayne Head Widow Female 49 1862 Private means Rousley Derbyshire
Elizabeth Amass Servant Single Female 63 1848 Housekeeper domestic Debenham Suffolk

Elizabeth passed away on 26th October, 1934 and was buried soon after in St Peter and St Paul church burial ground, Brockdish, Norfolk, England. [8][9]





Sources

  1. "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26YZ-4XN : 1 October 2014), Elizabeth Smart, 1847; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Bosmere, Suffolk, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.
  2. "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGRD-JVC : 12 September 2019), Elizabeth Smart in household of Richard H Smart, Debenham, Suffolk, England; citing Debenham, Suffolk, England, p. 26, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  3. "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7F7-DQD : 3 March 2021), Elizabeth Smart in household of William Smart, Brockdish, Norfolk, 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.
  4. “Record Transcription: 1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census.” Accessed January 23, 2022. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC/1871/0022802268&expand=true.
  5. "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27W-8G62 : 11 December 2017), Elizabeth Amass in household of Fredk O M Mayne, Bearsted, Kent, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 12, Piece/Folio 926/50, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,435.
  6. “1891 England Census - Ancestry.Co.Uk.” Accessed January 23, 2022. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/10744739:6598?tid=&pid=&queryId=4f87301c1d79e7c415eb0cd8cb1875aa&_phsrc=utO385&_phstart=successSource.
  7. “Record Transcription: 1911 Census For England & Wales | Findmypast.Co.Uk.” Accessed January 23, 2022. https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1911%2FRG14%2F05030%2F0343%2F1.
  8. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVHJ-L6XY : 2 November 2021), Elizabeth Amass, 1934.
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