Augusta Ann (Smith) Varty-Smith (1849 - 1941)

Born 1849 in Penrith, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 30 Jun 1941 at about age 92 in Edenhall, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Augusta was born in 1849. She was the daughter of George Smith and Ann Varty. ^[1]

Christening Date: 24 March 1849

Event Place: Edenhall, Cumberland, England^[2]

UK Census Date 1851: Living at Edenhall, Cumberland, England with her parents and baby brother George. Aged 2. Also in the household were 9 servants comprised of housemaids, nursemaids, cowmen and farm servants as her father was a Farmer of 240 acres.

In the Census of 1861 Augusta is now 12 years of age and is recorded at Edenhall with her mother and younger brother Jonathan. Her father and brother George were visiting her uncle in London. Augusta has a 22 year old Scottish Governess by the name of Barbara R L Lindsley.

Her father passed away in 1879. Augusta continued to live with her mother and siblings. Her mother passed away in 1908.

She wrote three novels: The Fawcetts and Garods (1886) under the pseudonym "Säimath," Matthew Tindale (1891), and She was his Wife (1936). Reviewers found her first two novels good imitations of George Eliot and Prime Minister William Gladstone read and approved of Matthew Tindale.^[3]

Residence: April 2, 1911 - Nandana, Penrith, Cumberland, England. Living with her unmarried siblings Amy and Jonathan. Aged 62.

Augusta never married, lived her whole life in Cumberland, and passed away in 1941 at the grand age of 92.

Last address: Nanadana, Penrith, Cumberland

Her Will was Probated on 26 August 1941 to Amy Varty-Smith (spinster), Thomas Smith of no occupation and John James Reed (solicitor). Effects: £3,882, 14s. 7d.

Burial

Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edenhall, Eden District, Cumbria, England^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NHW-53H : 1 October 2014), Augusta Ann Smith, 1849; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006,"
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NX3Y-3DH : 6 December 2014), Augusta Ann Smith, 24 Mar 1849; citing Edenhall, Cumberland, England, reference item 20 p 29; FHL microfilm 1,472,070.
3. ↑ http://www.victorianresearch.org/atcl/show_author.php?aid=1684
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 04 June 2020), memorial page for Augusta Ann Smith (unknown–30 Jun 1941), Find a Grave Memorial no. 137891681, citing Saint Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edenhall, Eden District, Cumbria, England ; Maintained by Barry Rodgers (contributor 48556475) . http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=137891681

Census Records

• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SG2H-L6Y : 24 July 2016), Augusta Ann Smith in household of George Smith, Edenhall, Cumberland, England; citing Edenhall, Cumberland, England, p. 11, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M724-9RM : 6 April 2016), Augusta Ann Smith in household of Ann Smith, Edenhall, Cumberland, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2WM-DPM1 : 19 August 2016), Agusta Ann Smith in household of Ann Smith, Edenhall, Cumberland, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales census,"

• "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7KY-BX5 : 20 January 2015), Augusta Ann Smith, Penrith, Nandana Penrith, Cumberland, England; from "1911 England and Wales census,"