Vernon Coppin Smith (1884 - 1902)

Born 1884 in East Winch, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 1902 at about age 18 in Salhouse, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Vernon was born in 1884.

At the 1891 census the seven year old Vernon C Smith was living in Burnham Ulph with his parents, William S and Rebecca, and his older brother Horace WR. William was 40, born in Ouse Bridge^[1]; Rebecca was 50, born in Huntingdonshire; Horace was 11, neither he or Vernon had an exact birthplace.^[2]

From the GRO birth registration, his mother's maiden name was Richardson. Note that the spelling in the GRO Index is Vernom.

Horace WR was Horace William Richardson born in 1879 in the Mitford District.^[3]

At the 1901 census he was living in Salhouse with his father, now William T. He was working as a drapers clerk. William's place of birth was given as Downham, which is the closest large town to Ouse Bridge; Vernon's place of birth was East Winch, which was in the Freebridge Lynn district.^[4] How they came to move from Burnham Ulph to Salhouse is an interesting question.

Vernon's death was registered in the second quarter of 1902 in the St Faiths district, which includes Salhouse.

Research Notes

Horace was baptised at East Derham in 1879, his parent were William Thomas and Rebecca; William was a Railway clerk which would explain Vernon's birthplace as Ouse Bridge, and perhaps the subsequent moves.^[5]

"Rose" Richardson married William Thomas Smith at East Dereham in 1878.^[6]

William was almost certainly the son of James Chapel and Ann Smith, baptised at Hilgay in 1850. His father was a Station Master.^[7] On his birth registration his mother's maiden name is Coppin.^[8] James and Ann married in London in 1844.^[9]

From the 1851 census James was born about 1819 in Bodmin, Cornwall. Ann was born about 1820 in Cardinham, Cornwall. They had two sons born in Woolwich, Kent, and two in Hilgay.

James was the son of John and Elizabeth Smith, baptised at Bodmin in 1818.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ This was on the railway line between Denver and Hilgay Fen, and only seems to have existed as a railway station.
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4WBY-GMM : 22 February 2021), Vernon C Smith in household of William S Smith, Burnham Ulph, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Norfolk county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ GRO Reference: 1879 D Quarter in MITFORD Volume 04B Page 275
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSFP-FWX : 21 May 2019), Vernon C Smith in household of William T Smith, Salhouse, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Sprowston subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ freereg.org.uk
6. ↑ "England, Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNNK-RBN : 23 February 2021), William Thomas Smith and Rose Richardson, 19 May 1878, Marriage; citing East Dereham, Norfolk, England, Record Office, Norwich; FHL microfilm 1,951,414.
7. ↑ freereg.org.uk
8. ↑ GRO Reference: 1850 D Quarter in DOWNHAM UNION Volume 13 Page 71
9. ↑ "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2D8L-L5Q : 13 December 2014), James Chapple Smith, 1844; from "England & Wales Marriages, 1837-2005," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing 1844, quarter 4, vol. 2, p. 296, St. Luke, London, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
10. ↑ freereg.org.uk

• Birth.

"England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2XLD-X1W : 1 October 2014), Vernon Coppin Smith, 1884; from "England & Wales Births, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Birth Registration, Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, England, citing General Register Office, Southport, England.

Death. "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N53-SZS : 31 December 2014), Vernon Coppin Smith, 1902; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, St. Faiths, Norfolk, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.