Smith Genealogy

21 August 2006

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Dr G.M.W.Mann.      Baytrees

Burnhams Rd,    Lt.Bookham

Surrey, U.K.           KT23 3AU

geoff.mann@btinternet.com

 

 

 

 

 

4 Susannah Speakman SMITH c1829-1877

 

 

m Samuel KILBOURN 1848

 

 

 

 

Susannah was born in Gt or Lt Waltham about 1829 but moved to the East End of London and married Samuel KILBOURNE at Haggerstone in 1848.

 

Samuel had buried his first wife, his only child and both his parents the previous year, but he had better luck with Susannah.    Nine children were born to Samuel and Susannah in the next 20 years while the family lived at various addresses around Bethnal Green, initially in the Brunswick St/Birdcage Walk area, then to White St, and for the last 16 years in the Abingdon St area.

 

Susannah died at 3 Abingdon St of peritonitis aged 48.   One of her daughters was present and registered the death.  Samuel lived for another 20 years

 

 

 

EVENTS

 

 

           age

   DATE   SS SK

 

EVENT

     1829     

27Jul1832  3  

 6Jun1841 12  

18Jan1848 19 25

     1849 20 26

23Mar1850 21 27

30Mar1851 22 28

     1854 25 31

     1856 27 33

     1858 29 35

     1861 32 38

 7Apr1861 32 38

11Aug1862 33 39

     1865 36 42

     1867 38 44

     1868 39 45

 2Apr1871 42 48

10Jul1877 48 54

 3Apr1881    58

 5Apr1891    68

24Dec1896    74

Susannah born at Waltham Essex

?baptised at Braintree together with brother Alfred

census not found

m Samuel KILBOURNE, a carman, at St Mary Haggerstone both of 21 Brunswick St

dau Susanna born

dau Frances Martha born at 7 Birdcage Walk: Sam a cabinet maker

at 12 White St; Sam a boxmaker

dau Eugene born

son Samuel born

dau Elizabeth born

dau Mary Ann born

at 4 Parliament Place with 5 children; Sam a laborer

father Francis Speakman SMITH died in Hospital for Diseases of the Chest Bethnal Green

dau Eliza born

dau Jane Sarah born

son John born

at 3 Seven Place with 6 children; Sam a laborer and carpenter

Susannah died at 3 Abingdon St of peritonitis; death registered by daughter E; Sam a labourer

at 6 Allas Rd with daughters Elizabeth A, Mary Ann (unm), and Frances; also son-in-law T.W.SHORT; Sam a dock laborer

census not found - not at Allas Rd or Nelson St

Sam died at 1 Nelson St; dock carpenter; death registered by daughter Elizabeth A of same address

 

 

 

 

PRINCIPAL RECORDS

 

 

b=born  m=married  d=died

C=Christened      B=Buried

 

BIRTH

 

From census returns, Susannah was born c1829 in Waltham, Essex.  From her m record, her father's name was Francis Speakman SMITH, and these unusual christian names lead to a confident identification of her father as the Francis Speakman SMITH baptised at Gt.Leighs in 1806 and who married Susannah CORNELL at Finchingfield in 1827.   Gt.Leighs is adjacent to Lt.Waltham, but no suitable baptism for Susannah has been found in Gt or Lt.Waltham or Gt/Lt.Leighs.  The only possible baptism found so far is at Braintree, on the same day as a brother Alfred

 

C 27Jul1832 Susannah d Francis & Susannah SMITH of Braintree, shoemaker

C 27Jul1832 Alfred   s Francis & Susannah SMITH of Braintree; shoemaker

 

Braintree is some 5 miles north of the Walthams and on the way to Finchingfield.  If this were the correct baptism, Susannah would have been 3 or 4 years old.  This is supported by the baptism of a brother Alfred on the same day without any note in the register that they were twins.  Further proof would be desirable, but it seems likely that this is the baptism of Susannah.  The family has not yet been found in 41 census nor has Alfred been found in the 81 census index.

 

MARRIAGE

certificate:

 

m 18Jul1848 at St Mary Haggerstone after banns

Samuel KILBOURN wdr full age, carman of 21 Brunswick St, & Susannah x SMITH spr full age of 21 Brunswick St

fathers: Samuel KILBOURN dec carman; Francis Speakman SMITH grocer; wit: James SWEET; Harriet GROVE

 

DESCENDANTS

children of Samuel & Susannah derived from census; all born Bethnal Green; no christenings found in IGI:

 

b      1849 Susanna

b 23Mar1850 Frances Martha; Samuel a cabinet maker at 7 Birdcage Walk BG

b      1854 Eugene

b      1856 Samuel

b      1858 Elizabeth

b      1861 Maryann

b      1865 Eliza

b      1867 Jane Sarah

b      1868 John

certificate:

 

Frances Martha KILBOURN girl B 23Mar1850 at 7 Birdcage Walk, Bethnal Green

father: Samuel KILBOURN, cabinet maker; mother: Susannah Speakman KILBOURN formerly SMITH

r 30Mar1850 at Hackney Rd, Bethnal Green, MDX by Samuel Kilbourn, father, of 7 Birdcage Walk, Bethnal Green

 

DEATH

certificate:

 

d 10Jul877 Susannah Speakman KILBOURN female 47 at 3 Abingdon St; wife of Samuel KILBOURNM labourer; cause: peritonitis 15 days;

r 12Jul877 at Green, Bethnal Green MDX by E.KILBOURN da daughter of 3 Abingdon St pad.

 

d 24Dec1896 Samuel KILBOURN male 74 dock carpenter at 1 Nelson St; disseminated sclerosis

r 28Dec1896 at North, Bethnal Green MDX by E.A KILBOURN daughter of 1 Nelson St, Bethnal Green pad.

 

CENSUS

 

1851 Bethnal Green, 12 White St HO107/1542 f173

 

Samuel     KILBOURN    he mar 28  1822    boxmaker  Spitalfields

Susannah   KILBOURN    wi mar 30  1820              Essex            [age should be 20]

Susannah   KILBOURN    da     2   1848              Bethnal Green

Frances    KILBOURN    da     1   1849              Bethnal Green

 

1861 Bethnal Green, 4 Parliament Place, Abingdon St RG9/255 f131

 

Samuel     KILBOURN    he mar 38  1822    labourer  Spitalfields

Susannah   KILBOURN    wi mar 32  1828              Waltham ESS

Susannah S KILBOURN    da     16  1844              Bethnal Green

Francis M  KILBOURN    da     11  1849              Bethnal Green

Eugene     KILBOURN    da     6   1854              Bethnal Green

Samuel     KILBOURN    so     4   1856              Bethnal Green

Elizabeth  KILBOURN    da     2   1858              Bethnal Green

Elizabeth  STEVENS     vi     28  1838              Rotherhithe

Morgen?    STEVENS     vi     12  1848              Newington    

 

NOTE:the ? after Morgen is in the original

 

1871 Bethnal Green, 3 Seven Place RG10/486 f69

 

Samuel     KILBOURNE   he mar 48  1822 labourer and carpenter Spitalfields

Susannah   KILBOURNE   wi mar 41  1829                        Bethnal Green

Samuel     KILBOURNE   so     13  1857 errand boy             Bethnal Green

Elizabeth  KILBOURNE   da     12  1858

Maryann    KILBOURNE   da     10  1860                                                   Bethnal Green

Eliza      KILBOURNE   da     6   1864                                                   Bethnal Green

Jane Sarah KILBOURNE   da     4   1866                                                   Bethnal Green

John       KILBOURNE   so     2   1868                                                   Bethnal Green

 

 

 

 

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