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Smithers Smither Genealogy
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Dr G.M.W.Mann. Baytrees Burnhams Rd, Lt.Bookham Surrey, U.K. KT23 3AU |
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3 Elizabeth Evans SMITHERS
1838-1884
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m Timothy NOONAN 1871 |
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Elizabeth Evans SMITHERS was born in Upton near Slough in 1838, one year after her parents James and Elizabeth BROWN were married at Cookham. She was named Evans from the maiden surname of her father’s mother. Shortly after Elizabeth was born, the family moved to Shoreditch, where James was a coal merchant and greengrocer. When Elizabeth was six, the family moved back to Berkshire and James rented a public house, the Nags Head, near Windsor. Two years later, the family was back in the East End, where James pursued his original trade of carpenter. In 1851, Elizabeth was 12 and a scholar living with the family in Mile End, but at 19 she had an illegitimate child, Elizabeth Mary Ann, born at her parent’s house in Devonshire St, only 2 months after her mother had born twins at the same address. Two years later she was living with her new daughter in the next road to her parents, earning her living as a stay-maker. Elizabeth baptised her daughter when she was 4 years old; Elizabeth was then 24 and a domestic servant to the Stephenson family in Lincoln St. Later that year (1863), Elizabeth claimed poor relief and appeared before the Mile End guardians. But she was not entitled to relief in Mile End, and was ordered to be removed to Slough. There is no evidence that she was so removed however, since in 1864 she was pregnant again and re-examined by the Board of Guardians. This time she was allowed to stay, but the cost of relief was to be paid by the parish of Bray. Her second daughter was born in 1864 in the Mile End workhouse; Elizabeth was 26. She signed the birth certificate with X, and named her new daughter Lavinia, the same name as Mrs Lavinia HOPE living next door to her parents (who had a daughter also named Lavinia just 12 days later). It is possible that this time Elizabeth was removed from the East End along with her two daughters, since in 1871 all three were resident in Brentford. Elizabeth was 32 and both she and her eldest daughter aged 12 were listed as dressmakers. They were living in an alley off the Great West Road leading from London to Slough. Possibly they were being transported to Slough when they escaped from their carrier; or they had been removed to Slough and were making their way back to London. At Brentford in the same year, Elizabeth married an Irish soldier, Timothy NOONAN. Timothy was a student at the Kneller Hall School of Military Music in Whitton, some 3 miles from Brentford. Timothy was discharged from the Army with a pension in March 1876 (see below for details of his career) and gave his intended residence as Whitton. But not long after, Elizabeth with her husband and two daughters moved to the garrison town of Shoeburyness in Essex for reasons as yet unknown. Elizabeth’s eldest daughter married a soldier in Shoeburyness in 1879 but he died just 9 days later and a year later she married another soldier, Joseph Foster in 1880. Click here for more details of her life. Possibly Timothy moved to Shoebury for work on the building of the barracks begun in 1850. By 1881, Elizabeth was living in Shoeburyness with her husband Timothy, her eldest daughter, her son-in-law Joseph Foster, and a baby grand-daughter. Elizabeth was 42, but just 3 years later, she died of heart disease. Her husband present at her death. |
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5Oct1838
6Jun1841
2 30Mar1851 12 14Mar1859 20 7Apr1861 22 1Apr1863 24 5Jun1863 24 12Nov1864 26 17Dec1864 26 28Dec1864 26 2Apr1871 32 1Jul1871 32 28Mar1876 37 ? 1Jan1879 40 3Apr1881 42 25Jny1884 45 |
born at Upton Berks
(near Slough) with parents at 23
Edward St, Bethnal Green scholar, with family at
3 York St, Mile End Old Town dau Elizabeth Mary Ann
born at parents house, 2 Devonshire St, Bethnal Green - - Elizabeth was a domestic.servant,
address:Mile End Workhouse at 19 Charles St with
her daughter. Elizabeth was a stay maker Elizabeth Mary Ann C at
St Peter, Cephas St; Elizabeth was a domestic servant at 64 Lincoln St receiving poor relief
and ordered to be removed to Slough with parents at 2
Devonshire St; examined by Mile End Board of Guardians daughter Lavinia born at
Mile End Workhouse registered birth of
Lavinia; signed with X; address: Mile End Workhouse with her two daughters
in Brentford; Elizabeth was a
dressmaker married soldier Timothy NOONAN at Brentford Timothy NOONAN discharged from army with a pension moved to Shoeburyness with her husband and two daughters daughter Elizabeth
married a soldier at Shoebury at 3 John St, Shoebury
with her husband, and her eldest daughter’s family died of heart disease at Shoebury |
b=born m=married d=died
C=Christened B=Buried
the 1851
census has Elizabeth born about 1839 in Slough, Bucks, daughter of James & Elizabeth;
a suitable certificate was found for a birth at Upton, about 1 mile from
Slough:
b
5Oct1838 Elizabeth Evans female at
Upton
r
28Oct1838 at Eton Bucks by James Smithers SMITHERS of Upton
f:
James Smithers SMITHERS carpenter; m: Elizabeth BROWN
m 1Jul1871 at St Paul, Old Brentford MDX after banns
Timothy x NOONAN 36 bch labourer Old Brentford & Elizabeth x SMITHERS 32 wid Old Brentford
f: James NOONAN deceased labourer; James BROWN carpenter; wit: Samuel x STILWELL Susan x STILWELL
[Presumably, Elizabeth claimed she was a widow because she had two daughters with her; but then she could not give her father’s surname as Smithers. Brown may have been a simple invention, but it was her mother’s maiden name]
b 14Mar1859 Elizabeth Mary Ann female at 2 Devonshire St East; mother: Elizabeth SMITHERS
r 7May1859 at
Mile End Old Town, Eastern, MDX by Elizabeth SMITHERS of Mile End Workhouse
b 17Dec1864 Lavinia
girl at Mile End Workhouse; mother: Elizabeth SMITHERS
r 28Dec1864 at Mile End Old Town, Eastern, MDX by
Elizabeth x SMITHERS of Mile End Workhouse
C 1Apr1863 b 14Mar1859 Elizabeth Mary Ann d of Elizabeth
Smithers 64 Lincoln St domestic servant
[Lavinia
Smithers baptism not found Dec1864 - Jan1870, but a Lavinia HOPE was born next
door to her parent’s house in 1865. Her
mother, Lavinia, would have been pregnant at the same time as Elizabeth and
perhaps Lavinia SMITHERS was named after her]:
C 8Feb1865 b 9Jan1865 Lavinia d Charles & Lavinia HOPE, carter[?[, 3
Devonshire St
Both Elizabeth and Lavinia married in Shoebury:
m 1[?]Jan1879 at S.Shoebury parish church after banns:
Francis McGLADRIGAN bch 24 Royal Artillery South Shoebury
& Elizabeth SMITHERS spr 20 of S Shoebury
f:Francis McGLADRIGAN carpenter, Timothy SMITHERS
soldier; wit: Joseph FOSTER, Jessie SMITHERS
Francis
McGladrigan died just ten days later and Elizabeth re-married in March 1880 the
witness of this marriage Joseph FOSTER, also a soldier
Click here to view these and other records of Elizabeth’s life.
m
28Dec1886 at St Andrews, S Shoebury parish church after banns
Herbert
Henry MANN bch, 25, carpenter of S Shoebury & Lavinia Jessica SMITHERS spr,
22, of S Shoebury
f:Henry
MANN, market gardener; James SMITHERS;wit:: Thomas FISHER, Henrietta FISHER, W
W MANN, B HALLUM
d 25Jny1884 Elizabeth NOONAN at Shoeburyness, female 36, wife of Timothy NOONAN, an army pensioner of diseased heart
r 28Jny1884 at Gt.Wakering, Rochford, ESS by Timothy NOONAN widower of deceased, Shoeburyness, present at death
James SMITHERS 20 1821 [none stated] n
Elizabeth SMITHERS 20 1821 n
Elizabeth
SMITHERS 2 1839 n
Mary PICKMAN 20 1821 FS n
Richard KING 45 1796 cow keeper n
Mary KING 40 1801 n
Eliza WATSON 12 1829 FS n
James SMITHERS he mar 33 1818 carpenter Worplesdon SRY
Elizabeth SMITHERS wi mar 32 1819 Maidenhead, Berks
Elizabeth
SMITHERS da 12
1839 scholar
Slough, Bucks
Martha SMITHERS da 9 1842 scholar Shoreditch MDX
Mary Ann SMITHERS da 6 1845 scholar Maidenhead, Berks
James SMITHERS so 4 1847 Mile End MDX
George SMITHERS so 2 1849 Mile End MDX
Sarah Ann SMITHERS da 1 1850 Mile Emd MDX
Elizab’th SMITHERS he wid 22 1839 stay
maker Maidenhead Berks
Elizab’th SMITHERS 2 1859 Mile End Old Town
also at 19: Thos HOWE 31 porter, his wife, dau, son and
sister; Henry WOODWARD, lodger, with his wife son and mother-in-law
Elizabeth
SMITHERS he wid 32 1839
dress maker Hounslow MDX
Eliza Mary Ann SMITHERS da 12 1859 dress maker Mile End MDX
Jese Leine SMITHERS da 6 1865 Mile End MDX
the
enumeration district ran from Boston Rd Chapel and North side of the High rd;
from East side of Halfacre to the West side of Cannon Alley and the Back Lane
of the district
Timothy NOONAN [blank] unm 37 1834 student soldier Ireland
Samuel STILWELL [blank] unm 34 1837 student soldier Nottingham
[Samuel
Stilwell was witness to Timothy NOONAN’s marriage in July 1871]
1881 South
Shoebury, 3 John St RG11/1772 f62 p15.
Timothy NOONAN he mar 44 1837 laborer (Chelsea Pensioner) Tiperary Ireland
Elizabeth NOONAN wi mar 42 1839 Hounslow MDX
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Joseph FOSTER he mar 29 1852 Corporal Royal Engineers Sheffield YKS
Elizabeth FOSTER wi mar 22 1859 London MDX
Elizabeth FOSTER da unm 6m 1880 Shoeburyness
Met Arch: StBG/ME/103/3/35 94
Elizabeth SMITHERS aged 23 and her illegitimate child named Elizabeth aged 3 are now inhabiting MEOT …….. not having gained legal settlement .….. are now receiving relief. The said Elizabeth SMITHERS is the lawful daughter of James & Elizabeth SMITHERS who on the 1st day of June 1830 was bound apprentice to John POTTS of Slough, Bucks, carpenter and joiner, and during the 7years and the last 40 days and on the last night he resided and slept at the house of his master in Slough
Met Arch:StBG/ME/97/4 7755
SMITHERS Elizth (26) Workho:- Spr, pregnant, (see Jo's 4456 and 4301); 1 child Elizabeth Mary Anne, 5 in Mick [Mch?] last, born at 2 Devonshire St wks at home 2 Devonshire St East [in margin: not give]; prior No.1 St James Rd [written above: Mr Tiboumercy] -] past St James Ch - near Victoria Park Gates) then 1/1 wks; prior at home for a fortnight; prior at M? Stephensons, Lincoln St
Cx [cross-examine] Elizabeth SMITHERS the elder (47) 2 Devonshire St. Pauper is my daughter by my husband James Smither SMITHERS to whom I was married at Cookham in Berkshire 6Aug1837; did rent a greengrocer shop in the City Road; went to Bray Berkshire after that I am positive. On 25Jun1844 we took rented of Jno Edwards Langton of Maidenhead Berks a licensed Public House known as the Nags Head in Bray Parish at £19-19-0; he was overseer of the poor from 25Mar1845 to 25Mar1846 [in margin: see copy agreet]
Order on Bray 12Nov1864
[NOTES: wks= works or weeks?
1/1=1m1wk?; Eliz was domestic servant at 64 Lincoln St at baptism of
daughter Elizabeth Mary Ann in 1858;
Stephenson and Tiboumercy probably employed Elizabeth as a domestic
servant; 1a St James Rd was occupied by the curate of St James the Less; Nags
head in Oakley Green, 3m S Bray, 3m from Old Windsor where James mother and
brother were in 1851
Glasgow 14 March 1876; 13th Regiment of Light Infantry; private Timothy Noonan 3324
born Golden parish, town of Cashel, county Tipperary
enlisted 13th regiment at Clonmell Tipperary 21Nov1854 aged 17 years 9 months
re-engaged at Dover 31Oct1864
final discharge 28 March 1876 age 39
height 5’ 6” fresh complexion, blue eyes, light brown hair, trade; labourer. No marks or scars. No disabilities
Intended place of residence: Whitton Middlesex
21 years 23 days service, 9 years 2 months abroad: Gibraltar 7 months, Crimea I year, Cape of Good hope 1 year 4 months, East Indies 6 years 3 months
claimed discharge on the termination of his second period of engagement
never tried by court; never wounded; recorded in the defaulters book 5 times
character and conduct: very good; four good conduct badges: Crimea, Turkish, Indian mutiny, Sevastopol (with clasp)
It is estimated that his pension would have been between 8d and 1s per day (£12-18 pa equivalent to about ---)
Each reference book contains I years muster in 4 quarters. Only the above reference books have yet been examined
Jul-Sep Battalion at Aldershot; TM not listed
Oct-Dec Battalion at Aldershot and Pembroke Dock; TM not listed
Jan-Mar 1871 Battalion at Pembroke Dock; TM not listed
Apr-Jun 1873 Dublin; TM not listed
Jul-Sep Dublin and Newry; TM not listed
Jan-Mar 1874 Newry; TM not listed
Apr-Jun
1875 Glasgow; TM at Kneller Hall
Jul-Sep Glasgow; TM at Kneller Hall
Oct-Dec Glasgow; TM at Kneller Hall
Jan-Mar
1876 Glasgow; TM discharged to pension
28 March
Pending
examination of earlier and intermediate musters, it seems likely that Timothy
Noonan remained at Kneller Hall while the regiment moved from Aldershot to
Dublin to Glasgow. No records of
Kneller Hall listing individual soldiers have been found.