Elizabeth Martha Gooch

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1824 - Birth

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Elizabeth Martha Gooch
in the London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-192
Baptism = 21 Jul 1824 Hackney
Father = John Burton Gooch, merchant
Mother = Susan Gooch
abode = Kingsland M'sex. (Kingsland is to the north of the city centre)
(found in Ancestry....hard to find. Image available)
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1861 census says she was born in Strand, 1827.
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1871 census says born in 1829
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Marriage in 1839 Suffolk?????? Red Herring

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NAME: Elizabeth Martha Gooch
REGISTRATION YEAR: 1839
REGISTRATION QUARTER: Apr-May-Jun
REGISTRATION DISTRICT: Plomesgate
INFERRED COUNTY: Suffolk
VOLUME: 12
PAGE: 523
RECORDS ON PAGE:
Name
Hannah Crowfoot
George Fisk
Elizabeth Martha Gooch
Stephen Mallows
Susan Read
William Scarlett
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Almost certainly not connected.
Can't find census data yet but Eliza'BETH' implies a different person.
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Found this death record.
MALLOWS, ELIZABETH MARTHA
GRO Reference: 1859 D Quarter in PLOMESGATE
AAD = 67
IBY = 1792
This rules out EM Mallows
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Also this damn thing. Red Herring.
HAS to be a coincidence:
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NAME: Eliza Gooch
GENDER: Female
MARRIAGE AGE: Full Age
MARRIAGE DATE: 8 Jan 1854
MARRIAGE PLACE: St George, Hanover Square, London, Westminster, England
PARISH AS IT APPEARS: St George, Hanover Square
FATHER: John Gooch
SPOUSE: John Smith Bacon
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Also ruled out:
1891 census - John Bacon born 1836 living in Finsbury Shoreditch London with wife Eliza born 1840.
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1840s - Marriages

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TWO marriages
- Robert Younger & Elizabeth Gooch, in adjacent parts of London in 1844/45.
- marriage 'Dec' 1844, Camberwell,
- Robert Younger and Elizabeth Gooch. (Vol 4 Pg 32)
- marriage 'Jun' 1845, Lambeth,
- Robert Younger and Elizabeth Martha Gooch. Vol 4 Pg 253
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Camberwell and Lambeth are both in London (not Surrey) and are 45 minutes apart by foot.
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The Camberwell marriage took place at St George's because St Giles had been destroyed in a fire.

Name Eliza Gooch
Gender Female
Record Type Marriage
Marriage Date 19 Nov 1844
Marriage Place St Giles, Camberwell, Southwark, England
Father
Mc Burton Gooch
Spouse
Robert Younger
Register Type Parish Register
[marriage cert says church of St Giles was destroyed by fire...hence married at St George, Camberwell]
[St George in Lambeth 2km from Kennington, quite far from St Giles site]

[1]
According to familysearch
Elizabeth Martha Gooch married Robert Younger on 15 Jun 1845 at Kennington, Surrey.
Robert's father: Mathew Younger
and Elizabeth's father: John Berton Gooch.
[2]
A Faculty Office Marriage Licence
for Robert Younger and ELIZA Gooch,
licence date 16 Nov 1844.
The 1845 marriage is Robert Younger and ELIZABETH MARTHA Gooch.
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Robert Younger, full age, bachelor, baker, old Kent Road,
father Mathew Younger, baker,
married 19 Nov 1844 at St Giles Camberwell
to Eliza Younger, full age, spinster, Old Kent Road,
Father? Burton Gooch, master mariner, both signed,
witnessed by WH Walker & E Woolhouse.
[5]
marriage as recorded on microfiche at LMA:
Marriage No. 5 at St Mark's Kennington 15 Jun 1845
Robert Younger, full, bachelor, Baker, Coldharbour Lane.
Father Matthew Younger, Baker
Elizabeth Martha Gooch, full, spinster, -, Coldharbour Lane.
Father John ???ton Gooch, Master Mariner
Witnesses Matthew Younger, Caroline Younger
Marriage carried out at the church by banns by D ? Slough
Everybody signed.
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Robert appears to remarry to Matilda Hughes in 1871,
shown on the census as a master baker - unemployed.
In 1881 & 1891 he and Matilda are in Bethnal Green and Robert is now a fishmonger.
I believe he dies in Bethnal Green in 1896.
I can't see a marriage between Elizabeth Martha and William Smith.

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Divorce notes

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The Elizabeth Martha Gooch story
is best revealed in a 21-page document
contained in the 'England and Wales civil divorce records' database.

• **** RENAMED TO U.K., Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1914

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Not easy to re-locate:
Last seen here (in Ancestry)
Robert Younger
in the England & Wales, Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1918
::
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/18388:2465?_phs...
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married 1844, lived at "divers places" including Cold Harbour Lane Camberwell.
1845 George Head Old Kent Road
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1852 - William Smith residence 82 Regent Street in the county of Middlesex.
Lived and cohabited there thereafter.

• 3 St Michaels terrace "Pembico"
• 32 Golden Square
• 12 Greek St Soho
• 51 Frith Street, Soho ... all county of Middlesex

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In short, Eliza (that is how she signed her name on one of the marriage certs) married Robert Younger
on November 19 1844 and then married him again on June 15 1845.
The second ceremony (at a different church) was deemed necessary
because there was some doubt about the legitimacy of the first wedding ceremony.
The details of this are not known.
In Feb 1865, Robert Younger submitted to the courts a petition for divorce
on the grounds that his wife had left him for a man named William Smith.
She had started the relationship in October 1852 and had been living with him ever since.
Divorce appears to have been approved.
Eliza never married William but had a son to him in 1858. [*********]
This is Burton Gooch Smith.
Robert Younger remarried in 1871, to a Matilda Hughes,
with whom he lived in Bethnal Green until his death in 1896.
Two children came from the Younger-Gooch marriage:
Ellen Elizabeth Gooch (born 1845, died 1856) and Frank Sherlock Gooch (born 1851).
Frank went to live with his grandparents following the dissolution of his parents' marriage.
Addresses for Robert Younger and William Smith at the time of the divorce are given in the divorce petition. William denied the adulterous relationship, at least during the court hearings in 1865.
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1841 - St. Giles Camberwell, Surrey

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Southampton Street, St Giles Camberwell, Camberwell, London & Surrey
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John Gooch 50 1791 Surrey,
Susan Gooch 42 1799 Surrey,
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Susan Gooch 21 1820 Surrey,
Eliza Gooch 17 1824 Surrey, <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Hurlock Gooch 12 1829 Surrey, [Sherlock]
Joseph Gooch 9 1832 Surrey,
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Mary Edney 32 1809 Surrey,
Esther Edney 21 1820 Surrey,
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1844/45 - Red herring:
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An Eliza Younger died in June qtr. 1845 Newington.
[GRO: AAD = 1]
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YOUNGER, ELIZA
mmn = HIGLEY
1844 J Quarter in OF THE CITY OF LONDON UNION.
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Marriage of Samuel Younger and Susanah Higley 'City of London' 1822. (Ancestry)
They appear in the 1851 census with children including a dgtr named Emily.
Birth of children (mmn=Higley) appear in GRO.
There is no further doubt: this is a separate family with no relevance to the Gooch lineage.
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1846 - Birth of daughter

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Daughter Ellen Elizabeth
baptised 23 Aug 1846 [at St Giles church on Peckham High Rd, not far from ColdHarbour]
but born 27 Sept 1845.
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YOUNGER, ELLEN ELIZABETH
mmn = GOOCH
1845 D Quarter
LAMBETH
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1851 - Frank

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YOUNGER, FRANK SHERLOCK
mmn = GOOCH
1851 M Quarter
CAMBERWELL
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Baptised St Giles Feb 23rd 1851 born Jan 25th 1851, son of Robert and Elizabeth, baker, Charkes St, Old Kent Rd [presume this is Charles Terrace George St OKR]

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1851 - Camberwell, Surrey,

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SRV = Servant
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Charles Terrace George Street, Camberwell, London & Surrey
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Younger, Robert Head Mar 30 1821 MSX, London, Baker (unemployed)
Younger, Elizabeth Wife Mar 27 1824 SUR, Newington, School Mistress
Younger, Ellen E Dgtr 6 1845 SUR, Lambeth, School At Home
Younger, Frank S Son 0 1851 SUR, Camberwell,
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Callawan, Margaret SRV Unm 19 1832 Ireland General Servant
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1854 - Birth of May's son Henry James

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SMITH, HENRY JAMES
mmn = MAY
1854 S Quarter
THE SHOREDITCH DISTRICT
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Henry James Smith
Birth Date 8 Jun 1854
Baptism: Saint Leonards, Shoreditch, London, England
Father William Smith
Mother Martha
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1858 - Birth of son to William Smith

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SMITH, BURTON GOOCH
mmn = GOOCH
1858 J Quarter
SAINT JAMES WESTMINSTER
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1861 - William & Martha

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SUR = Surrey
BRK = Berkshire
MSX = Middlesex
SRV = Servant
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7, Picket Street, St Clement Danes, Strand, London & Middlesex
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Smith, William Head Mar 41 1820 SUR, Lambeth, Billiard Table Keeper
Smith, Martha Wife Mar 38 1823 BRK, Brimpton,
Smith, Henry Jas Son Unm 6 1855 MSX, Dalston
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Smith, Charlotte ... widow 48 1813 MSX, Covent Garden Domestic Servant
Stewartson, Margaret SRV Unm 14 1847 Kent, Greenwich, Nursemaid
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1861 - William & Elizabeth

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MSX = Middlesex
SUR = Surrey
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12, Greek Street, St Anne, Strand, London & Middlesex
[Greek St mentioned in divorce document]
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Smith, William Head Mar 41 1820 SUR, Lambeth, Proprieter Of Billiard Room
Smith, E M Wife Mar 34 1827 MSX, Hackney,
Smith, B G Son Unm 3 1858 MSX, St James,
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Bean, M A Visitor Unm 4 1857 MSX, St James,
Watkins, Elza Servant Unm 19 1842 MSX, House Servant House Servant
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1861 - Frank Younger

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MSX = Middlesex
SUR = Surrey
SRV = Servant
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9, Melbourne Place Old Kent Road,
Camberwell, London & Surrey
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Younger, Matthew Head Mar 68 1793 MSX, Marylebone Baker Employing Two Men
Younger, Elizabeth Wife Mar 69 1792 Kent, Chislehurst,
Younger, Caroline Dgtr Unm 29 1832 MSX,
Younger, Frank Grandson 10 1851 SUR, Camberwell, Scholar
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Richardson, Mary SRV Unm 21 1840 MSX, Domestic Servant
Murphy, Henry SRV Unm 18 1843 SUR, Newton, Domestic Servant
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• *** Caroline was one of the witnesses at Eliza's wedding (sister?)

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1871 - Martha & Henry

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BRK = Berkshire
MSX = Middlesex
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Cooks Road, St Mary Newington,
St Saviour Southwark, London & Surrey
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Martha Smith Wife 47 1824 BRK, Brimpton,
Henry Smith Son 16 1855 MSX, Dalston "no occupation"
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William Richards Grandson 9 1862 MSX, Islington
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1854 - Birth of Henry

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Henry James Smith
born 8 June 1854
baptised in April 1855
at St Leonard, Shoreditch.
Parents: William (gentleman) and Martha.
Abode: 2 Hamilton Cottages, Dalston.
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1871 - William & Elizabeth

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Thames Street, Sunbury, Staines, Middlesex & Surrey
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William Smith Head 51 1820 Surrey, Licensed victualler Elizabeth Smith Wife 42 1829 Hackney Middlesex,
Benton Gooch Smith Son 13 1858 Middlesex,
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William Mehew Coachman 29 1842 Oxfordshire,
Mary Ann Fox Gen Servant 19 1852 Huntingdonshire,
Richard Wells Servant 10 1861 Sheerness Kent,
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1881 - William & Elizabeth & Herbert

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ESX = Essex
MSX = Middlesex
SUR = Surrey
DOR = Dorset
OXF = Oxfordshire
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Windsor Villas, Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex
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Smith, William Head Mar 61 1820 SUR, Lambeth Club Manager Smith, Elizabeth Martha Wife Mar 51 1830 ESX, Shackawell
(Smith), Herbert Herbert Adopted Son Sg 7 1874 SUR, Thames Ditton
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Manstone, Rose Domestic Sg 18 1863 DOR, Dorchester, General Servant
Bennett, John Lodger Sg 34 1847 MSX, Hampton, Merchants City
Hadland, Elizabeth Visitor Widow 74 1807 OXF, Heston, Retired Bakers Wife
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1881: wrong !

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[wrong couple. Sunbury is in Norfolk. This William is a baker, appeared also in 1871]
William Smith (1820)
living in Sunbury
with Maria Smith (1818).
Noone else in house.
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1881 Martha & son Henry

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MSX = Middlesex
SUR = Surrey
BRK = Berkshire
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9, Chapter Terrace,
Newington,
St Saviour Southwark,
London & Surrey
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Hill, William F Head Mar 38 1843 MSX, Shoreditch Printer Compositor
Hill, Rachel Wife Mar 36 1845 MSX, London, Printer Compositors Wife
Hill, Walter Son Sg 8 1873 MSX
Hill, Jessie Dgtr Sg 6 1875 SUR, Newington
Hill, Owen Son Sg 0 1881 SUR, Newington
Hill, Charity J Mother Widow 63 1818 MSX, London Nurse Monthly (Submed Serv)
Hill, Rebecca Sister Sg 25 1856 MSX, Seamstress
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Smith, Martha Lodger Widow 57 1824 BRK, Brompton, none
Smith, Henry J Lodger Sg 26 1855 MSX, London Postman (C S Mess)
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Guppy Joseph Visitor Sg 22 1859 Somerset, Langford Groom (Dom)
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1891 - William & Elizabeth

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MSX = Middlesex
SUR = Surrey
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Grosvenor Terrace, Twickenham, Brentford, Middlesex, ST MARYS Brentford
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Smith, William Head Mar 71 1820 MSX, London Clerk Plume Club
Smith, Elizabeth Wife Mar 63 1828 Hackney, Shackelwell
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Smith, Elizabeth Granddaughter 7 1884 SUR, Camberwell
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Brown, Sarah Servant Sg 21 1870 MSX, Twickenham Domestic Servant
Barton, Thomas Lodger Widower 73 1818 MSX, London Retired Journalist
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1891 - Martha Smith

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Frederick Road, Newington,
St Saviour Southwark, London & Surrey
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Martha Smith Head Mar 68 1823 Berkshire
Henry Smith Son Sg 27 1864 MSX, London Supernamary At Theatre
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1898 Electoral Roll

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Elizabeth Martha Smith - Mitchell St, London & Middlesex - 1898

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1901 - Elizabeth & adopted son Herbert

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Hyde Villas, 1,
Teddington (Middlesex),
Kingston, Middlesex
St Peter & St Paul Hampton Kingston
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MSX = Middlesex
SUR = Surrey
WDW = widow
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Smith, Herbert T Head Sg 27 1874 S W, London, Clerk
Smith, Elizabeth G Mother WDW 72 1829 Shacklewall, London
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Austine, Arthur De B Lodger Mar 47 1854 MSX, Ealing, Living On Own Means
Healey, Richard Lodger Mar 63 1838 London West Clerk
Healey, Elizabeth Lodger Mar 61 1840 SUR, Kingston on Thames
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Downard, Amelia Servant WDW 71 1830 SUR, Farnham
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Age of Herbert T Smith matches adopted son from previous 1881 census
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1903 Death (GRO)

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SMITH, ELIZABETH 75
GRO Reference: 1901 S Quarter in KINGSTON ON THAMES Volume 02A Page 234
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