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Sophia Smith

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Llanthony (Llandewi Nant Hodni), Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Death: May 28, 1927 (69-78)
Withington, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom) (Chronic brochitis; hypostatic pneumonia, oedema of lungs.)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of ? ? and Jane Smith
Wife of John Douglas
Half sister of William David Braide and Mary Braide

Occupation: Domestic servant (prior to marriage)
Managed by: Alan J. White
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Immediate Family

About Sophia Smith

  • 1861 census: age 9, living in Llanthewy Rytherch, with mother Jane Smith (unmarried) and grandparents - birthplace given as Llanthewi Rytherch.
  • 1871 census: age 19, servant to Hunter family at Mount Pleasant, Llangattock Nigh Usk (between Usk and Abergavenny).
  • 1881 census: age 26 (?), a domestic servant in Abergavenny.
  • 1881: marriage and move to Rhondda valley - Porth.
  • 1886: teapot inscribed "Sarah Douglas, Jenkins St., Parth, 1886" (presumably Porth) - this is the street where Edward Musto and family lived with Robert Prosser in 1891.
  • 1981 census: age 39, living with John Douglas at 11 Eriw Road, Brittania Hafod, Ystradyfodwg.
  • 1901 census: living at Tynant Cottages, Llantwit Fardre, with John and Edward Musto (half-nephew).
  • 1903?: George (E.G.N.) Simpson, brought up by Douglas family after his mother Emily's death. His daughter Emily was given the middle name Sophia.
  • 1911 census: Sophia (age 56) living with husband John Douglas at Llettyrafel Farm, Cilfrew, nr. Neath, with George (E.G.N.) Simpson - listed as George Douglas, age 12 - and a domestic servant Ilo Simpson (Illo Florence, George's sister).
  • 19?? moved to Herefordshire (brother lived in Hereford)
  • 1927, Death age circa 75 at Lock Cottage. Withington, Hereford. Notified by brother William Braide.
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Sophia Smith's Timeline

1853
1853
Llanthony (Llandewi Nant Hodni), Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1927
May 28, 1927
Age 74
Withington, Herefordshire, England (United Kingdom)