Harriet Smith MMMM
 

Name - "official" name and what they were known as
Harriet Smith

Date and place of birth
c1815 Layham, Suffolk

Names of parents
Edward Smith and Elizabeth Crisp

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
5th April 1814, Layham Suffolk

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Thomas Moulton, but no marriage found, Between 1861 and 1871 changed her name to ROUSE but no other details found

Occupation(s) - if any
None listed

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on.
1841-
1851- Shenfield, Essex
1861- Railway Station House, Shenfield, Essex
1871- Shenfield, Essex (as Harriet ROUSE)
1881- Shenfield, Essex (as Harriet ROUSE)

Date, place and cause of death
Dec 1899, Essex

Date and place of burial / cremation.
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
Memorial inscription - if any

I was wondering whether "Leighton, Suffolk" on the 1851 was supposed to be Leiston, but I see there is a Harriet Smith christened 5 April 1814 at Layham, parents Edward Smith and Elizabeth Crisp. Layham is nearer to Essex than Leiston is, and one of your Harriet's children was named Edward...(and one named Eliza, not quite Elizabeth) oh, and the Layham family also had a daughter called Jane, matching another of your Harriet's children.

(Note just in case we need it - Layham is indexed as Laylham on ancestry on the 1841 census!)

Thanks for that, I'll have closer look at that during the footie tonight!

Mmmm I see what you mean, how on earth am I going to move forward on this one?????

Kiterunner, Just look what you have helped me find! really helped me look that bit further. There has been an odd situation where my great Grand mother is named on her children's birth certs as Rouse, but there is no Harriet Rouse (daughter of this Harriet Smith/ Moulton/ Rouse) born in the right time and place, but Harriet Moulton is there, right time and place! There is a story that she told an Aunt of mine that her real name wasn't Rouse at all but Moulton. but no explanation why (and Auntie is long dead!) All a bit long winded, but I've now found the elusive family all in the census records, and the later records confirm she was born in LAYHAM!

Thanks so much

Not sure I understand that, but glad to hear I helped!