Emma Broad

[Nell]

My mother's mother's mother

Emma Broad born 29 April, 1867, Talskiddy, Saint Columb Major, Cornwall
Parnets James Broad, general labourer, mother Honor Broad, formerly Pope.

No baptism information yet.

1871 RG10 /2256/ 81 p.6
Trevenna, Mawgan, Cornwall
James Broad 57 ag labourer Little Petherick
Honor Broad 40 ag lab wife St. Ervan
Eliza Broad 9 daur scholar Mawgan
Annie Broad 6 daur scholar Mawgan
>>>EMMA BROAD 4 daur scholar Mawgan
Katie Broad 1 daur Mawgan

Emma's father died 21 November 1871, when she was just 5.

1881 RG11/ 2297/ 48 p.2
Gluvian, Mawgan In Pyder, Cornwall
William HORTOP Head 35 Tavistock, Devon,Farmer of 200 Acres Employing 5 Labrs.
Mary HORTOP Wife 33 Mawgan, Cornwall, (Farmer's Wife)
Margaret OLD Serv U 23 Mawgan, Cornwall, General Serv.
>>>>Emma BROAD Serv U 14 Mawgan, Cornwall, General Serv.
William RAWLING Serv W 67 Mawgan, Cornwall, Farm Serv. (indr.)
William LEVERTON Serv U 17 St Eval, Cornwall, Farm Serv. (indr.)

At some point before her marriage 1890, Emma must have moved to Richmond, Surrey. Her sister Mary was housemaid at The Homestead, Marshgate, Sion Row, Richmond, Surrey in 1891, so it is
highly likely that she and Emma had both worked for the same household. Emma gives The Homestead, Marshgate as her address on her wedding cert.

Married Sept. 23rd, 1890 at St Mary Magdalen, Richmond [the Parish church]
John David Robert SMOOTHY age 22, bachelor, wood turner, 24 Compton Terrace.
Emma BROAD, 23, spinster, The Homestead, Marshgate.

1891 RG12/ 620 9 p.10
32 Compton Terrace, Lower Road, Richmond, Surrey.
John D. R. Smoothy, 22, a turner, Surrey, Richmond
>>>>>Emma, wife 23 b. St Columb, Cornwall
Frank W. Gale, 21 lodger, single, tailor Sussex Chichester

22 May 1893
Emma gave birth to her and John's only child, Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy [my mother's mother] at 21 Compton Terrace, Richmond.


1901 RG13/679/ 26 p.3
5 Manor Grove, North Sheen.
John D.R. Smoothy head 32, wood turner, Surrey Richmond
>>>Emma 33 St. Columb, Cornwall
Gladys W. M. daughter 7 Richmond, Surrey
John C. Edwards boarder single 23 painter own account Middx. Staines
Emile Pascan boarder single 31 gardener (domestic) [T/S?] Chasseneuil-Charante, France. French


Death 31st May, 1904. 5 Manor Grove North Sheen.
Emma Smoothy, 37 years. Wife of John David Robert Smoothy, woodturner.
Cause of death: phthisis (pulmonary) 3 years. Certified by S.S. Burn, MB.
Informant: J.D.R. Smoothy, widoer of deceased, present at death, 5 Manor Grove, North Sheen. 1st June 1904.
[death was 9 days after her daughter's 11th birthday.

Burial:
Emma was buried in Richmond Cemetery, Section J grave no.1431 on Saturday 4th June, 1904. The gravestone reads "In loving memory of EMMA THE DEARLY LOVED WIFE OF JOHN SMOOTHY, DIED MAY 31ST 1904 AGED 37, GONE BUT EVER PRESENT".