James SMITH

[Margaret in Burton]

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

James Smith

Date and place of birth

c 1793. (1841 census says Warwickshire and 1851 says Bunwell or Burnill - Burnhill? - Warwickshire) This doesn't seem to exist.

Names of parents

Unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

Unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

9 February 1815 at St Mary's, Hazeley, Warwickshire to Elizabeth White

Occupation(s) - if any

Agricultural Labourer

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).

Balsall, Warwickshire

Date, place and cause of death

6 February 1860 in Balsall Common, Warwickshire - cause - Diseased Liver for several years and Dropsy for 12 months

Date and place of burial.

8 Feb 1860 in Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Unknown

Memorial inscription - if any

Unknown

Link to daughter:Hannah Smith

[kiterunner]

Who were the witnesses at Hannah's wedding, Marg?

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Who were the witnesses at Hannah's wedding, Marg?

Joseph Stowe and Ann Stowe, that was her husbands sister and brother in law.

[kiterunner]

Hmm, so we're looking for a James Smith, occupation unknown.

[Margaret in Burton]

Originally Posted by kiterunner

Hmm, so we're looking for a James Smith, occupation unknown.

Yup!

I'm thinking that Hannah may have been illegitimate and made up James' name. That's why there was no occupation. He may have died when she was small though.

[Margaret in Burton]

New information added from Warwickshire PR's on Ancestry.

[Margaret in Burton]

Received death cert so edited #1