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09-04-10, 18:02
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John Smoothy 1811 Chelmsford - 1893 Richmond, Surrey
Birth year : Family Bible gives date 16 Dec 1811.
Baptism: St Mary's, Chelmsford John, son of John & Elizabeth Smoothy, 12th Jan 1812. 1820 John's sister's baptism gives family home as Clapham's Rents. 1841 HO107/ 1066/2 fol. 29 p.3 Windsor Street, Putney, Wandsworth, London Sarah Sewell or Savill, 75 independent. not born in county John Smoothy 25 MS (manservant) not born in county Henry Noble 15 [occup. illegible, cd be tailor/garden man] born in county Edward Noble 12 born in county [this would give John a birth year of 1816, when he should really be abt. 29 - census enumerator was supposed to round ages down to the nearest 5. So perhaps his employer was really 80! 1841 does not state whether she was widowed or unmarried] 1851 H0 107/1605/88 P. 13 recorded as John Smarthy, aged 39, footman to Sarah Woodroffe*, (b. 1778, Beckenham, Kent) fundholder, at 2 Maid of Honour Row, Richmond, Surrey. *Family Bible has inscription "John Smoothy. A gift from Mrs Woodroffe, Dec 25th 1858". 23 October 1858 John married Ann Chowns at Kennington Parish church. The address he gave was Chapel Road, Stockwell. Have not located this, but south of the church on 1888 map of London is Saint Anne Road with a baptist chapel marked. 1860 Feb on daughter Elizabeth Louisa's birth cert, occupation is domestic servant. 1861 John Smoothy, aged 45 is on census as butler to Emma Byrom at Clarendon House, Broadwater district of Worthing in Sussex. John's wife Ann and their daughter Elizabeth are in Richmond, Surrey 1871 RG10 869 69 p.10 24, The Green, Richmond John head 55 Chelmsford lodging house keeper Ann wife 44 Stoke Bucks Elizabeth L. daur 11 scholar Emily E. 10 scholar John D.R. 2, scholar Edith 1 1881 RG11/0843 172 p.7 Vestry Cottage, Richmond, Surrey John (beadle & vestry messenger), Chelmsford Ann wife Farnham, Buckingham John son age 12, scholar, Richmond, Surrey Edith 11, daur scholar Richmond, Surrey boarder George Newboult, 57 former school master Grosvenor Square, London William Mott, 13. visitor (who later is witness to JDR's first marriage). [Vestry Cottage was near the Old Burying Ground, off Paradise Road, and on the same side of the road and near to Halford Rd] 1891 RG12 620 9 p.10&11 Vestry Cottage [no numbers given for rooms, so over 5] Richmond John Smoothy head 79 Assistant Overseer Essex Chelmsford Ann Smoothy wife 63 Bucks St Poges Charles Vine son-in-law 28 cellarman Sussex Lewes Elizabeth L. Vine daur 31 Surrey Richmond Edith M. Smoothy 21 daur Surrey Richmond Emily F. Vine grand daur 5 scholar Alfred J. Vine grandson 4 scholar ) all born Florence M. Vine grand daur 2 Alice L. Vine grand daur 1 ) Sussex Lewes George Newboult 67 boarder retired schoolmaster London Grosvenor Sq. 1893 Jan-Feb-Mar Richmond Sry their long term lodger died, aged 69 , registered as George Newbolt 10 Sep 1894, John died at Vestry Cottage of senile decay and cystitis. His burial place is unknown but his son is buried in Richmond Cemetery. Link to gt grandfather: http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ead.php?t=1826
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Love from Nell researching Chowns in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Brewer, Broad, Eplett & Pope in Cornwall Smoothy & Willsher/Wiltshire in Essex & Surrey Emms, Mealing + variants, Purvey & Williams in Gloucestershire Barnes, Dunt, Gray, Massingham, Saul/Seals/Sales in Norfolk Matthews & Nash in Warwickshire Last edited by Nell; 25-11-12 at 08:29. 
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10-04-10, 14:59
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That's interesting Nell
I wonder if any of his family knew my gt gran's brother ? William Henry Looker (Cabinet Maker) born 1858 Scotland, moved to London, then to Barnes, Surrey and finally settled in Richmond ..... Hill Rise (1911). Believe his widow had a Tea Shop somewhere around there later.
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10-04-10, 21:46
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They aren't around to ask any more Rachel!
But if I find any Lookers in my researches I'll let you know. By coincidence I do have a Looker family in my tree, my gt x a few aunt married a Loker and they are sometimes recorded as Looker, but they originated as Locar in Cambridgeshire.
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Love from Nell researching Chowns in Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire Brewer, Broad, Eplett & Pope in Cornwall Smoothy & Willsher/Wiltshire in Essex & Surrey Emms, Mealing + variants, Purvey & Williams in Gloucestershire Barnes, Dunt, Gray, Massingham, Saul/Seals/Sales in Norfolk Matthews & Nash in Warwickshire
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10-04-10, 23:49
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Quote:
Mine begin around the Marlborough area of Wiltshire
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