William Smith (1820 - 1876)

Born 23 Jul 1820 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

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Died 11 Jun 1876 at age 55 in Picton, Prince Edward, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

William Smith was born on 23 July 1820 at Wadhurst, County Sussex, England. He was the son of George Smith and Philadelphia Roberts. William was baptised at Sandhurst, Kent, England in the Wesleyan faith on 29 October 1820 with parents recorded as George Smith and Philadelphia Smith, farmers from Wadhurst^[1].

In the 1841 English Census, William Smith is living in his parents household at the farm at Newhouse Wadhurst. Seven other siblings are in the household^[2].

Ancestry Free Image 1841 English Census

On 1 May 1843, William Smith, his father George Smith, married Caroline Sophia Tuppeny, 18 years of age her father George Tuppeny, at Speldhurst, Kent, England^[3].

In the 1851 English Census, William and Caroline Smith are living at Lower Turnpike Gate, Wadhurst, Sussex, where William is employed as a Agricultural Labourer. They have three children, George, Elizabeth and Charity - all born Wadhurst, and Caroline's father, George Tuppenny Gardener Journeyman, and her brother, William Tuppeny Carpenter Journeyman, as well as two lodgers, Henry Weller and John Skinner, live in the household^[4].

William and Caroline and their family emigrated to Canada between 1854 and 1859 (based on birth of children).

In the 1861 Canada Census in the Town of Picton, in the County of Prince Edward, William and Caroline Smith are shown living with children Mary Ann, George, Elizabeth, Charity, William, Fanny and Alfred. Alfred aged two is the only child born in Canada.^[5]

On 24 December 1870, at Picton, Prince Edward, Charity Smith daughter of William and Caroline Smith married Edwin Brooks^[6].

In the 1871 Canadian Census, William and Caroline are living in the Province of Ontario, Prince Edward district, Town of Picton. William is a labourer, daughter Mary aged 27 is a seamstress and son George a Sailor. Daughter Charity is married to Edwin Brooks a Stonemason, and other children William age 19 and Fanny age 17, both born in England, and Frederick aged 12, Flora aged 9 and Walter aged 5 born Ontario^[7].

On 17 March 1873, William's daughter, Fanny Smith married Edwin Ackerman, at Picton, Prince Edward at "The residence of the Bride's father".^[8]

William Smith, 57 year old male, born Wadhurst, Sussex, England died of cancer on 11 June 1876^[9].

Sources

1. ↑ Viewed on Ancestry.com, The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; General Register Office: Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths surrendered to the Non-parochial Registers Commissions of 1837 and 1857; Class Number: RG 4; Piece Number: 1985, Register of Baptisms in the Parish of Sandhurst and other Parishes in the County of Kent and Sussex, Register previously kept in The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel Sandhurst Kent
2. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7S2-5W5 : 25 May 2019), William Smith in household of George Smith, Wadhurst, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey. Page Number 6, Piece/Folio 1116/7, Registration Number HO107
3. ↑ England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKJ6-3RH9 : 8 December 2017), William Smith and Caroline Sophia Tuppeny, 01 May 1843; citing Marriage, Speldhurst, Kent, England, Kent Archives Office, Maidstone; FHL microfilm 1,866,583.
4. ↑ England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGBD-LCN : 11 September 2019), William Smith, Wadhurst, Sussex, England; citing Wadhurst, Sussex, England, p. 1, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey. Page Number 1, Piece/Folio 1639 / 317, Registration Number HO107
5. ↑ Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQWD-WVP : 5 September 2017), Wm Smith, Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 44, line 13; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1070, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,942., Image at https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1861&op=img&id=4108335_00402
6. ↑ Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMFR-WXL : 8 March 2021), Wm Smith in entry for Edwin Brooks and Charity Smith, 24 Dec 1870; citing registration , Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,696., Image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39L-VR7?i=108&cc=1784216
7. ↑ Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M47J-HMX : 19 March 2021), William Smith, Picton, Prince Edward, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada; citing 1871; citing National Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. Household ID 84, House Number 73, Line Number 5, Page 22, Image at https://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1871&op=img&id=4396690_00029
8. ↑ Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMNH-XD4 : 8 March 2021), William Smith in entry for Edwin Ackerman and Fanny Smith, 19 Mar 1873; citing registration , Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,862,890., Image at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9Q97-Y39G-Z89?i=1017&cc=1784216
9. ↑ Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Collection: MS935; Reel: 14, Ancestry.com. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-1948 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.

   Name: William Smith

   Gender: Male

   Age: 57

   Birth Date: abt 1819

   Birth Place: Wadhurst, Ssx, England

   Death Date: 11 Jun 1876

   Death Place: Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada

   Religion: Church of England

   Cause of Death: Cancer