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for confirmation of his age you need the marriage cert but looks like he was some years older than Harriet

Lovely Shirley, that is indeed Harrietts family, making the 1909 death more likely.

Name: John Town
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1855
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1909
Age at Death: 54
Registration district: Hackney
Inferred County: London
Volume: 1b
Page: 248

That was one of the death dates I was considering. The only concern was that he would have been 10 years younger than his wife, but apart from that quite suitable to look further into.

John had died by 1911 and Harriet is back home with her parents

ame: Harriett Tawn/ Town
[Harriett Smith]
Age in 1911: 36
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1875
Relation to Head: Daughter
Gender: Female
Civil parish: St John-at-Hackney
County/Island: London
Country: England
Street Address: 30 Church Hill Road, Tresham Avenue, Lower Clapton, Homerton
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: PACKER and SORTER IN LAUNDRY
Registration district: Hackney
Registration District Number: 11
Sub-registration district: Central Hackney
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Piece: 1084
Household Members:
Name Age
Henry Smith 70
Eliza Smith 70
Henry Smith 50
Harriett Tawn 36
Charles Tawn 4
Lilian Elizabeth Caron 18 visotor

Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 1084; ; .

Yes Mike, that was what I was hoping, that someone with the 1911 census could help me.

<<< Lives in Australia.

the 1911 census should give you his birthplace


EDIT :

Or is this his death ?

Deaths Dec 1909
TOWN John - 54 -Hackney 1b 248

The marriage cert will give you his age and hopefully his father.

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Marriages Dec 1901 *

FIELD Arthur Hackney 1b 1033
***********SMITH Harriett Hackney 1b 1033
STEPHENSON Eleanor Maud Hackney 1b 1033
**********Town John Hackney 1b 1033

I am tying up some loose ends regarding John.
The only definites I have is that he married Harriett Smith 1901. His son was Charles (1906-1970) who married Lillian Ford 16/12 1928.
Harriett was the daughter of Henry Smith and Eliza Broomhead.
I would like to find out where he came from, and dates of birth and death if possible please. Unfortunately his marriage may have been just after the 1901 census. I have no information regarding parents or siblings either.
The family lived in Hackney. Harriett was born and died there, Charles was born at Walthamstow, and died in Hackney.
I have all of Harriett's information. Charles' children Ron and Barbara may still be alive.
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