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William Champion SMEED b1844 Dover

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Christine

Christine Report 2 Jan 2014 10:54

Thanks Chris. I didn't have that!

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 2 Jan 2014 09:04

https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch

(William Smeed 1900 Burial, on above)

Chris :)

patchem

patchem Report 1 Jan 2014 22:43

I was actually looking for something else and arrived at it.

So just put it there so poster has it for future reference.

But might be more expensive than FMP

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 1 Jan 2014 22:29

Never seen that site before Patchem, sadly it's just fetching up the same results as FMP - odd house numbers only.

patchem

patchem Report 1 Jan 2014 22:23

http://www.1901censusonline.com/search.asp?wci=ad_search

Christine

Christine Report 1 Jan 2014 21:00

MC

Thanks. I'll take a look at those suggestions.

Regards
Chris

Christine

Christine Report 1 Jan 2014 20:59

Hi Andy

Sorry, not the right family.

Regards
Chris

Andrew

Andrew Report 1 Jan 2014 20:56

1911


Henry Thomas Smeed 56
>>>>>>> Mary Ann Smeed 38
Ethel Smeed 19
Henry Thomas Smeed 15
Horace Smeed 11
Thomas William Smeed 9
Hannah Smeed 7
Albert Smeed 5
W Smeed 3


Address 5 Maplin Street E, Mile End Old Town

Was Mary Ann Jacobs before marriage.

Andy

Christine

Christine Report 1 Jan 2014 20:46

Hi MC

Custom House is an area, not a road! I didn't know that either.

Info from Death Cert for William Champion Smeed who died at Leytonstone Workhouse Hospital in Feb 1900. Home address given as 24 Adamson Road, Custom House.

M.A. Smeed was present at death and was said to be his wife.
However his wife (who WAS a Mary Ann) was already deceased.
Haven't been able to spot a second marriage.

Cheers

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 1 Jan 2014 20:41

There's this one:

SMEED, Mary A Head Widow F 46 1855 Shirt Machinist Battersea, London

Piece: 353 Folio: 169 Page: 18
Registration District: Poplar
Civil Parish: Poplar

Address: 14, Latham Street, Poplar County: London
...........................................................................................................

ADDED: or

MARTIN, Luther Head Married M 51 1850 Dairyman Sussex
MARTIN, Julia Wife Married F 50 1851 Dressmaker Hereford
TAYLOR, James Step Son Single M 25 1876 Clerk Commercial Kent
SMEED, Mary Ann Mother Widow F 72 1829 Dalston
JOSCELYNE, Gertrude Niece Single F 19 1882 Visitor Dalston

Piece: 559 Folio: 86 Page: 3
Registration District: Lewisham
Civil Parish: Lewisham M

Address: 99, Ewart Road, Lewisham County: London

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 1 Jan 2014 20:39

Hi Christine, not seeing either a no 24 or a Custom House on Adamson Road in 1901.

If you could let us know where these details came from can try other ways of finding. Are you trying to establish who M A Smeed was?

Christine

Christine Report 1 Jan 2014 20:33

New request please!

Would someone be able to carry out an address check in the 1901 Census please?

The address is 24 Adamson Road Custom House

(Which is part of West Ham).

I am looking for an M. A. Smeed (age unknown).
Female/Widow.


Many Thanks

Christine

Christine Report 27 Oct 2013 20:52

Had a busy weekend and have come back to see all this!

I do have a lot of info on WCS and he was quite a colourful character! He deserted from his first regiment which he joined at 15yrs as a Boy Trumpeter. He then re-enlisted into another regiment using his brother-in-laws surname of Dady. Off he went to India where he married and had to call his first son Dady for obvious reasons. He was eventually found out and sent back to England to be dealt with. They stopped his pension for the time he was AWOL from his first regiment. He was 'busted' several times for being drunk & disorderly and getting into fights, but he finally retired from the army as a Drum Sgt Major. The son you mentioned above (William Dady Smeed) was a Stoker with the Royal Navy. Sadly he was asphixiated when some idiot took a stove into the double hull of the ship where he was painting.

Thanks for your continued interest.

Thelma

Thelma Report 27 Oct 2013 11:51

Five trees on Mundia.com

Brereton-Heard tree
Public Member Tree
Unsourced William Champion Smeed
Birth: 1844 - Kent
Death: 17 Feb 1900 - Essex
Marriage: 1870 - Bengal (West Bengal), India
Spouse: Mary Ann William
F: (Name Unknown)

M: (Name Unknown)
Coggins Family Tree
Public Member Tree
1 attached record, 1 source William Champion Smeed
Birth: Abt 1844 - Kent, England

F: Edward Smeed

M: Elizabeth H Oakes
Hills/Davis/Dady Family Tree
Public Member Tree
Unsourced William Champion AKA "DAady" William Smeed
Birth: 15/04/1844 (15 Apr 1844) - Kent
Death: March 1900 (Mar 1900) - Dover, Kent

F: Edward Smeed

M: Elizabeth Hannah Oates
Val Potts Family Tree
Public Member Tree
1 source William Champion Smeed
Birth: 1844 - Kent
Death: 17 Feb 1900 - Essex
Spouse: Mary Ann William
F: (Name Unknown)

M: (Name Unknown)
Hodge
Public Member Tree
Unsourced William Champion Smeed
Birth: Bef 30 Jun 1844 (30 Jun 1844) - Kent

F: Edward Smeed

M: Elizabeth Anna Oates

Chris Ho :)

Chris Ho :) Report 27 Oct 2013 06:49

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=330278.0

(above, a query if any use with anything)


Description:Name Smeed, William Dady
Official Number: 161043
Place of Birth: Bombay, India
Date of Birth: 12 December 1870

(above Navy Record from below, if he fits in family anywhere)

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/royal-naval-seamen.htm

Chris :)

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 Oct 2013 21:25

Whoops I forgot his birth year. :-D

Choccy

Choccy Report 26 Oct 2013 21:06


??

Crew Lists 1861-1913 -

First name(s): W

Last name: SMEED

Made mark: Capacity: Assist Cook

Year of birth: 1848 (calculated) Indenture date:

Age: 42 Indenture port:

Place of birth (transcribed): Kent RNVR number:

Place of birth: (standardised) Kent, Kent Ticket number:

Previous ship: Shore Service

Previous ship port:

Previous ship year:


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Vessel name: Port Denison Vessel official number: 94316

Period for crew list: 11 Dec 1890 - 16 Apr 1891 Port: London

Master: S MON Port registry number: 97

Master's address: Port registry year: 1887

Master's town (transcribed): Gross tonnage: 3505

Master's town (standardised): Net tonnage: 2289

Master's ticket number: Horse power:

Owner: William MILBURN Number of seamen:

Owner's address: 1, 2, 3 & 4 Bilbter Avenue Repository's reference: BT99/1714

Owner's town (transcribed): London EC Log book available?: No

Owner's town (standardised): London, London Record source: The National Archives

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 Oct 2013 21:04

Shirley, no - the army record is most definitely his because his son wasn't born in 1844! I wouldn't have been looking at e.g. WW1 records for someone who would have been around 70 at that time.

It looks as though he enlisted in one regiment in 1859 as William Dady and then another in 1863 as William Champion Smeed. The records on FindMyPast include both attestation papers and comments written on them by the regiment.

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it

Shirley~I,m getting the hang of it Report 26 Oct 2013 20:34

He died in 1900 ,maybe the army record is his son William

MarieCeleste

MarieCeleste Report 26 Oct 2013 19:46

Hello Chris, I see from his army records that he was also known as William Dady. Do you know when he was using his various names?