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I have a Mary Jane Smith (my great Grandmother) who married James Durrant in Leytonstone Essex Dec 8th 1888.

Her father is given as Samuel Smith builder

I have found her in 1881 in Dennington Suffolk where she is staying with her uncle at the Queens Head Inn - presumably where she met James, who lives in Dennington.

She has London Poplar London Middlesex as her place of birth and a birth year of 1866, but I can't find her in 1871, which I hope would give me her parents names and dates of birth.

Poplar doesn't seem to be on Ancestry - what else could I try?

Many thanks for any help

Trina

Trina

Do you have her on the 1981, if yes is her birth year the same as the 1881

She wasn't deaf by any chance was she? There is this Mary with grandparents who was born the right year:-

Name: Mary Smith
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Granddaughter
Gender: Female
Where born: Enfield, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Enfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Andrew
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Edmonton
Sub-registration district: Enfield
ED, institution, or vessel: 7
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 160
Household Members: Name Age
Ann Smith 58
Charles Smith 20
Charles Smith 11
Elizabeth Smith 2
Ellen Smith 30
Emma Smith 22
Kate Smith 16
Mary Smith 4
Richard Smith 68

Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 1344; Folio: 20; Page: 31

Kath. x

There's this Mary although transcribed as Mary Ann not Mary Jane but father is Samuel, although occupation is French Polisher

Mary Ann Smith
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Samuel
Mother's Name: Louisa
Gender: Female
Where born: Shoreditch, Middlesex, England

Civil Parish: Shoreditch
Ecclesiastical parish: St John The Baptist Hoxton
County/Island: London
Country: England

Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Disability: View Image

Registration district: Shoreditch
Sub-registration district: Hoxton Old Town
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 99
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Smith 2
John Smith 4 months
Louisa Smith 27
Louisa Smith 8
Mary Ann Smith 4
Samuel Smith 29

Martin

Thankyou for those - I'll follow them up. I think I have just found the details for her birth certificate so I'll send for that asap.

Many thanks

Trina

Hi Petrina

WHen did she marry and what age does it state on marriage cert?
Ages on censuses can be very misleading as some people were unsure of their age, although as i've found with one of my relatives he stated on his marriage he was 28 when infact he was 33 which him and his wife went back to the church and rectified 30 years after the marriage took place!!

Martin

08/09/2007 15:33:21
Trina

Do you have her on the 1981, if yes is her birth year the same as the 1881



I'll ask again