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Harriet Smith married William Harper on 1st December 1888 at Melbourn, Cambridgeshire full age . Her father was shown as George Smith Gatekeeper on Railway.
Census records shows her place of birth as Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire. 1891 age 26 born 1865, 1901 age 38 born 1863 and 1911 age 48 born 1863
Can anyone help me find her in census records before her marriage
dinkey
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Possible NO ERROR
1881 Cambridgeshire
George Smith 48 Rail Road GER Wickham Brook Suffolk
Emma 44 Dunstall Green Suffolk
Ellen K 24
Harriet M A 21
Harry J 17
Georgiana 15
Frederick G 12
Emma 7
Harriet M A Smith still at home 1891
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In 1891 William Harper and Harriet and daughter Agnes age 1 have a William A Smith age 8 as a boarder in the household born Royston.
Harriet was of Royston per banns before the marriage
William Anderson Smith was registered Royston 1883 illegitimate, so was he Harriet's son?
A copy of the birth certificate will give an address where they were living at the time.
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amondg
I think you have solved it for me. I have just found the military record for William Anderton Smith and he gives his parents names as William and Harriet. I will check for his birth details
Thank you very much for your help
dinkey
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This is the birth registration.
SMITH, WILLIAM ANDERSON -
GRO Reference: 1883 S Quarter in ROYSTON Volume 03A Page 405
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1881 census, Railway Gate, Litlington (Cambs), Royston, Cambridgeshire, England
George Smith Head Married 51 Gate keeper b Bedfordshire
Jemima Smith Wife Married 51 - b Bedfordshire
Sarah Smith Daughter 29 - -
Eliza Smith Daughter 19 - b Hornsey, Middlesex
Thomas Smith Son 12 Scholar b Digswell, Hertfordshire
Charles Smith Son 8 - b Digswell, Hertfordshire
Samuel E Smith Son 7 bDigswell, Hertfordshire
SMITH, HARRIETT mmn STONE
GRO Reference: 1863 J Quarter in BARNET Volume 03A Page 103
SMITH, SAMUEL ERNEST mmn STONE
GRO Reference: 1873 D Quarter in HATFIELD AND WELWYN Volume 03A Page 368
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1871 census--Welwyn Junction, Digswell, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England
George Smith Head - 41 Signalman railway b Heath & Reach, Bedfordshire
Jemima Smith Wife - 41 - b Heath & Reach, Bedfordshire
Sarah Smith Daughter - 19 Needlewoman b Heath & Reach, Bedfordshire
George Smith Son 17 Tailor b Heath & Reach, Bedfordshire
Mary Smith Daughter 15 - b Leeds, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Smith Daughter - 13 Scholar b Drightlington, Yorkshire
Emma Smith Daughter - 12 Scholar Boston, Lincolnshire
Eliza Smith Daughter - 9 Scholar b Hornsey, Middlesex, England
Harriet Smith Daughter 8 Scholar b Potters Bar, Middlesex
John W Smith Son - 5 Scholar b Potters Bar, Middlesex
Maria Smith Daughter - 4 b Digswell, Hertfordshire
Thomas Smith Son 2 -b Digswell, Hertfordshire
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Marriages Dec 1849
Smith George Leighton Buzzard 6 171
Stone Jemima Leighton Buzzard 6 171
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softlysoftly
Thank you so much for all your time looking up the records for me.
I really appreciate your help
regards dinkey
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1861--He's always a railway man :).
George Smith Head Married 31 Porter on g n railway b Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire
Susanna Smith Wife 31 - b Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire
Sarah Smith Daughter 9 Scholar b Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire
George Smith Son - 7 Scholar b Heath and Reach, Bedfordshire
Mary A Smith Daughter - 5 Scholar b Leeds, Yorkshire
Elizabeth Smith Daughter - 3 Scholar b Yorkshire
Elenora Smith Daughter - 2 Scholar b Lincolnshire
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George the father remarried Eliza Docura in 1888. 3 children born prior to 1901 census.
1901 census--Melbourn Street, Royston, Hertfordshire, England
George Smith Head Married 71 Late g n r gate man b Bedfordshire, England
Eliza Smith Wife Married 54 - b Royston, Hertfordshire
Alice D Smith Daughter 11 - b Litlington, Cambridgeshire
Hannah Smith Daughter 10 - b Litlington, Cambridgeshire
William Smith Son 10 - b Litlington, Cambridgeshire
Family easily found in 1891 census
George Smith died age 73 registered Jun qtr 1903 Watford RD
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Marriage;
03 Mar 1888 St John the Baptist
George SMITH, 58, Widower, Railway Servt, abode Litlington, Father SAMUEL a Blacksmith
Eliza DOCWRA, 40, Spinster, abode Royston, Father WILLIAM a Soldier
Witnesses Joseph and Hannah Riddle
(FreeREG)
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Appears to be George in 1841 in the Hamlet of Heath and Reach;
Mary Smith 50
George Smith 10
Sarah Thompson 2
There is a Tompson Family next door
A Maria THOM married 15 Dec. 1825 Leighton Buzzard to Samuel SMITH
Another entry has her as THORN