1851 Census, Amersham - Unity Smith

[Bram Taylor]

I have just found TWO references to a person that I am searching for, both of them have her born in the same quarter in the same place,
Vol. 6  Page 298, September Quarter, 1849 Amersham, Bucks
Vol. 6  Page 285, September Quarter, 1849 Amersham, Bucks

It would be great if somebody could locate this lady, Unity Smith,
for me in the 1851 census, possibly two references? It may help me sort which one is mine!
Thanks.
Bram Taylor
Australia

[tazzie]

Hi Bram,

 This is what I have found:

 1851 Amersham;  William Smith 42 fruiterer b Amersham
                              Keziah            42 wife      b Chesham
                              David              20 son       b Chesham
                              James             18 son       bAmersham
                              Martha ann     16 da         b Amersham
                              Maria               14 da        b Amersham
                            Sophia               10da         b Amersham
                           Henry                 6son          b Amersham
                          Unity                   1 da            bAmersham

           All living in Amersham
     Down the road in Chesham we find.......

                    John Smith       44 farm lab b Chesham
                      Mary               41 wife       b Chesham
                   Sarah Ann         19 da         b Chesham
                  Ann                     15 da         b Chesham
                 William                 10 son       b Chesham
                 Henry                    8 son        b Chesham
                     James                5 son Chesham
                   Unity                   1 da       b Chesham.

             All living at Botley. Unity is listed a plait maker at a year old!

           This probably doesn't help much. Over to you.

                Tazzie           

[tazzie]

Hi again,

 Just found on IGI. Not sure if you have this.....

 c28 Jan 1855 Amersham   Unity Smith daughter of William & Keziah Smith.


c16 September 1849   Latimer Unity Smith  daughter of John & Mary Smith.

                Tazzie

[Bram Taylor]

Absolutely fantastic!!!!
I  will go and sleep on that one, amazing, I thought the name was unusual!
Thanks an awful lot, you have really helped me out in this one!

Regards,

Bram

[tazzie]

Hi Bram,

Have been trying to get to our local library for a couple of weeks but had not had chance.It is in the centre of Milton Keynes and is now full of manic shoppers if you can bear with me as soon as I get chance to nip in I can check the parish records for you .They have 99%of them fully readable on film.
 BE BACK WHEN POSS.

TAZZIE

[49hyva]

Hi Bram
I realise your post is a little old, and you may have sorted everything out by now, but I'm a new member here and only just came across it.

My family tree contains a Unity Smith from the Botley / Tylers Hill area of Chesham. The details I have are as follows –

Unity Smith (Aug 8th 1849 – Sep 1929) is the daughter of John & Mary Smith (nee Atkins). Six other children in the family – Sarah Ann (b1832), Elizabeth (1834), Ann (1836), William (1841), Henry (1843), and James (1846).
Unity married William Hewitt (b1848) on Sep 28th 1869, and they had a son William (b1874). William married Jane Elizabeth Burgin (b1873) on Dec 25th 1893

If you are looking for more information, please let me know and I may be able to help.

Kind regards
Rich

[Bram Taylor]

Hi
Please don't think I have forgotten you, I am up to my ears on a couple of other names in my family that I have been working on and will get back to you just as soon as I can.
Kind regards,

Bram Taylor
Australia

[Bram Taylor]

Hi, I have just found a quick moment for a check and it seems it is like this:- My wife's mother was an Eggleton originating in Chesham, Bucks and one of her relatives, her great grand aunt, Mary Eggleton married James Hewitt and thir second eldest child William Hewitt married Latimer Unity Smith. She was born 16 September 1849.
Hope that helps explain where I am at?Kind regards

Bram Taylor
Australia

[49hyva]

Hi Bram
Re post by Tazzie: Definitely the Smiths from Botley, Chesham and NOT the Smiths from Amersham I would say.

I can’t find any reference to Latimer as part of her name though. Every reference (birth, marriage, census), is just Unity Smith (or later Unity Hewitt). Latimer is a village not far away, and the parish church there seems to have been a popular wedding venue at that time, (several of my family were married there). I would suggest this is perhaps where she got married to William, and the name has somehow become attached.

I have found some additional children for Unity and William.
Frederick (b1870)
George (1873)
Ernest (1877)
Anne (1883)

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My family also originate from Chesham, and I still have some relatives living there.
Although I am not directly related to this particular Smith family, I have a connection through the husband of one of my Aunts. His ancestral line comes down from Unity’s sister Ann Smith.

Kind regards
Rich