1871 Census - JONES - Tendring

[alley]

Hi verona

lower street kirby

jeramiah cole 50 fisherman
letita 50
jeramiah 26
?emma 9
william8
mary jones 70
sarah jones 82
all born in county

regards

alan

[tbirduk]

Also can you find a Sarah Smee anywhere in any of your census sources?  We have found that at Agnes Jones marriage to Charles Barfield in 1875 his three sisters were witnesses along with the lady called Sarah SMEE - about whom we know nothing.  We are hoping that she will be Agnes's witness and may give us more clues about her.  Probably best to look in the 1871 for Kirby to start with.

Interesting! Is one of the sisters called Louisa?
She married George Deex (spelling varies with Deeks) in 1877, his uncle David had married Ann Smee in 1851, Ann had a brother Joseph Smee (1835-1897)

The only Sarah Smee around at the time so far as I know was a "Sarah Smee " who was the mother of Joseph Smee's daughter Mary E(?) Smee.
I don't know who Sarah was because (deep breath)

Joseph married his second wife Hannah Hunt in 1871, Hannah died 1872 and Joseph and Sarah (born Great Oakley) and the baby had moved to Rotherhithe by the 1881 census - Mary Smee was baptised there in 1882.

Even more confusingly "Sarah" is 33yo in 1881 but has leapt to 58 by 1891!

Could Sarah have been another Barfield sister? 

Mary E Smee was born at Great Oakley 27 Feb 1874. No birth registration as a Smee and presumably no point in looking for a baptism in Great Oakley.

[verona]

Hello

Well what a surprise after 5 years of silence on this posting!  Thank you very much.  We are planning to have another look at the family tree and see if any of your information fits in with what we've got so far.

Thanks again

Chris

Yes we have Louisa as a sister of the bride.  We have three Deex children of Lousa and George.
Is the David Deex you mention a brother of Abraham Deex who we have as George's father? 
It looks as though we need someone to find the marriage of Joseph Smee and Sarah sometime after Hannah's death in 1872 and, perhaps, before the birth of Mary in 1881.

[tbirduk]

Sorry about the delay

It has taken me a while to sort out the Deex/Deeks mess as I only get to the Essex Record Office when there are cheap deals available at the hotel, one day, I'll bite the bullet and move to Chelmsford
 
Thinking about it, it is a little strange that as Sarah appears to have been in a "common law" relationship, that the Vicar would have accepted her signing as Smee .........

Pete
http://smee.me.uk

[findem]

Hi Pete,

An ancestor sibling of mine Elizabeth Fewell was baptised 24 Apr 1768 at Felsted, parents stated to be William & Margaret Fewell, William Fewell married Margaret Twin 3 May 1768.   
The rest of William and Margaret's children were all, baptised at Gt Waltham.

So it did happen, although I have to admit it's the only event of it's kind I've seen.

Regards.