Parents of Moses Smith

[hostile17]

Hello everyone,
I am hoping someone here can help me discover who the parents of Moses Smith b. 1816 Harby, Lincolnshire are. His father is listed as Thomas Smith but I can't pin down which Thomas he may be. Moses was the husband of Eldrei Gray/Mobbs, they married July - Sept 1846 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire volume 14 page 715.
Thanks in advance,
Sue

[CaroleW]

Is this the right 1871 entry?

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VB8D-TMY?lang=en

If so - birthyear 1812 & children born before 1846 so was it a second marriage for Moses?

Eldri died 1865 aged 42 so was only 23yrs old  in 1846

[Neale1961]

1841 census Framland
Moses Smith 20, also with siblings, and possibly his mother Sylvia age 65, net maker.



Baptism - Moses Smith
19 May 1816
Harby,Leicester,England
Father   Thomas Smith
Mother   Sylvia

[Neale1961]

Possible death .....

SMITH, SILBEN       age 72 
GRO Reference: 1848  D Quarter in GRANTHAM UNION  Volume 14  Page 272

[Neale1961]

There is a tree on FamilySearch which might be worth looking at.

https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/pedigree/landscape/M6KT-NPT

[CaroleW]

1861 shows birthplace as Harby Leicestershire - 1817.  Brother Thomas b 1811 Rutland

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWMC-BSG?lang=en

[Neale1961]

   Brother Thomas b 1811 Rutland

Thomas Smith (the brother)
Baptism 18 Dec. 1814 , Teigh, Rutland, England
Son of Thomas and Sarah Smith – traveller

Sarah possibly an earlier / different wife

Did he have several "wives"?

[Neale1961]

The wife named Sarah?

Death / burial
Ab Kettleby, Leicestershire, England
21 Nov 1834
Sarah Smith, a Gypsy, age 34

[hostile17]

Thank you, both of you found the right Moses, with his mothers name as Silvia, now the hunt begins for a Thomas/Sylvia marriage and possibly an earlier marriage to a Sarah. Maybe one of the documents was mistranscribed, Silvia and Sarah could be the same person. There are many Sarah Smith deaths, picking the right one may be tricky.