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Re: Looking for Harriet Smith before her marriage
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 18 October 25 09:48 BST (UK) »
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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Re: Looking for Harriet Smith before her marriage
« Reply #10 on: Saturday 18 October 25 12:38 BST (UK) »
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
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Cummins, Miskelly(IRELAND + NZ) ,Leggett (SFK + NFK ENGLAND + NZ),Purdy ( NBL ENGLAND + NZ ), Shaw YKS, LANCs + NZ), Holdsworth(LINCS +LANCS + NZ), Moloney, Dean, Fitzpatrick, ( County Down,IRE) Newby(NBL.ENG, Costello(IRE), Ivers, Murray(IRE),Reay(NBL.ENG) Reid (BERW.SCOTLAND)

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Re: Looking for Harriet Smith before her marriage
« Reply #11 on: Saturday 18 October 25 13:26 BST (UK) »
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
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Cummins, Miskelly(IRELAND + NZ) ,Leggett (SFK + NFK ENGLAND + NZ),Purdy ( NBL ENGLAND + NZ ), Shaw YKS, LANCs + NZ), Holdsworth(LINCS +LANCS + NZ), Moloney, Dean, Fitzpatrick, ( County Down,IRE) Newby(NBL.ENG, Costello(IRE), Ivers, Murray(IRE),Reay(NBL.ENG) Reid (BERW.SCOTLAND)