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cant really help without names and ages ?

Oh ok , I have Thomas Smith 1839 Calcutta India.
Sarah ? Kingston Canada 1840.
1881 census barrack seagent in colchester.

You will need a childs birth cert [born in England]
for Sarahs maiden name

Thanks Lindsey, I'll have a another look and see if I can find some deffinate info an the english children.

Births Dec 1870 (>99%)
Smith Isabella Pembroke 11a 724

They certainly moved around :-)

Births Jun 1878 (>99%)
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Smith Marian Ipswich 4a 599
Smith Marian Ipswich 4a 699 >>>>>>

SMITH, Sarah Head Widow F 70 1841 Canada VIEW
SMITH, George Fredrick Son Single M 38 1873 Lighterman's Help Glasgow Scotland VIEW
SMITH, Marion Daughter Single F 29 1882 Nurse Domestic Ipswich Suffolk VIEW
SMITH, Alison Daughter Single F 26 1885 Waitress Colchester Essex VIEW
RG number:
RG14 Piece:
11099 Reference:
RG14PN11099 RG78PN601 RD219 SD3 ED7 SN224

Registration District:
Yarmouth Sub District:
Gorleston Enumeration District:
7 Parish:
Gorleston

Address:
7 Ferry Lane

crossed through
married 51 years 13 children born 5 living

???

Deaths Dec 1888 (>99%)
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Smith Thomas 50 Mutford 4a 502

Gosh! You guys were busy while I was asleep!
Thanks Lindsey and Jax.
Lindsey, you say "5 living"? Is that at the time of the cencus? and I only have 9 children listed. . . where do you suppose I could get the other 4 names?
Birth info much appriated tho.

1891

: 9
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1882
Relation: Daughter
Mother's Name: Sarah Smith
Gender: Female
Where born: Colchester, Essex, England

Civil parish: Gorleston
Ecclesiastical parish: South Town
Town: Southtown
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England


Registration district: Mutford
Sub-registration district: Gorleston
ED, institution, or vessel: 9
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1497
Folio: 49
Page Number: 26
Household Members: Name Age
Sarah Smith 51
Helen H Smith 31
Florence E Smith 18
George F Smith 15
Alison Smith 9

As the surname is Smith, and you have no real idea of location , the chances of finding the 'other 4' names must be close to zero.

Name: Sarah Smith
Age: 41
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1840
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: Thomas Smith
Gender: Female
Where born: Canada

Civil parish: St Botolph
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Street Address: "Infantry Camp" St Botolph
Condition as to marriage: Married

Registration district: Colchester
Sub-registration district: Colchester First Ward
ED, institution, or vessel: Infantry Camp 1
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1789
Folio: 58
Page Number: 2
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Smith 42
Sarah Smith 41
Helen H. Smith 21 born Cape of Good Hope, SA
Emily Smith 16 born Mauritius
Alfred B. Smith 12
Isabella Smith 10 b. Pembroke Dock
Florence E. Smith 8
George F. Smith 5
Marian Smith 3

1871

Name: Isabella Smith
Age: 1 Month
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: Thomas Smith
Gender: Female
Where born: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Civil parish: St Mary Pembroke
Ecclesiastical parish: St John Pembroke Dock
Town: Pembroke Dock
County/Island: Pembrokeshire
Country: Wales
Registration district: Pembroke
Sub-registration district: Pembroke
ED, institution, or vessel: Military Encampment
Household schedule number: 1
Piece: 5520
Folio: 38
Page Number: 27
Household Members: Name Age
Thomas Smith 32
Sarah Smith 31
Helen H Smith 11
Thomas A Smith 9 b. Cape of Good Hope
Emily Smith 6
Alfred B Smith 2
Isabella Smith 1 Month

Aw thanks Flick , I have all the census information I can find. It's the overseas stuff I'm stuck with as they were both born in different counties and had several children on the way here, i.e Cape of good hope, Mauritius.
So I suppose not only do I need Sarah's maiden name(which hopefully I can get from birth cert. now) but ideas how they met and where they were married. It's purely curosity stuff as they are my great great grandparents and everyone else was from Norfolk!
But thanks again for your help :-)

Jax , the death ref. does seem a possibilty , I have seen it before, but now realise that Gorelston ( where they lived at the end) did come under Mutford where later its Norfolk.

Is this possibly Thomas' birth

residence:1838
Bengal,? India
parents:Alexander Smith,? Hannah Allan
name:Thomas Smith
gender:Male
baptism/christening date:07 Oct 1838
baptism/christening place:Calcutta, Bengal, India
birth date:11 Sep 1838
father's name:Alexander Smith
mother's name:Hannah Allan
indexing project (batch) number:C75004-5
system origin:India-EASy
source film number:

Jude

There are some Army records for him on FMP:

British Army Service Records 1760-1915
First name(s): Thomas
Last name: SMITH
Calculated year of birth: 1839
Parish of birth:
Town of birth: Calcutta
County of birth: East Indies
Age at attestation: 19 years 6 months
Attestation date: 9 April 1858
Attestation corps:
Attestation soldier number:
Discharge rank: Quarter Master Sergeant
Discharge corps: 2/13th Reg Of Light Infantry
Discharge soldier number: 126

The National Archives reference: WO97 / 2107 / 229

No reference in there to his wife

On discharge in 1878 he was going to live at :
1, Wilberforce St., London Road, Ipswich.

Dea x

Hi Jude, It's a possibility, Their first son was Thomas Alex, quite likely to name after father and grandfather? Cheers.

Yvonne

Dea - Which ties in with birth of Marian in Ipswich in 1878

:-)

Oh Dea that's GREAT info thanks ! :-D
Yvonne x