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Barbara- the 1939 register is on Find My Past

Could you tell me please what site the information from 1939 came from

No idea barbara!, a lot of names, and a lot of ???, lol...

No other Birth under Smart 1917 Tendring District.

Chris :)

(maybe she went into state confusion after Death of her Mother 1912, if it is her!)

Another coincidence - Roland had a daughter who he named Priscilla !!!! If it is Caroline Priscilla as in newspaper article where does Winifred come from and why did Ena put John Smith deceased on her marriage certificate ?

Brilliant. Thanks everyone. Some of the most recent events are known to us and the Croughton area Smarts I had found but discounted. The article concerning maintenance is new to us though. Will digest all your information and see what happens. The 1939 info is definitely Ena and stepfather. We know Roland was in Lincolnshire just after WWIi until his death after marrying aunt Helen in Palestine. Sorry error re Frederick George marriage certificate just gives Frederick. Ena Frances was born at Heath House Tendring which we think was a Workhouse. Thanks again.

(well looks to be her, it started with an idea to look for a John Smart with wife Caroline on Census, and that followed, then putting caroline smart croughton on newspaper search)

No idea on name Grant though...

(Essex Record Office might have more perhaps, Admission?, below from google)

www.workhouses.org.uk/Tendring, Essex

Tendring Poor Law Union was formed on 16th November 1835. ....
Essex Record Office, Wharf Road, Chelmsford CM2 6YT.
Holdings include: Births (1839-1930);

Chris, that looks really good! Excellent sleuthing from you. Certainly explains the name Graham being used. Well done!

Wow Chris! That newspaper article ties it all up nicely.

Correct date and place of birth for the child. And explains why she used the surname Graham on the other article.

Fabulous work

(no idea on below folks!, thought might be worth a follow!, apologies, but really must go, spent far too long here this morning!)

Chris :)

17 January 1918 - Banbury Guardian - Banbury, Oxfordshire, England

Affiliation - Caroline Priscilla Smart, of Croughton, single woman, applied for maintenance order in respect of her female born 28th September last, at Tendring Union, Essex, against
Corporal William Gladstone Graham, of Durham Light Infantry, stationed at Westgate on Sea. An order was made for 3s per week until the child attained the age of sixteen years, and for payment of £2 1s 6d for costs.


1901 (Find My Past)
John Smart Head Married Male 53 1848 Ploughman Croughton, Northamptonshire, England
Caroline Smart Wife Married Female 44 1857 - Stoke Lyne, Oxfordshire, England
Eva Smart Daughter - Female 16 1885 - Croughton, Northamptonshire, England
Frank Smart Son - Male 14 1887 Sheep Boy Croughton, Northamptonshire, England
Elizabeth Smart Daughter - Female 12 1889 - Croughton, Northamptonshire, England
George Smart Son - Male 8 1893 - Croughton, Northamptonshire, England
Caroline Smart Daughter - Female 4 1897 - Croughton, Northamptonshire, England
Alice Willoughby Step Daughter Single Female 20 1881 - Hethe, Oxfordshire, England
Amelia Clifford Step Daughter - Female 12 1889 - Hethe, Oxfordshire, England
Street Blenheim
Town Croughton
Parish Croughton
County Northamptonshire
Registration district Brackley
Archive reference RG13
Piece number 1407
Folio 54
Page 4


1911 (Find My Past)
Alexander P McLaren Head Married Male Farmer 39 1872 Durham Lanesley
Alice D McLaren Wife Married Female - 27 1884 Roseburghshire Mints
Caroline Smarth (Smart) Servant - Female - 14 1897 Northampton Croughton
Address Warren Farm Aynhoe Banbury
Parish Aynhoe
Registration district Brackley
County Northamptonshire


1911 (Find My Past)
John Smart Head Married Male Labourer On Farm 62 1849 Croughton Northants
Caroline Smart Wife Married Female - 52 1859 Stoke Line Oxon
George Smart Son Single Male Labourer Carter On Farm 18 1893 Croughton Northants
John Smart Grandson - Male Scholar 5 1906 London
Address Wheelers Lane Croughton Brackley
Parish Croughton
County Northamptonshire
(says Married 19yrs, 2 children born, 2 living)


(possibly why a widower 1891)

13 February 1891 - Northampton Mercury - Northampton, Northamptonshire

CROUGHTON.
Sudden Death. - An inquest was held Friday, at the Blackbird Inn, by Mr. T. M. Percival, on the body of Elizabeth Smart, married woman. John Smart, the husband, labourer, of Croughton, said on Thursday morning deceased complained of pains.


Marriages Mar 1892 (>99%)
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Clifford Caroline Brackley 3b 5
Smart John Brackley 3b 5


Northamptonshire Burials Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) CAROLINE
Last name SMART
Birth year 1857
Death year 1912
Age 55
Burial year 1912
Burial day 02
Burial month Oct
Residence Croughton

(also John Smart, Croughton, Burial 19/7/1930 (82)


http://www.inmemories.com/Cemeteries/saintaubertbrit.htm

GRAHAM W G
United Kingdom Private 42448 North Staffordshire Regiment 15/10/1918 Age: 20 IV. B. 13.


Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) William Gladstone
Last name Graham
Service number
42448
Birth place New Delaval, Northumberland
Residence New Delaval, Northumberland
Enlistment place Blyth, Northumberland
Death year 1918
Death day 15
Death month 10
Cause of death Killed in action
Death place France & Flanders


(wouldn't be would it?)

Births Dec 1917 (>99%)
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Smart Ena F Smart Tendring 4a 1009


Birth
SMART, CAROLINE (WELBY)
GRO Reference: 1896 D Quarter in BRACKLEY Volume 03B Page 2


Birth
SMART, GEORGE (WELBY)
GRO Reference: 1892 J Quarter in BRACKLEY Volume 03B Page 5


Birth
CLIFFORD, AMELIA (WHALEBY)
GRO Reference: 1888 D Quarter in BICESTER Volume 03A Page 809

Birth
WHALEBY, ALICE -
GRO Reference: 1881 J Quarter in BICESTER Volume 03A Page 767

If that date of birth for Frederich Smith is correct, then registered June quarter 1870.

There is a Frederick George Smith born in June quarter 1870, in Tendring.....

Births Jun 1870
Smith Frederick George Tendring 4a 277

SMITH, FREDERICK GEORGE MANN
GRO Reference: 1870 J Quarter in TENDRING Volume 04A Page 277

but cannot see suitable marriage of parents with Henry Smith marrying Miss Mann.

Added:
More likely a Robert Smith and Ann Mann as his parents, so wrong man.

(see Gravestone, Ena and George below)

Chris :)

https://tinyurl.com/y7bqg52s

(Find A Grave)

https://www.findagrave.com/

If that's Frederick on the 1939, then this looks to be his death:

Name: Frederick Smith
Death Age: 74
Birth Date: abt 1870
Registration Date: Dec 1944
Registration district: Welton
Inferred County: Lincolnshire
Volume: 7a Page: 576

Where does his middle name George come from:

No initial on marriage or death index:

Marriage:
Grant Winifred C Smith Lichfield 6b 668
Smith Frederick Grant Lichfield 6b 668
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Who were the witnesses to the marriage?

What was the address on Winifred's death certificate? Was it a hospital?

(could be him below)

Chris :)

https://www.deceasedonline.com/


England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription (Find My Past)

First name(s) ROLAND FREDERICK
Last name SMITH
Gender Male
Birth day 17
Birth month 11
Birth year 1921
Death quarter 4
Death year 1998
District Lincoln
District number 6191B
Register number B57C
Entry number 070
Date of registration mm/yy 1098


Births Dec 1921 (>99%)
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Smith Roland F Smart Lichfield 6b 892

Yes I believe this is Ena my mother in law living with her stepfather. It is understood that she also had a stepmother. Will try to find a record of Frederick's second marriage and possible death of that wife. Also her stepbrother Roland was believed to have come to Lincolnshire too. Thank you.

Presumably you were aware of this birth in the Channel Isles:
Mary Winifred Smart
BIRTH: 23 Nov 1896 - Saint Pierre Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Nyx already posted that one, Malyon, plus a death.

this could be another child no name

Births Dec 1918  
Smith
 Male
 Smart
 Lichfield
 6b
668

Is this Ena and Fred in 1939?

Smith Household (2 People) , Welton R.D., Lincolnshire (Parts of Lindsey), England

First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Ena Carter 28 Sep 1918 Female House Keeper Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 77 2
Fred Smith 24 May 1870 Male Road Labourer Widowed 77 1

So no Address on Birth Cert. then, just Tendring?...

Chris :)

That's ok. We have the death certificate and are certain it is Ena Frances mother. The cause of death ties in with her having had a daughter born in 1923 who was then given up for adoption - birth name Frances May Smith. It is so frustrating that we cannot find Winifred's parents. Family information that comes from a younger sibling of my husband's says that as a child she was told by Ena that Winifred came from the Pyrenees but another source mentions the Channel Islands. The search goes on.