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into the Cathedral compound, each carriage freighted with relatives and guests invited to witness the marriage of Miss Mai Kathleen Hunt, only daughter of Colonel and Mrs. W. S. Hunt, Madras Staff Corpe,to Major Sidney Smith, Royal Engineers. On entering
03 September 1887 - Madras Weekly Mail - Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

I have pm'd you with the page this very long and descriptive account of the wedding is on. Hopefully you can enlarge it and enjoy what appears to have been a huge wedding.

His father Sidney, was a Major in the Royal Engineers when Eric was baptised.

You can order a copy of Mai Kathleen's probate and/or Will for £1.50 here:

https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/search-results

In your initial search, enter 1945 as date of death, because the record is in the year of probate.
When ordering, enter the details as posted above (at 16:30).

Gosh thanks this is great! :-D :-D :-D

Name: Sidney Smith
Baptism Date: 26 Apr 1848
Baptism Place: Bideford, Devon, England
Religion: Anglican
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Father:
Thomas Mackenzie Smith
Mother:
Sophia Grizzle Smith


Name: Sophia Grizzel Scott
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 28 Feb 1813
Baptism Date: 08 Jan 1814
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Calcutta, Bengal, India
Father:
Thomas Scott
Mother:
Isabella
FHL Film Number: 498610

Name: Cpt Thomas Scott
Birth Date: 1761
Death Date: 25 Oct 1813
Cemetery: New Burial Ground
Burial or Cremation Place: Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Has Bio?: N

Name: Thomas Scott
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 52
Birth Date: 1761
Burial Date: 26 Oct 1813
Burial Place: Fort William, Bengal, India
FHL Film Number: 498610

mai
Name: Mai Kathleen Hunt
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Single
Age: 19
Birth Date: 1868
Marriage Date: 27 Aug 1887
Marriage Place: Madras, Madras, India
Father:
William Shafter Hunt
Spouse:
Sidney Smith
FHL Film Number: 521874

Name: Mai Kathleen Hunt
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 02 Aug 1868
Baptism Date: 25 Oct 1868
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Wellington, Madras, India
Father:
William Shapter Hunt
Mother:
Sarah Jane
FHL Film Number: 521856

William Shapter
Groom's father's last name Hunt
Last name Hunt
Bride's father's first name Robert
Marriage year 1864
Bride's father's last name Montgomery
Marriage date 12 Jan 1864
Catalogue description Parish register transcripts from the Presidency of Madras, : 1698-1948
Spouse's first name Sarah Jane
Archive reference N-2-45
Spouse's last name Montgomery
Folio number 29
Place Bellary
Entry number -
Presidency Madras
Record set British India Office Marriages
Groom's age 30
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Bride's age 24
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Groom's father's first name Robert

William Shapter
Denomination Anglican
Last name Hunt
County Devon
Birth year -
Country England
Baptism year 1834
Archive South West Heritage Trust
Baptism date 26 Apr 1834
Archive reference 1862A/PR/1/3
Father's first name(s) Robert
Record set Devon Baptisms
Mother's first name(s) Harriet
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Mother's last name -
Subcategory Parish Baptisms
Baptism place Exeter, St Leonard

1911 Census For England & Wales
1 Eastern Villas Road Southsea, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
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Household members (4 people)
First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Shapter Hunt Head
Married Male 77 1834 Retired colonel indian army Devon Exter
Sarah Jane Hunt Wife
Married Female 71 1840 - Dublin Resident
Hannah O Collaghan Servant
Single Female 28 1883 Cook - domestic Cortk Resident
Harriet Louise King Servant
Single Female 23 1888 Housemaid domestic Gosport Hants

6 children born 3 died

William S
District Portsmouth
Last name Hunt
County Hampshire
Gender Male
Volume 2B
Birth day -
Page 656
Birth month -
Country England
Birth year 1834
Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007
Age 79
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Death quarter 2
Subcategory Civil Deaths & Burials
Death year 1913

Do you have this?

Parents' marriage:

Sidney Smith
in the India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948
Name: Sidney Smith
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Single
Age: 39
Birth Date: 1848
Marriage Date: 27 Aug 1887
Marriage Place: Madras, Madras, India
Father: Thomas Mackenzie Smith
Spouse: Mai Kathleen Hunt
FHL Film Number: 521874

Mother's second marriage:

Mai Kathleen Smith
in the India, Select Marriages, 1792-1948
Name: Mai Kathleen Smith [Mai Kathleen Hunt]
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Marriage Date: 16 Oct 1900
Marriage Place: Bombay, Bombay, India
Father: William Sapter Hunt
Spouse: Henry Walter George Cole
FHL Film Number: 523885


Dame Mai Kathleen Cole
in the England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
Name: Dame Mai Kathleen Cole
Death Date: 20 Nov 1943
Death Place: France
Probate Date: 22 Dec 1945
Probate Registry: Llandudno

COLE, Dame Mai Kathleen of La Colline Valbonne, Alpes Maritime, France, widow, died 20 November 1943. Administration (with Will) Llandudno 20 December to Eric Montague Smith, temporary assistant inspector.
Effects £1642 17s 10d in England.


There are also several travel records for her and Henry Cole between England and US/Canada/Argentina/Pakistan.

Thanks AG that's most helpful! :-)

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Eric Montague Smith
in the England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
Name: Eric Montague Smith
Gender: Male
Initiation Age: 25
Birth Year: abt 1891
Initiation Date: 8 Nov 1916
First Payment Year on Register: 1916
Year range: 1910-1921
Lodge: Royal Sussex Lodge of Hospitality
Lodge Location: Bristol
Lodge Number: 187
Folio Number: 77


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Eric M Smith
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: Eric M Smith
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Divorced
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1890 <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 106 Sussex Gardens
Residence Place: Paddington, London, England
Occupation: B A (Contab) ?? Service Traper ?? Shop ??
Line Number: 10
Schedule Number: 353
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: Apax
Borough: Paddington
Registration district: 1 1 17/E
Household Members Age
Eric M Smith 49
Line Number: 10
Schedule Number: 353
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: Apax
Borough: Paddington
Registration district: 1 1 17/E
Household Members Age
Eric M Smith 49

Occupation reads:
BA (Cantab), Mechanical Science Tripos 1911, Machine Shop & Munitions [177 law ??], etc, etc, etc, etc.

Eric Montague Smith
in the India, Select Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
Name: Eric Montague Smith
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 20 Sep 1890
Baptism Date: 24 Oct 1890
Baptism Age: 0
Baptism Place: Madras, Madras, India
Father: Sidney Smith
Mother: Mai Kathleen
FHL Film Number: 521875

Hi,

Is there anyone with a worldwide sub on ancestry who could post the details for the following baptism in the India Select Births and Baptisms 1786-1947 for:

Eric Montague Smith

TIA
Kayak