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Thank you everyone for your assistance. I will now do my research with what I already know and the suggestions and information you have all provided. Many thanks once again.

Ancestry suggests that a marriage in 1886 of a Hannah Cook is relevant - IT ISN'T!! That one was born in 1838 in Kent

1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Calcethorp Manor, Calcethorpe, Louth, Lincolnshire, England

Charles Smith Head - Male 37 1834 Ag lab Ketlstern, Lincolnshire, England
Mary A Smith Wife - Female 36 1835 - Fulnetby, Lincolnshire, England
Sarah A Smith Daughter - Female 13 1858 - Gayton Le Wold, Lincolnshire, England
Annie Smith Daughter - Female 11 1860 Scholar Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, England
John Smith Son - Male 9 1862 Farm work Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, England
Charles Smith Son - Male 7 1864 Scholar Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, England
Louisa Smith Daughter - Female 5 1866 - Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, England
Fanny Smith Daughter - Female 3 1868 - Calcethorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Eliza Smith Daughter - Female 1 1870 - Calcethorpe, Lincolnshire, England


1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
Tongs Top, Hatcliffe, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England

Thomas Johnson Head Married Male 38 1843 Ag foreman Addlethorpe, Lincolnshire, England
Mary A Johnson Wife Married Female 32 1849 - Hatcliffe, Lincolnshire, England
Henry Johnson Son Single Male 10 1871 Scholar Hatcliffe, Lincolnshire, England
Alice Johnson Daughter Single Female 8 1873 Scholar Hatcliffe, Lincolnshire, England
Ada Johnson Daughter Single Female 6 1875 Scholar Hatcliffe, Lincolnshire, England
Annie Johnson Daughter Single Female 3 1878 - Hatcliffe, Lincolnshire, England
Charles Smith Boarder Single Male 16 1865 Ag lab Lincolnshire, England




1871 England, Wales & Scotland Census
In the Village, Haugham, Louth, Lincolnshire, England
John Cook Head - Male 39 1832 Farmer's foreman Tathwell, Lincolnshire, England
Frances Cook Wife - Female 39 1832 - Yarborough, Lincolnshire, England
Ellen Cook Daughter - Female 5 1866 Scholar Hawham, Lincolnshire, England
Anna M Cook Daughter - Female 3 1868 - Hawham, Lincolnshire, England
George Crobet Servant - Male 23 1848 Farm serv indoor Goulceby, Lincolnshire, England
John Ranyard Servant - Male 24 1847 Farm serv indoor Berknorth, Lincolnshire, England

1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census
?, Utterby, Louth, Lincolnshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Cook Head Married Male 50 1831 Agricultural labourer Tathwell, Lincolnshire, England
Francis Cook Wife Married Female 49 1832 - Yarborough, Lincolnshire, England
Ellen Cook Daughter Single Female 15 1866 Scholar Haugham, Lincolnshire, England
Hannah Cook Daughter Single Female 13 1868 Scholar Haugham, Lincolnshire, England


Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
COOK, ELLEN CROWSON
GRO Reference: 1865 S Quarter in LOUTH Volume 07A Page 530

Name: Mother's Maiden Surname:
COOK, ANNA MATILDA CROWSON
GRO Reference: 1867 S Quarter in LOUTH Volume 07A Page 532

Following up on greyghost's find ........

Haugham is in the Registration District of Louth

There is this birth found on GRO .........

COOK, ANNA MATILDA mmn CROWSON
GRO Reference: 1867 S Quarter in LOUTH Volume 07A Page 532

Up to you to trace the family forward from that birth to see if you can find and earlier marriage for Anna/Hannah

1911 Census For England & Wales
3 Railway Terrace Garden St Grimsby, Great Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
Charles Smith Head Married Male 48 1863 Steam roller driver cocorpsits Market Staenton
Hannah Matilad Smith Wife Married Female 44 1867 - Haugham
Ethel May Smith Daughter - Female 16 1895 Day girl Gt Grimsby
Charles Witham Smith Son - Male 14 1897 School Gt Grimsby
Claire Smith Daughter - Female 7 1904 - Gt Grimsby

You now have to consider the fact that they may NOT have married, that one of them had married someone else and then left that person.

People living together and saying they were married was common back then, especially when they move to a different area where no-one knows them.

Have you traced either or both them back to their births, found out their parents, and then used that information to find a previous marriage?

Looking at the 1911 Census
Years Married- 20

Lincolnshire, Parish Registers Browse, 1538-1911
Looking at Marriages 4
1892-1911
Caistor ------------ Negative result


Marriages 63
1892-1911
Caistor----------------Negative result

Not seeing a Marriage on FreeBMD

SMITH, ETHEL MAY COOK
GRO Reference: 1895 S Quarter in CAISTOR Volume 07A Page 627

Saying they were married doesn’t mean they were ;-) ;-) ;-) ;-)

For info

1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census
3, Railway Terrace, Great Grimsby, Caistor, Lincolnshire, England

Charles Smith Head Married Male 26 1865 General laborer Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, England

Hannah M Smith Wife Married Female 24 1867 - Haugham, Lincolnshire, England


1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
3, Garden Street Railway Terrace, Great Grimsby, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Charles Smith Head Married Male 36 1865 Corporation engine driver Market Stainton, Lincolnshire, England

Hannah Smith Wife Married Female 34 1867 - Hougham, Lincolnshire, England

Ethel M Smith Daughter - Female 4 1897 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Charles W Smith Son - Male 3 1898 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

Sidney Smith Son - Male 0 1901 - Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England

On 1881 census Charles (b.1864) was living at Tongs Top Hatcliffe Lincolnshire. On 1881 census Hannah (Anna) Cook (b. 1867) was living at Utterby. On the 1891 census they were living in Railway Street, Grimsby.

I am having difficulty finding a marraige, Can anyone help please