Happy Collings Hamer
Happy was born on November 14th, 1880 in
Bolton and her baptism took place on November 28th, 1880 at
St. Peter's (Bolton).
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Birth Notes
Name: Happy Collings Hamer
Year of Registration: 1880
Quarter of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec
District: Bolton, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 394
Name: Happy Hamer
Baptism Date: 28 Nov 1880
Baptism Place: Bolton-le-Moors, St Peter, Lancashire, England
Father: James Cunliffe Hamer
Mother: Happy Hamer
Reference Number: GB127.L243/1/3/29
Happy's father was
James Cunliffe Hamer and her mother was
Happy Collings. Her paternal grandparents were
Peter Hamer and
Elizabeth (Betsy) Cunliffe; her maternal grandparents were
John Collings and
Sarah Williams. She had six sisters named
Sarah,
Mary,
Emma,
Maria,
Eva and
Ethel. She was the fourth oldest of the seven children. She died at the age of 72 in 1952 in
Bolton.
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Death Notes
Name: Happy C Smethurst
Death Registration Month/Year: 1952
Age at death (estimated): 71
Registration district: Bolton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 10b
Page: 678
Happy and
Walter were married in a religious ceremony on March 9th, 1901 at
St. John (Bolton) by S. B. Sumner and witnessed by Percy Orrell Turner; Mary Ann Hamer.
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Marriage/Union Notes
Name: Walter Smethurst
Year of Registration: 1901
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Bolton
County: Greater Manchester, Lancashire
Volume: 8c
Page: 453
Marriage: 9 Mar 1901 St John, Bolton, Lancashire, England
Walter Smethurst - 24, Roller Turner, Bachelor, 4 Reformation St.
Happy Collings Hamer - 20, Frame Tenter, Spinster, 50 Smith St.
Groom's Father: John Smethurst, Labourer
Bride's Father: James Hamer, Labourer
Witness: Percy Orrell Turner; Mary Ann Hamer
Married by Banns by: S. B. Sumner
Register: Marriages 1883 - 1905, Page 197, Entry 394
Source: LDS Film 1966167