Henry Smith

1867 Henry Smith

This picture was taken in Morton (Bingley) and sourced from Certificate - Death.

• Individual Picture Notes
  • Died 20th Feb 1867
    
    Cause of death was "Poisoned by swallowing a quantity of Wilkinson's vermin killer - died in half an hour".
    
    Information received from Thomas Brown, Coroner for Yorkshire, Skipton.
    
    Inquest 22-Feb-1867.
    Registered 23-Feb-1867.
    

• Birth Notes
  • Aged 27 on 1851 census (b.1824), Bradford
    Aged 40 on 1861 census (b.1821), Bingley
    
    The 1851 census has Henry born in Bradford in 1824, while the other members of the family are born in Bingley.  According to the 1861 census he was born in Bingley, Yorkshire in 1821.
    
    The record for Allerton is a good match, as it is near Bradford, but also under the district of Bingley.
    
    The Christening at Bingley records:
    Name: Henry Smith
    Birth Date: 25 May 1822
    Parish: Bingley, All Saints
    Baptism Date: 23 Jun 1822
    Father's Name: William Smith
    Mother's Name: Jane Smith
    Note: Henry, Son of the late William & Jane Smith
    Allerton, Par: of Bradford, Farmer
    
    So his father William had only recently died.  

• Death Notes
  • Name: Henry Smith
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
    Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1867
    Age at Death: 44
    Registration district: Keighley
    Inferred County: Yorkshire West Riding
    Volume: 9a
    Page: 127 
    Abode: Cross Flats
    
    
    Henry was 44, a labourer when he died.  The death record shows Henry Smith died in Morton.  East Morton is less than half a mile from Crossflatts, so is probably where he was working as a farm labourer.  Cause of death was "Poisoned by swallowing a quantity of Wilkinson's vermin killer - died in half an hour".  The information was received from Thomas Brown, Coroner for Yorkshire, Skipton.  An inquest was quickly held on 22-Feb-1867 and the death registered the following day.
    
    
    Microfiche copies of the burial records held at Bradford show:
    Henry Smith was buried at All Saints, Bingley.
    Date: Feb 24 1867
    Ref No. 1449
    Residence: Cross Flatts
    Age 44
    
    
    Theres a Henry Smith (1838-1867) who died at Calverley, who married Ann Walton. This is another!

• General Notes
  • Henry Smith is my 2x Great grandfather.
    
    There are 5 Henry Smiths in the 1841 census from Bradford and 1 from Bingley who has a sister Mary, and Henry (15) was living with Jane Seed (45), an Inn Keeper, probably his mother and sister Jane (11) at Sand Beds.
    
    In Oct 1846, "Mr Henry Smith, Bingley" won £3 for best ploughman.
    
    Living at Farsley in 1848 at time of marriage.  John Smith of Sunny Bank, Farsley was recorded on the 1835 poll book (as well as David Smith of Calverley Mill).
    
    In 1851, Henry a labourer & Sarah (27 & 25) are living at Marlow Road, in the Hamlet of Harden, Bingley.  They have Mary (2) and Jane (2 mo).
    
    in 1861, Henry & Sarah Smith (40 & 36) with Mary (11), Jane (10) and William (7) at Lime Kiln, Micklethwaite, Bingley, Yorkshire probably in a house close to the Leeds-Liverpool canel in a village now known as Crossflatts.
    
    In June 1861, they appear to have had a daughter Ann, birth registered in Keighley.  Ann may have survived!
    
    Henry died in 1867 at Cross Flats and Sarah re-married John Foulds two years later.  Was it suicide or did his wife murder him?  See the inquest report in the newspaper.

Click here for details of Henry's family with Sarah Amy Pickles

¹ 1851 UK Census
² FamilySearch.org
³ Burial Records - Bradford Library
⁴ FreeBMD.org.uk
⁵ Certificate - Marriage
⁶ 1861 UK Census
Source/Citation 1841 UK Census

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