William Smith

HEADSTONE - William & Lucy Smith

This picture was taken in 1853 in Bingley and sourced from Headstone - William & Lucy Smith.

• Individual Picture Notes

• Birth Notes
  • Aged 7 in 1861, born Bingley
    Aged 17 in 1871, born Marley
    Aged 27 in 1881, born Bingley
    Aged 37 in 1881, born Bingley
    Aged 47 in 1901, born Bingley (so born 1854)
    Aged 52 in 1908 when died (so born 1856 !)
    
    Name: William Smith
    Birth Date: 4 Jun 1853
    Parish: Bingley, All Saints
    Baptism Date: 14 Aug 1853
    Father's Name: Henry Smith
    Mother's Name: Sarah Smith
    Abode: Marlow (Husbandman)
    
    SMITH, WILLIAM        ....ILLS 
    GRO Reference: 1853  S Quarter in KEIGHLEY 
    Volume 09A  Page 133
    
    

• Death Notes
  • Lucy was a widow in 1911, so Wiliam died between 1901 and 1911
    
    No shortage of death records.  The following are within 5 years, but only William Henry D is a close match, so probably died outside Keighley district or after 1920.
    
    Deaths Jun 1901   (>99%) Smith  William  50  Keighley  9a 134  
    Deaths Jun 1903   (>99%) Smith  William Henry D  50  Keighley  9a 138  
    Deaths Jun 1909   (>99%) SMITH  William  59  Keighley  9a 136   
    
    See Headstone (buried with wife Lucy)
    In Loving Memory of WILLIAM SMITH
    who died July 12th 1908, aged 52 years
    

• General Notes
  • Born at Bingley (Keighley), Yorkshire, England in 1853
    
    in 1861, William (7) with his parents Henry & Sarah Smith (40 & 36) with Mary (11), Jane (10) at Lime Kiln Lane, Micklethwaite, Bingley, Yorkshire probably in a house close  to the Leeds-Liverpool canel in a village now known as Crossflatts.
    
    In 1871, William (17) was still there with mother Sarah  and step-father John Foulds (both 44), sister Mary (21) and three half-siblings.
    
    In 1876, William married Lucy and moved to Keighley about 1879. 
    
    By 1881, William (27) was living at 9 Grouse Street, Keighley with wife Lucy (25), sons Haney (4) and Hartley (7mo) and three loghers (all railway platelayers)..
    
    In 1891, William (37) had become an Iron Moulder. Lucy (35) was at home with Harry (14), Percy (8), Ernest (6), Ethel (4), Joseph (2) and 2 boarders.
    
    In 1901, William and Lucy (47 & 45) are with Arthur (20), Percy (18), Ernest (16), Ethel (14), Joseph (12) and two boarders.
    
    In 1916, William a farmer and Lucy (61 & 59) and son Arthur (34) were in Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada.
    
    William died in 1908 and Lucy died in the USA.

Click here for details of William's family with Lucy Alma Hill

¹ 1851 UK Census
² West Yorkshire Births & Baptisms (1813-1910)
³ Headstone - William & Lucy Smith
⁴ FreeBMD.org.uk
⁵ 1861 UK Census
⁶ 1881 UK Census
⁷ 1891 UK Census
⁸ 1901 UK Census

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