Family of Walter Smethurst & Happy Collings Hamer

Walter and Happy 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.¹

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

Personal Details
- Walter Smethurst
  Walter was born on July 16th, 1876 in Bolton.² Walter is no longer alive.
  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).¹³
  - 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
  She died at the age of 72 in 1952 in Bolton.¹
  - 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

Walter Smethurst & Happy Collings Hamer

Personal Details