Born: 8 Apr 1794

Baptised: Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1

Died: 25 Jan 1877, Topsham

Occupation: Customs and Excise officer, 1831

Census: 1841, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester 2

Census: 1851, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire 3

Occupation: Superannuated Officer Of Excise, 1851

Census: 1861, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire 4

Occupation: Superintendent Officer Of Excise, 1861

Census: 1871, Fore Street, Topsham, Devonshire 5

Married 1: c. 1824, Maria

date and place of their marriage is not yet known

Children:
  • Richard Smerdon, born 1826
  • Thomas Smerdon, born 1827
  • Eliza Smerdon, born 1831
  • Married 2: Mar 1840, Gloucester, Maria Jewesbury 6

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes

    Notes:

    He became an Excise Officer, working for Customs and Excise like his brother Thomas SMERDON,
    his brother-in-law John STRAWBRIDGE, and his nephews Richard Smerdon EALES and Thomas SMERDON
    Junior
    their first known child was baptised in Castle Street Independent Chapel, Launceston, Cornwall
    
    1831, at his father's will he was described as an Excise Officer living in Bristol
    
    His will was proved on 30 April 1877 at the Principal Probate Registry in London by his widow,
    Maria SMERDON, who had moved north to her old home town, to live at 9 Montpellier, Brunswick
    Square East, in the city of Gloucester, Gloucestershire.  Richard SMERDON'S effects were valued
    at under £2,000 (National Probate Calendar)

    Sources:

    1. Ashburton, Great Meeting: Independent Chapel, register of baptisms
    2. baptised on an unspecified date 
    3. 1841 British Census, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
    4. Reg. District:	Gloucester Union	Sub District:	St Nicholas
      Parish:	St Catherine	Enum. District:	
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Gloucester
      Address:	Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
      County:	Gloucestershire
      
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	45	1796		
      SMERDON, Maria		 F	35	1806		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	15	1826		
      SMERDON, Thomas		 M	14	1827		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Eliza		 F	10	1831		Gloucestershire
    5. 1851 British Census, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire
    6. Reg. District:	Saint Thomas	Sub District:	Topsham
      Parish:	Topsham	Enum. District:	 5D
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	High Street, Topsham, Devonshire
      
      SMERDON, Richard	Head	Married	 M	56	1795	Superannuated Officer Of Excise Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Maria	Wife	Married	 F	45	1806	 Gloucester Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Eliza	Daughter	Unmarried	 F	20	1831	 Bristol Gloucestershire
    7. 1861 British Census, High Street, Topsham, Devonshire
    8. Reg. District:	St Thomas	Sub District:	5 Topsham
      Parish:	Topsham	Enum. District:	 7
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	High Street, Topsham, Devonshire
      
      SMERDON, Richard	Head	Married	 M	66	1795	Superintendent Officer Of Excise Ashburton Hampshire
      SMERDON, Maria	Wife	Married	 F	55	1806	Gloucester
      JEWESBURY, Ann	Boarder	Widow	 F	65	1796	Income From Rents Gloucester
    9. 1871 British Census, Fore Street, Topsham, Devonshire
    10. Reg. District:	St Thomas	Sub District:	Topsham
      Parish:	Topsham	Enum. District:	 7
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	Fore Street, Topsham, Devonshire
      
      SMERDON, Richard	Head		 M	76	1795	Superintendent Officer Of Excise	Devon Ashburton
      SMERDON, Maria	Wife		 F	65	1806		city of Gloucester
    11. BMD Marriage Index
    12. Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Mar 1840	Gloucester 	11	339	 
      Jewesbury	Maria 	Marriages	Mar 1840	Gloucester 	11	339	

    Born: 1812, Ashburton, Devon

    Baptised: 11 Mar 1812, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Susanna Ireland

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201

    Born: 1826

    Died: 1867, London

    Census: 1841, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester 1

    Father: Richard Smerdon

    Mother: Maria

    Notes:

    chemist and druggist
    apparently leaving him with just one child - a daughter.  Fortunately, she married, but I don't
    think that her children left any descendants.
    marriages?
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Jun 1846	Totnes 	9	619	
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Sep 1848	Plymouth 	9	454	 
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Dec 1849	Barnet 	6	895	 
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Sep 1855	Newton A 	5b	181	 
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Dec 1855	Kensington 	1a	116	 
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Dec 1860	Stoke D 	5b	655	 
    Smerdon	Richard 	Marriages	Dec 1860	Stoke T 	5b	655

    Sources:

    1. 1841 British Census, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
    2. Reg. District:	Gloucester Union	Sub District:	St Nicholas
      Parish:	St Catherine	Enum. District:	
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Gloucester
      Address:	Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
      County:	Gloucestershire
      
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	45	1796		
      SMERDON, Maria		 F	35	1806		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	15	1826		
      SMERDON, Thomas		 M	14	1827		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Eliza		 F	10	1831		Gloucestershire

    Baptised: 8 Mar 1797, Ashburton, Devon

    Occupation: Butcher, 1841

    Married: 27 Jun 1822, Ashburton, Devon, Jane Murch 1

    Children:
  • Sarah Murch Smerdon, bapt. 1823
  • Susanna Murch Smerdon, bapt. 1824
  • Father: Richard Smerdon

    Mother: Ann Pope

    Notes:

    he was a  Butcher in Ashburton
    deserted his wife Jane &  family and disappeared to Australia
    Relative of Jan Wood

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - M050201
    2. recorded as JANE MARCH

    Baptised: 16 Oct 1795, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Died: Jun 1862, Newton Abbot, Devon 2

    Census: 1841, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 3

    Census: 1851, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 4

    Census: 1861, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 5

    Married: 29 Mar 1821, Ashburton, Devon, Nathan George Beck 6, 6

    Children:
  • Richard Smerdon Beck, bapt. 1822
  • Sarah Ellen Beck, bapt. 1823
  • Emma Lavinia Beck, born 1824
  • Susan Harriet Beck, born 1826
  • Elizabeth Beck, bapt. 1827
  • Arthur Charles Beck, bapt. 1828
  • Sarah Maria Beck, born 1832
  • George Beck, born 1835
  • Lavinia Beck, born 1838
  • Father: Richard Smerdon

    Mother: Sarah Cockey

    Notes:

    I believe that (1851 census) Sarah Smerdon b1838 Ashburton niece staying with them is the daughter
    of John Cockey Smerdon

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    2. BMD Index
    3. Name:	BECK,  Sarah
      Registration District: 	Newton Abbot, Devon
      Year of Registration: 	1862	Apr-May-Jun
      Volume No: 	5B
      Page No: 	96
    4. 1841 British Census, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    5. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      BECK, Nathan		 M	45	1796		Devon
      BACK, Sarah		 F	45	1796		Devon
      BACK, Emma		 F	15	1826		Devon
      BACK, Susan		 F	15	1826		Devon
      BACK, Sarah		 F	9	1832		Devon
      BACK, George		 M	5	1836		Devon
      BACK, Lavinia		 F	3	1838		Devon
      MUGFORD, Sarah		 F	55	1786		Devon
      BLACK, Sarah		 F	20	1821		Devon
    6. 1851 British Census, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    7. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5B
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      BECK, Nathan	Head	Married	 M	56	1795	Druggist Tiverton Devonshire
      BECK, Sarah	Wife	Married	 F	55	1796	 Ashburton Devonshire
      BECK, George	Son		 M	15	1836	Druggists Assistant Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Sarah	Niece		 F	13	1838	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
      FERRIS, Bertha	Grand Daughter		 F	3	1848	 Ashburton Devonshire
      WILLIAMS, Jane	Servant		 F	18	1833	House Servant Broadhempston Devonshire
      and page 7
      Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5A
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      FERRIS, Emma	Head	Married	 F	26	1825	School Mistress Ashburton Devonshire
      BECK, Lavinia	Sister		 F	12	1839	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
      FERRIS, Alfred B	Son		 M	1	1850	 Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, John E	Cousin		 M	12	1839	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
      MAYE, Jane	Servant	Unmarried	 F	19	1832	Genl Serv Ashburton Devonshire
    8. 1861 British Census, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    9. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	4 Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 3
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      BECK, Nathan	Head	Married	 M	67	1794	Retired Chemist Tiverton Devon
      BECK, Sarah	Wife	Married	 F	65	1796	 Ashburton Devon
      BECK, Susan H	Daughter	Unmarried	 F	35	1826	Governess Ashburton Devon
      BECK, Lavinia	Daughter	Unmarried	 F	22	1839	Linen Drapers Assistant Ashburton Devon
      JONES, Mary J	Boarder		 F	11	1850	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      KNIGHT, Jane	Servant	Unmarried	 F	24	1837	House Servant Staverton Devon
      
      Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	4 Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 3
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      and Page 14
      BECK, George	Head	Married	 M	25	1836	Chemist & Grocer Ashburton Devon
      BECK, Sarah N	Wife	Married	 F	29	1832	 Ashburton Devon
      BECK, Nathan G	Son		 M	2	1859	 Ashburton Devon
      BECK, Joseph S	Son		 M	1	1860	 Ashburton Devon
      BECK, Sarah	Daughter		 F	0 (2M)	1861	 Ashburton Devon
      SKINNER, John W	Brother In Law		 M	20	1841	Apprentice Ashburton Devon
      SERJEANT, Lydia	Servant		 F	17	1844	House Servant Ashburton Devon
      and page 10
      RG09/1405/69/P 10         			
      Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	4 Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      FERRIS, Thomas	Head	Married	 M	40	1821	Tailor & Draper Employing 2 Men & 3 Boys Ashburton Devon
      
      FERRIS, Emma	Wife	Married	 F	36	1825	 Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Gertrude B	Daughter F	13	1848	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Alfred B	Son	 M	11	1850	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Lucy	Daughter	 F	9	1852	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Sarah H	Daughter	 F	7	1854	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Lewis G	Son		 M	5	1856	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Emma L	Daughter	 F	3	1858	Scholar Ashburton Devon
      FERRIS, Henry P	Son		 M	1	1860	 Ashburton Devon
    10. IGI Ashburton, Devon - M050201

    Baptised: 19 May 1837, Asbhurton, Devon 1

    Census: 1851, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire 2

    Father: John Cockey Smerdon

    Mother: Nancy Edwards

    Notes:

    She could have died
    Smerdon	Sarah 	Deaths	Mar 1857	Newton Abbot 	5b	88	 
    Smerdon	Sarah 	Deaths	Mar 1859	Newton. A 	5b	117	 
    because the Sarah/William Green marriage does not show up in the 1861 census

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    2. 1851 British Census, East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
    3. Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5B
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      BECK, Nathan	Head	Married	 M	56	1795	Druggist Tiverton Devonshire
      BECK, Sarah	Wife	Married	 F	55	1796	 Ashburton Devonshire
      BECK, George	Son		 M	15	1836	Druggists Assistant Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Sarah	Niece		 F	13	1838	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
      FERRIS, Bertha	Grand Daughter		 F	3	1848	 Ashburton Devonshire
      WILLIAMS, Jane	Servant		 F	18	1833	House Servant Broadhempston Devonshire
      and page 7
      Reg. District:	Newton Abbot	Sub District:	Ashburton
      Parish:	Ashburton	Enum. District:	 5A
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Ashburton
      Address:	East Street, Ashburton, Devonshire
      
      FERRIS, Emma	Head	Married	 F	26	1825	School Mistress Ashburton Devonshire
      BECK, Lavinia	Sister		 F	12	1839	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
      FERRIS, Alfred B	Son		 M	1	1850	 Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, John E	Cousin		 M	12	1839	Scholar Ashburton Devonshire
      MAYE, Jane	Servant	Unmarried	 F	19	1832	Genl Serv Ashburton Devonshire

    Baptised: 19 Mar 1823, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Died: Dec 1888, Poplar, London 2

    Married: Ashburton, Devon, John Easterbrook

    Father: Richard Smerdon Smerdon

    Mother: Jane Murch

    Notes:

    Her family is living next/with the Popes in 1871 - see that entry
    John Easterbrook	Head	49	Labourer
    Sarah Easterbrook	Wife	49
    Edwin Easterbrook	Son	21	Labourer
    Richard Easterbrook	Son	16	Labourer
    William Easterbrook	Son	14	Labourer
    Janes Easterbrook	Son	9	Scholar
    Amelia Easterbrook	Dau	7	Scholar
    but the Popes has moved by 1881 and they were still in Tooke St
    RG11/510/162/p 62      	
    Registration District:Poplar	Sub District:Poplar
    Civil Parish:Poplar
    Address: 18 Tooke St, Poplar	County: Middlesex
    EASTERBROOK, John	Head	Married	M	59	1822	 Cordwainer Ashburton Devon
    EASTERBROOK, Sarah	Wife	Married	F	58	1823	 Ashburton Devon
    EASTERBROOK, Edwin	Son	Single	M	31	1850	 Labourer Ashburton Devon
    EASTERBROOK, Richard	Son	Single	M	27	1854	 Labourer Ashburton Devon
    EASTERBROOK, James	Son	Single	M	19	1862	 Labourer Poplar Middlesex
    EASTERBROOK, Amelia	Daughter	Single	F	17	1864	 Poplar Middlesex

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    2. recorded as SARAH MARCH SMERDON
    3. BMD Index
    4. Easterbrook	Sarah 	Deaths	Dec 1888	Poplar 	1c	455	65 

    Born: 4 May 1842, 95 Bishopgate Rd, London 1, 2

    Died: Sep 1931, Steyning, Sussex 1

    Census: 1851, 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex 3

    Census: 1871, 86 Greenwood Rd, Dalston, Hackney, Middlesex 4

    Census: 1881, 9 Downs Road, Hackney, London, Middlesex 5

    Census: 1891, 12 Leyland Road, Lee, Lewisham, London 6

    Census: 1901, Moorside Rd, Sutton, Surrey 7

    Married: 19 Sep 1864, Hackney, London, John Arthur Joseph Mack 8, 9

    Children:
  • Arthur William Henry Mack, born 1865
  • Rosella Bertha Mack, born 1866
  • Louise Cecilia Mack, born 1868
  • Edward Percy E Mack, born 1870
  • Alice Claire Mack, born 1871
  • Willmot Smerdon Mack, born 1875
  • Cecil Stanley Mack, born 1877
  • Father: William Michael Smerdon

    Mother: Mary Anne Harris

    Notes:

    Interesting this BMD entry - sure this is wrong
    Smerdon	Susan 	Births	Jun 1846	St James Westminster 	1	114
    Mack	Susan 	Deaths	Mar 1891	Norwich 	4b	125	45
    
    Her 1831 will noted these legacies
    To my grandson L.A.K.Leins commonly called Percy £50
    To my grand-daughter Phyllis Holmberg my cluster diamond bracelet & my 13 stone diamond ring
    To Flora Mack wife of my eldest son Arthur my diamond star broach my smaller single stone diamond
    ring my gold watch & long chain and £25
    To my daughter Rosella Bertha Smith £300
    To my daughter Alice Clair Barnard £50
    To my dearest Friend Fanny Prentis £50 & my 6 stone diamond ring
    To my grand-daughter Susie Mack my opal & diamond ring £20
    To my grand-daughter Alice Mack my wristlet watch amethyst pendant & the remainder of my jewelry
    £30 except my Large diamond ring which I give to my oldest son Arthur with remainder of my
    property &  money.
    
    TODO: BMD, but do not know mother
    Mack	Susie Lilian R 	Births	Dec 1909	W. Ham 	4a	99
    have not found Susie Mack

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. June 1842   Susan Smerdon    at East London    II    page 205
      the page number is hard to read and could possibly be 203 or 263

      Name:	MACK,  Susan
      Registration District: 	Steyning, Sussex
      Year of Registration: 	1931	Jul-Aug-Sep
      Age at death: 	90
      Volume No: 	2B
      Page No: 	303
    3. Certificate Birth: S Smerdon 1842
    4. Registration District East London
      1842 Birth in the sub-district of St Botolph in the City of London
      186 Fourth of May 1842 at No 95 Bishopsgate St, Susan a girl
      Father William Smerdon, Tobacconist and Cigar Manufacturer
      Mother Mary Anne Smerdon formerly Harris - informant of No 95 Bishopsgate St
      Registered Second June 1842
    5. 1851 British Census, 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
    6. 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
      HO107/1505/585/p25
      
      Registration District:Hackney
      Sub District:Hackney
      EnumerationDistrict:25
      Ecclesiastical Parish:Saint Philips Dalston
      
      Civil Parish:Saint Johns Hackney
      Municipal Borough:Tower Hamlets
      
      SMERDON, William	Head	Married	M	44	1807	Cigar Maker & Fundholder	Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Mary Ann	Wife	Married	F	46	1805					Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Susan		Daug		F	8	1843	Scholar				London Middlesex
      SMERDON, Mary Ann	Daug		F	5	1846	Scholar				London Middlesex
      HART, Elizabeth		Servant	Unmarr	F	25	1826	House Servant			Whitechapel Middlesex
    7. 1871 British Census, 86 Greenwood Rd, Dalston, Hackney, Middlesex
    8. Source Citation: Class: RG10; Piece: 323; Folio: 176; Page: 38; GSU roll: 818897.
      
      Source Information:
      
      Ancestry.com. 1871 England Census [database on-line].
      Civil parish:    Hackney St John
      Ecclesiastical parish:    Dalston St Mark
      County/Island:    London
      Country:    England
      
      Registration district: Hackney
      Sub registration district: West Hackney
      ED, institution, or vessel: 17b
      Household schedule number: 171
      
      86 Greenwood Rd, Dalston, Hackney, Middlesex
      
      Arthur Mack 36  Middlesex, England
      Susan Mack 28
      Roselle B Mack 4
      Arthur W Mack 5
      Louisa E Mack 2
      Edward Mack 9 months
      Hannah Waterson 18
    9. 1881 British Census, 9 Downs Road, Hackney, London, Middlesex
    10. Dwelling: 9 Downs Rd
      Census Place: Hackney, London, Middlesex, England
      Source: FHL Film 1341065     PRO Ref RG11    Piece 0304    Folio 79    Page 53
      Household:
                  Marr Age   Sex  Birthplace
      John A. MARK
                  M    46    M    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Head
            Occ: Bank Clerk
      Susannah S. MARK
                  M    38    F    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Wife
      Arthur W. H. MARK
                  U    15    M    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Son
            Occ: Tea Clerk
      Rosie B. MARK
                  U    14    F    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Daur
            Occ: Scholar
      Cecilia MARK
                  U    12    F    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Daur
            Occ: Scholar
      Percy Mc. MARK
                  U    10    M    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Son
            Occ: Scholar
      Alice C. MARK
                  U    9     F    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Daur
            Occ: Scholar
      Willmot MARK
                  U    5     M    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Son
            Occ: Scholar
      Cecil MARK
                  U    4     M    London, Middlesex, England
            Rel: Son
            Occ: Scholar
      Martha REDWOOD
                  U    31    F    Dublin, Ireland
            Rel: Serv
            Occ: Domestic Servant

      Mis-spelt maCk
    11. 1891 British Census, 12 Leyland Road, Lee, Lewisham, London
    12. Dwelling: 12 Leyland Road
      Census Place: Lee, Lewisham, London
      Household:
      Name		Marr Age Sex Rel: Occupation         Birthplace
      John A Mack 	M     54  M  Head Living on own m... London St Johns Wood
      Susy "		M     48  F  Wife                      "    Bishopgate
      Arthur ?. H "   -     25  M  Son  C..aueller           "    Dalston
      Roselle ? "     -     24  F  Dau                       "    Dalston
      Cecilia L "     -     22  F  Dau                       "    Dalston
      Alice C "       -     19  F  Dau                       "    Dalston
      Willmot S "     -     15  F  Son                       "    Dalston
      Cecil S "       -     14  F  Son                       "    Dalston
      Anges R Perkins -     22  F  Ser  Cook Domestic      Surrey Godalming
      Rose A Btyant         18  F  Ser  Housemaid Domestic Kent Runnastead
    13. 1901 British Census, Moorside Rd, Sutton, Surrey
    14. Registration district:	Epsom
      Sub-registration district:	Carshalton
      Civil parish:	Sutton
      Ecclesiastical parish:	Benhilton
      Town:	Sutton
      County/Island:	Surrey
      
      John A MAck	Head	66	Retired Bank Manager	Middlesex
      Susy "		Wife	58				"
      Minnie Mann		20	Domest Servant		Surrey
    15. BMD Marriage Index
    16. Sept 1864    Susan Smerdon    at Hackney    1b    page 630
      Sept 1864    John Arthur Jospeh Mack    at Hackney    1b    page 610 or 630
    17. Certificate Marriage: JAS Mack and S Smerdon 1864
    18. 1864 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex
      
      375 Sep 19th 1864
      John Arthur Joseph Mach of full age and a Bachelor.  Cashier of Albert Road. Father John Mack
      a Gentleman
      Susan Smerdon of full age and a Spinster. Living at Graham Road. Father William Smerdon a Gentleman
      
      Married in the Parish Church by Licence by Richard K Coster
      Witnessed by William Smerdon, Emma Smerdon, Mary Ann Smerdon, Eliza Warburg and John A L Banner?
      

    Baptised: 27 Oct 1824, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Died: Dec 1893, Poplar, London 2

    Census: 1851, Ashburton, Devon 3

    Census: 1871, Poplar, London 4

    Census: 1881, Union Rd, Poplar, Middlesex 5

    Occupation: Beer House Keeper, 1881, Poplar, London

    Census: 1891, 172 West Ferry Road, Poplar, London 6

    Married: 28 Aug 1849, Ashburton Parish Church, Devon, John Pope 7, 8

    They may have married in the parish church, but they attended the Independent Chapel in Ashburton,
    and had their three oldest children baptised there

    Children:
  • John Smerdon Pope, born 1849
  • William Pope, born 1851
  • Lydia Jane Pope, born 1860
  • Eliza Ann Pope, born 1860
  • William Henry Pope, born 1865
  • William Henry Pope, born 1867
  • Thomas Smerdon Pope, born 1870
  • Father: Richard Smerdon Smerdon

    Mother: Jane Murch

    Notes:

    Jan Wood says
    She only had one sister - a girl named Sarah Murch SMERDON -  as when they were small, their
    father [Richard SMERDON Junior] deserted his wife Jane &  family and disappeared to Australia.
    
    In any event, his deserted wife moved in with her widowed brother in law John SMERDON and his
    children, and as often happened in these situations they "hooked up" and had two more small
    illegitimate daughters together!   They never married, as she was still married to her errant
    husband.   But also John SMERDON'S dead wife had been Jane's sister!!  and marriage laws did
    not allow a man to marry his dead wife's sister.
    The family moved up to London in the late 1850s.
    They did not move up there alone, as Susanna's sister Sarah Murch Smerdon, who had married an
    Easterbrook in Ashburton, and also attended the Independent Chapel, also moved up to London
    with her husband and family.  Their mother also went with them as their uncle/defacto stepfather
    John Smerdon, the butcher and innkeeper, had died by then.
     In 1861 the 2 couples - the sisters and their POPE and EASTERBROOK husbands -  lived in the
    same building, or next door to each other in Poplar.    John POPE was a factory worker to begin
    with - he eventually became a beerhouse keeper in Mill Wall and died of liver disease in
    his 40s  - perhaps he had spent his time drinking the profits!    He and his wife Susanna Murch
    POPE nee SMERDON had had seven children that we know of, by then.

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    2. BMD Index
    3. Name:	POPE,  Susannah Smerdon
      Registration District: 	Poplar, London
      Year of Registration: 	1893	Oct-Nov-Dec
      Age at death: 	69
      Volume No: 	1C
      Page No: 	498
    4. 1851 British Census, Ashburton, Devon
    5. HO107/1871/342/p 7
      Civil parish: Ashburton County: Devon
      Registration district: Newton Abbot Sub-registration district: Moreton Hampstead 
      ED: 5d 
      Address: Belford Cottage 
      John Pope	Head	24	Butcher	Devon, Ashbutron 
      Susan A Murch Pope Wife	26		ditto 
      John Smerdon Pope Son	1		ditto 
      William Pope 	  Son	2 MO		ditto 
      
      Address: Belford Mills
      Lydia Pope		Head	Widow	54	ditto 
      Willm Henry Pope	Son	25	Miller		ditto 
      William Gaylor		Serv	22	Miller	ditto 
    6. 1871 British Census, Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London
    7. RG10/586/112/p 42
      Civil parish: Poplar Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke County: London 
      Registration district: Poplar Sub-registration district: Poplar 
      ED: 32 Household schedule number: 222
      Address 9 Tooke St 
      John Pope 	Head	44	Labourer 
      Susan Pope 	Wife	46 
      John Pope 	Son	21	Labourer
      Lydia Pope 	Dau	11 
      Eliza Pope 	Dau	11 
      William Pope 	Son	3 
      Thomas Pope 	Son	1 
      next entry - same address
      - Smerdon 	MotherInLaw	69
      next entry - same address
      John Easterbrook	Head	49	Labourer
      Sarah Easterbrook	Wife	49
      Edwin Easterbrook	Son	21	Labourer
      Richard Easterbrook	Son	16	Labourer
      William Easterbrook	Son	14	Labourer
      Janes Easterbrook	Son	9	Scholar
      Amelia Easterbrook	Dau	7	Scholar
    8. 1881 British Census, Union Rd, Poplar, Middlesex
    9. RG11/512/135/p 27      	
      Registration District: Poplar	Sub District: Poplar 	
      Civil Parish:Poplar
      Address:Union Rd, The Union Beer House, Poplar, Middlesex
      POPE, Susannah	Head	Married	F	56	1825	 Beer House Keeper Ashburton Devon
      POPE, Eliza A	Daug	Single	F	21	1860	 London, London Middlesex
      POPE, William H	Son	Single	M	13	1868	 Scholar London, London Middlesex
      POPE, Thomas S	Son	Single	M	11	1870	 Scholar London, London Middlesex
    10. 1891 British Census, 172 West Ferry Road, Poplar, London
    11. Reg. District:	Poplar	Sub District:	Poplar
      Parish:	Poplar	Enum. District:	 37
      Ecclesiastical District:	Christchurch	City/Municipal Borough:	
      Address:	172 West Ferry Road, Poplar, London
      
      POPE, John	Head	Married	 M	41	1850	General Labourer Ashburton Devonshire
      POPE, Jane	Wife	Married	 F	39	1852	 Ashburton Devonshire
      POPE, William Thos	Son	Single	 M	11	1880	 Poplar London
      POPE, Susannah	Daug		 F	8	1883	 Poplar London
      POPE, Eliza	Daug		 F	4	1887	 Poplar London
      POPE, Louisa	Daug		 F	2	1889	 Poplar London
      POPE, Susannah	Mother	Widow	 F	66	1825	 Ashburton Devonshire
      POPE, William Hy	Son	Single	 M	24	1867	General Labourer Poplar London
      MATTHEW, Peter	Lodger	Married	 M	45	1846	Shipwright Co Durham
    12. Parish Register Ashburton
    13. BMD Marriage Index
    14. Pope	John 	Marriages	Sep 1849	Newton Abbot 	10	211	 
      Smerdon	Susana Murch 	Marriages	Sep 1849	Newton Abbot 	10	211	 
      Smerdon	Susana Murck 	Marriages	Sep 1849	Newton Abbot 	10	211

    Died: Aug 1774, Ashburton, Devon

    Buried: 17 Aug 1774, Ashburton churchyard

    Married: 19 Dec 1759, Ashburton, Devon, Mary Rowe 1

    Interesting to note that a John ROWE had married an Ann SMERDON at Ashburton parish church in
    1729

    Children:
  • Thomas Smerdon, born 1760
  • Mary Smerdon, bapt. 1765
  • Richard Smerdon, bapt. 1768
  • William Smerdon, bapt. 1770
  • John Smerdon, bapt. 1774
  • Notes:

    Jan Wood records there were 5 children, only one was a girl, of which 2 sons were lost after
    his death.
    Last (son?) was baptised 2 weeks before Thomas died.

    Sources:

    1. Certificate Marriage: Thomas Smerdon and Mary Rowe 1759
    2. No 107
      Thomas Smerdon of [this] Parish Batchelor
      and Mary Rowe of [this] Parish Spinster
      Married in this [church] by [Banns]
      this Nineteenth day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred
      and  fifty nine by me Stephen Madg?? [Curator]
      This Marriage was solemnized between us Thomas Smerdon Mary Rowe
      In the presence of Richard Hinsh and Willm Cockey

    Born: Dec 1760, Ashburton, Devon

    Baptised: 1 Jan 1761, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1

    Died: 11 Jun 1831, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Buried: 17 Jun 1831, Ashburton churchyard 2

    Occupation: cordwainer and merchant, Ashburton, Devon

    Married: 18 Apr 1781, Ashburton parish church, Devon, Anne Bennett Weekes 1

    Children:
  • Thomas Smerdon, born 1781
  • Willaim Smerdon, born 1785
  • Mary Smerdon, born 1787
  • Ann Smerdon, born 1790
  • Richard Smerdon, born 1794
  • Lydia Smerdon, born 1796
  • Charlotte Smerdon, born 1799
  • Eliza Smerdon, born 1802
  • Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Mary Rowe

    Notes:

    Thomas and Anne were non-conformist and did not attend the parish church
    Jan Wood says there were 8 children
    The land tax assessments for Ashburton suggest that he occupied a property in Ashburton which
    had belonged to his wife's mother, Mrs Weekes, which may have been part of his wife's marriage
    settlement
    and death details
    His and Ann's gravestones still survive and is next to the gravestone of  Thomas's brother, Richard
    Smerdon  and his wife Sarah.  
    Also close to the graves of the POPE family, their married daughter Lydias family.
    Details are in the Ashburton parish 
    Will proved at Prerogative Court of Canterbury on 23 July 1831 by his executors, his sons Richard
    and Thomas.
    There were 2 codicils (PROB 11/1788 at National Archives)
    Occupation was a Cordwainer, according to his will, by his son Thomas second marriage cert says
    he was a merchant.

    Source: 3

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Ashburton
    2. married by banns by the Reverend Servington Savery
      witnesses Thomas Hamlyn and Richard Ferris
    3. Ashburton Church grave, St Andrews
    4. Gavestone reads...
      Sacred to the memory of
      Thomas Smerdon
      who departed this life
      the 11th day of June 1831
      aged 70 years
      Also Ann Bennet Smerdon
      Wife of the above died
      9th May 1834
      Aged 72 years
    5. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    6. sons birth

    Born: 9 Sep 1781

    Baptised: 20 Sep 1781, Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1

    Died: 9 Apr 1860, 31 Assembly Row, Mile End

    Buried: 14 Apr 1860, Holy Trinity, Mile End Old Town

    Census: 1841, Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town 2

    Census: 1851, 41 New Rd, Stepney, Middlesex 3

    Occupation: Customs and Excise officer, Devon and then London

    Married 1: 24 Nov 1805, Ashburton, Devon, Susanna Ireland 4, 5

    Jan Wood - there were 6 children
    ? Ireland Smerdon died young in Ashburton and is buried there
    Last child (a 2nd daughter) was born in Mile End Old Town, London.
    Family had moved to London in 1818-20

    Children:
  • Thomas Smerdon, born 1806
  • William Michael Smerdon, born 1807
  • Richard Smerdon, born 1812
  • John Ireland Smerdon, bapt. 1814
  • Ann Bennett Smerdon, born 1818
  • Elizabeth Smerdon, born 1820
  • Married 2: Dec 1846, London, Sarah Mugford 6

    marriage register entry is in the London Banns and Marriages database.
    Jan Wood has the 1841 census showing her in Ashburton with some of Thomas's cousins.
    Thomas SMERDON remarried at the end of 1846 in London. His marriage was to an elderly spinster
    named Sarah MUGFORD who had been born in either Exeter or Ashburton, Devon, sometime between
    1779 and 1786. Thomas SMERDON, a 65 year old widower, clerk in Her Majesty's Customs of 41
    Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, the son of Thomas SMERDON, merchant, was married to 60 year old
    spinster Sarah MUGFORD, of Heavitree, near Exeter, Devon, at the parish church of St. Peter
    upon Cornhill, London, on Christmas Eve 1846.  The ceremony was performed by curate the Reverend
    Thomas GROSE, and the witnesses to the marriage were W.GROVES and Elizabeth GROVES.   Their
    marriage was registered in the last quarter of 1846 in the City of London Registration District
    

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes

    Notes:

    He was born about 5 months after his parents married, and was named after his father and grandfather
    
    
    I have a unexplained note (feb 10) that his parents (Richard SMERDON and Anne) are wrong
    There are the following IGI births for Richard&Ann or Anne
    C050201, Sheet #: 00, Source Call #: 0916801
    I500017216030 SMERDON, THOMAS  c.27 Jul 1785 of family F31202314 Richard&Anne
    I500017195191 SMERDON, MARY  c.07 Feb 1787 of family F31181056 Richard&Ann
    I500017223413 SMERDON, ANN  c.07 Nov 1788 of family F31209640 Richard&Ann
    I500017216033 SMERDON, THOMAS  c.24 May 1790 of family F31202317 Richard&Ann
    I500017213223 SMERDON, WILLIAM  c.21 Sep 1791 of family F31199557 Richard&Ann
    I500017206828 SMARDON, JOHN  c.13 Mar 1793 of family F31192916 Richard&Anne
    I500017202554 SMERDON, ELIZABETH  c.22 Apr 1795 of family F31188568 Richard&Anne
    I500017231258 SMERDON, RICHARD  c.08 Mar 1797 of family F31218231 Richard&Anne
    I500017216042 SMERDON, THOMAS POPE  c.17 Jul 1798 of family F31202327 Richard&Ann
    I500017222111 SMERDON, SARAH  c.11 Feb 1801 of family F31208469 Richard&Ann
    I500017213229 SMERDON, WILLIAM  c.09 Feb 1803 of family F31199563 Richard&Anne
    So as there is a Thomas Pope b1798, it is unlikely that this Thomas is of the same family.
    
    Jan Wood (July 2011) has more information on his line
    He was a Customs and Excise officer and it is thought that was why they moved
    They were non-conformists at Ashburton Great Meeting Independent Chapel - so births are not recorded
    in Parish Registers
    Death info from Jan Wood.  He may have been buried near his granddaughter Charlotte SMERDON,
    who had died a few month eariler.
    Will was proved on 1 jun 1860 at Principal Probate Registry by this 3 sons executors - Thomas
    SMERDON of Mile End, William SMERDON of Dalston, Hackney, and Richard SMERDON of  Tottenham.
     Value was under £3,000
    Death in National Probate Calendar, 1860
    London, England: Deaths and Burials, 1813-1980, on-line on AncestryLibrary Edition.  Indexed
    from Holy Trinity Mile End Old Town parish church, burial register.
    He was possibly buried near his granddaughter Charlotte SMERDON, who had died a few months earlier
    and had been buried in the same churchyard.
    
    from the 1841 census in Mile End
    Thomas SMERDON, aged 59 and of 'independent' means, was living with his daughters Ann (aged 22)
    and Elizabeth (aged 20) and a female servant in 41 Gloucester Terrace, New Road, in the Upper
    District of Mile End Old Town, the Borough of Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, London.   He wrote
    his will while he was living at the house in Gloucester Terrace, and was described there as
    an officer of Her Majesty's Customs.

    Sources:

    1. Ashburton, Great Meeting: Independent Chapel, register of baptisms
    2. 1841 British Census, Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town
    3. Reg. District:	Stepney	Sub District:	Mile End Old Town, Upper
      Parish:	Stepney	Enum. District:	
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Tower Hamlets
      Address:	Gloucester Terrace, Stepney, Mile End Old Town, Upper, Tower Hamlets
      County:	Middlesex
      
      SMERDON, Thos		 M	59	1782		Middlesex
      SMERDON, Ann		 F	22	1819		Middlesex
      SMERDON, Elizh		 F	20	1821		Middlesex
      MIERS, Fanny		 F	23	1818		Middlesex

      Note sure this is correct - re Y to born in Middlesex 
    4. 1851 British Census, 41 New Rd, Stepney, Middlesex
    5. Civil Parish: Stepney, Middlesex
      Address: 41 New Rd, Stepney, Middlesex
      
      Thomas Smerdon	Head	70	Custom Clerk	Devon, Ashburton
      Sarah Smerdon	Wife	70			Devon, Ashburton
      Sarah Grover	Nurse	69	Nurse Servant	Berfordshire
      Margaret Macnameer Serv	21	House Servant	Ireland
    6. IGI Ashburton, Devon - M050201
    7. Certificate Marriage: Thomas Smerdon and Susanna Ireland 1805
    8. No 5 Thomas Smerdon of this Parish
      Batchelor and Susanna Ireland of this parish
      Spinster
      Married in the Church by Banns
      this 24th Day of November in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
      and five By Reverend William Cockey Curate
      This Marriage was solemnized between Us Thomas Smerdon Susanna Ireland
      In the Presence of John Ireland Jos Mudge
    9. BMD Marriage Index
    10. Smerdon	Thomas 	Marriages	Dec 1846	London 	2	189	 
      Mugford	Sarah 	Marriages	Dec 1846	London 	2	189	 

    Baptised: 9 May 1798, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Father: John Smerdon

    Mother: Mary Butland

    Notes:

    He could have married (IGI M050201)
    GRACE ADAMS 17 OCT 1816
    SUSANNA IRELAND 24 NOV 1805
    ELIZABETH IRISH 2 JUN 1818
    ANN KNOTT 23 MAY 1827 m THOMAS POPE SMERDON

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201

    Born: 1806, Ashburton, Devon

    Baptised: 1

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Susanna Ireland

    Sources:

    1. Ashburton, Great Meeting: Independent Chapel, register of baptisms

    Born: 1827

    Died: 1860, Hereford 1

    Census: 1841, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester 2

    Father: Richard Smerdon

    Mother: Maria

    Notes:

    not found in 1851 census: also could he have married before he died?
    Smerdon	Thomas 	Marriages	Jun 1855	Totnes 	5b	305	
    Smerdon	Thomas 	Marriages	Sep 1855	Newton A 	5b	181

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Smerdon	Thomas 	Deaths	Mar 1860	Hereford 	6a	335	 

      how do we know this is him?
    3. 1841 British Census, Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
    4. Reg. District:	Gloucester Union	Sub District:	St Nicholas
      Parish:	St Catherine	Enum. District:	
      Ecclesiastical District:		City/Municipal Borough:	Gloucester
      Address:	Park Street, St Catherine, Gloucester
      County:	Gloucestershire
      
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	45	1796		
      SMERDON, Maria		 F	35	1806		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Richard		 M	15	1826		
      SMERDON, Thomas		 M	14	1827		Gloucestershire
      SMERDON, Eliza		 F	10	1831		Gloucestershire

    Born: 13 Aug 1785

    Baptised: 25 Aug 1785, Ashburton Independent Chapel, Devon 1

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Anne Bennett Weekes

    Sources:

    1. Ashburton, Great Meeting: Independent Chapel, register of baptisms

    Baptised: 13 Dec 1770, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1

    Buried: 15 Aug 1776, Ashburton parish church, Devon 1

    Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Mary Rowe

    Sources:

    1. Parish Register Ashburton
    2. 'William, son of the widow SMERDON' 

    Born: 1807, Ashburton, Devon

    Baptised: 1 Jan 1808, Ashburton, Devon 1

    Died: 14 May 1883, Islington, London 2

    Buried: 17 May 1883, Abney Park Cemetery

    Census: 1841, Bishopsgate Street, St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex 3

    Occupation: Cigar Maker & Fundholder, 1841, Hackney, London

    Census: 1851, 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex 4

    Census: 1871, 66 Graham Road, St John Hackney, London, Middlesex 5

    Census: 1881, 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex 6

    Married: 11 May 1837, Saint Helen Bishopsgate, London, Mary Anne Harris 7

    Jan Wood knows they are 1st cousins

    Children:
  • Emma Smerdon
  • Susan Smerdon, born 1842
  • Mary Anne Smerdon, born 1845
  • Father: Thomas Smerdon

    Mother: Susanna Ireland

    Notes:

    Todo: He is in the 1861 census under SMEEDON - but I can not find him!
    
    Jan Wood records from the   Old Bailey website
    In 1834, William is known to have been working in the tobacconists' shop of Jewish cigar-maker
    John WARBURG, who had emigrated to London from Germany.  
    
    National Probate Calendar, 1860: In 1860 when his father died and William acted as one of his
    executors, he was still living in Dalston.
    National Probate Calendar, 1883 states he died on 14 May 1883
    The informant of his death was his married daughter Mary Ann BAKER.
    His will was proved on 6 June that year, by his son-in-law John Arthur MACK, principal cashier
    of the National Provincial Bank of England, Bishopsgate Street, in the City of London, and
    his effects were valued at £6,614.16s. 8d.   The value was later resworn at the lower figure
    of £6,557.11s.8d.
    William SMERDON left money in the Chancery Division of the Law Courts to his daughter Susan MACK
    for her life.  He probably left the same to his other daughter Mary Ann BAKER as well, but
    until his will is purchased we won't know what arrangements he made
    Buried in   Abney Park Cemetery Burial Surnames Index, on-line at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
    .   Burial no. 073358, section JO9, Index no. 3802
    In loving Memory
    of
    WILLIAM SMERDON
    OF TOLLINGTON PARK. N.
    WHO DIED MAY THE 14th 1883
    AGED 74 YEARS
    rest in peace
    Also in loving Memory of
    EDWARD PERCY ERNEST,
    Dearly beloved second son of
    ARTHUR and SUSIE MACK and Grandson of the above
    Who entered into rest Februart 5th 1886
    Aged 15, Years and 8 months

    Source: 8

    Source: 9

    Source: 10

    Sources:

    1. IGI Ashburton, Devon - C050201
    2. BMD Index
    3. Smerdon	William 	Deaths	Jun 1883	Islington 	1b	240	75

      died of chronic bronchitis 
    4. 1841 British Census, Bishopsgate Street, St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex
    5. Bishopsgate Street, St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, London, Middlesex
      
      HO107/725/12/29/p53
      
      Registration District:London, East
      Sub District:St Botolph
      Civil Parish:St Botolph Without Bishopsgate
      Municipal Borough:London
      
      GAZAD, James		M	40	1801		Middlesex
      GAZAD, Martha		F	40	1801		Middlesex
      REDMAN, Elizabeth	F	50	1791
      HUGHES, Elenor		F	20	1821		Middlesex
      ARAM, John		M	18	1823
      SMERDON, William	M	33	1808	Tobacconist N
      SMERDON, Mary		F	32	1809		N
      BUSHELL, Emma		F	23	1818		Middlesex
      SINCLAIR, Margaret	F	20	1821		Middlesex
    6. 1851 British Census, 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
    7. 19 Middleton Road, Saint Johns Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex
      HO107/1505/585/p25
      
      Registration District:Hackney
      Sub District:Hackney
      EnumerationDistrict:25
      Ecclesiastical Parish:Saint Philips Dalston
      
      Civil Parish:Saint Johns Hackney
      Municipal Borough:Tower Hamlets
      
      SMERDON, William	Head	Married	M	44	1807	Cigar Maker & Fundholder	Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Mary Ann	Wife	Married	F	46	1805					Ashburton Devonshire
      SMERDON, Susan		Daug		F	8	1843	Scholar				London Middlesex
      SMERDON, Mary Ann	Daug		F	5	1846	Scholar				London Middlesex
      HART, Elizabeth		Servant	Unmarr	F	25	1826	House Servant			Whitechapel Middlesex
    8. 1871 British Census, Graham Road, St John Hackney, London, Middlesex
    9. Graham Road, St John Hackney,London, Middlesex
      RG10/322/90/p8
      
      Registration District:Hackney
      Sub District:Hackney
      EnumerationDistrict:10
      Civil Parish:St John Hackney
      
      SMERDON, William	Head		M	63	1808		Devon
      SMERDON, Mary A		Wife		F	63	1808		Devon
      SMERDON, Mary A		Daug		F	24	1847		London
      SPIGGS, Elizabeth	Servant		F	35	1836		London
    10. 1881 British Census, 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex
    11. 73 Tollington Park, Islington, Middlesex
      RG11/276/51/p40
      
      Registration District:Islington
      Sub District:Islington
      
      Civil Parish:Islington
      
      SINERDON, William	Head	Married	M	74	1807	        No Occupation	Ashburton Devon
      SINERDON, Mary A	Wife	Married	F	74	1807	        No Occupation	Ashburton Devon
      SINERDON, Mary A	Daug	Single	F	29	1852	        No Occupation	London Middlesex
      SINERDON, Lydia H	Visitor	Widow	F	60	1821	        No Occupation	Tanes Devon
      SINERDON, Kate B	Servant	Single	F	21	1860	        Dom Serv	London Middlesex
    12. IGI Saint Helen Bishopsgate, London - M001421

    13. Batch #: M001421, Sheet #: , Source Call #: 942 B4HA V.31, 0375027

      Source Media Type: Film

      They were both of the parish of St Helen Bishopsgate when they married by banns, and the witnesses
      were William's father Thomas SMERDON, his brother Thomas SMERDON Junior, Mary Ann's brother
      Edward HARRIS, her sister S. E. (Susannah Eddy) HARRIS, and tobacco manufacturer Henry WARBURG.
       
    14. Certificate Marriage: JAS Mack and S Smerdon 1864
    15. 1864 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of Hackney in the County of Middlesex
      
      375 Sep 19th 1864
      John Arthur Joseph Mach of full age and a Bachelor.  Cashier of Albert Road. Father John Mack
      a Gentleman
      Susan Smerdon of full age and a Spinster. Living at Graham Road. Father William Smerdon a Gentleman
      
      Married in the Parish Church by Licence by Richard K Coster
      Witnessed by William Smerdon, Emma Smerdon, Mary Ann Smerdon, Eliza Warburg and John A L Banner?
      
    16. Court case Oct 1834
    17. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
      London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913
      Reference Number: t18341016-29
      Offence: Theft > stealing from master
      Verdict: Guilty > with recommendation
      Punishment: Imprisonment
      
      1503. JAMES TYE was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of September , 60 cigars, value 5s.; the
      goods of John Warburg , his master .
      JOHN WARBURG . The prisoner was my groom - I came home that evening with my horse, and I saw
      the prisoner's coat hanging over the hogshead where we kept the corn - I felt something bulky
      in the pocket, and told my clerk not to take any notice, but to watch him - when he put his
      coat on to go out, I stopped him, and told him to let me see what he had in his pocket - he
      then pulled out this property - these cigars were in his pocket, and these other were found
      at his lodging.
      WILLIAM MAILLARD (police-constable H 46). I took the prisoner, and have the property.
      WILLIAM SMERDON . I am shopman to the prosecutor. These cigars were found on the prisoner, and
      these at his lodgings.
      Prisoner. It is the first time - I hope you will not be severe with me.
      GUILTY. Aged 21. - Recommended to mercy .
      Confined Three Months .
    18. Court case Mar 1841
    19. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey
      London's Central Criminal Court, 1674 to 1913
      Reference Number: t18410301-927
      Offence: Theft > stealing from master
      Verdict: Guilty > with recommendation
      Punishment: Imprisonment > no_subcategory
      
      927. GEORGE GORDON was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of February, 14 shercots, value 2s.
      4d.; and 6 cigars, value 1s.; the goods of John Warburg, his master.
      WILLIAM SMERDON . I am in the employ of Mr. John Warburg, a cigar-manufacturer in Mansell-streetthe
      prisoner was in his employ as a stripper, and a porter. On the 10th of February I came
      out of the front shop to go into the manufactoryat the end of that there is a coach-houseI
      saw a figure thereI knew no one had any business there at that time, which was about twelve
      o'clock in the dayI went up to see who it was, and found the prisonerI asked what he wantedhe
      said,
      See original 
      "A board"I said, "You don't want a board, if you did, you would have had it at eight o'clock
      this morning"he said, "Do you think I came here to steal?"I said, "I will have a light brought,
      and see"I had a light, and found in a chaise a parcel of cigars and sheroots mixed togetherI
      said, "You see I have not looked in vain"he said he hoped I would forgive him, as
      I had forgiven him once beforeI said I could not forgive every time, I would leave it in the
      hands of Mr. Warburg.
      Cross-examined by MR. PAYNE. Q. What are they worth? A. 3s. 4d.
      JOHN GOOZEE (police-constable K 142.) I was sent for, and took the prisonerI asked him what
      he was going to do with themhe said he did not take the larger quantityhe took the small
      quantity to smoke.
      (The prisoner received a good character.)
      GUILTY.
      Aged 16.Recommended to mercy Confined One Month.

    Married: Rosella Bertha Mack

    Died: 1912

    Married: Henry Charles Hamilton Gibbs

    Notes:

     the sister of C. Aubrey Smith

    Born: 1903

    Married: Dec 1927, West Ham, Cecil Leslie Mack 1

    Sources:

    1. BMD Marriage Index
    2. Mack	Cecil L 	Marriages	Dec 1927	W.Ham 	4a	773	Smith
      Smith	Charlotte A 	Marriages	Dec 1927	W.Ham 	4a	773	Mack

    Married: 1910, Stroud, New South Wales, Australia, Edward Hawley Wooster

    Born: 16 Mar 1934, Aldershot, Hampshire

    Father: Frederick George Smith

    Mother: Florence Vera Wooster

    Born: 14 Oct 1912, Greenwich, London

    Married: 20 Sep 1933, Aldershot, Hampshire, Florence Vera Wooster

    Children:
  • Frances Audrey H Smith, born 1934
  • Peter Howard Francis Smith, born 1936
  • Sheilah Smith, born 1938
  • Father: Philip Smith

    Mother: Evangeline Dorothea Mallinson

    Born: Gloucester

    Father: Philip Smith

    Mother: Evangeline Dorothea Mallinson

    Father: Philip Smith

    Mother: Evangeline Dorothea Mallinson

    Born: 1 May 1936, England

    Father: Frederick George Smith

    Mother: Florence Vera Wooster

    Born: Kettering, Northants

    Married: Jun 1916, West Ham, Evangeline Dorothea Mallinson 1

    Children:
  • John P Smith
  • Marion P Smith
  • Peter B P Smith
  • Sources:

    1. BMD Marriage Index
    2. Smith	Philip 	Marriages	Jun 1916	W.Ham 	4a	841	Mallinson
      Mallinson	Evangeline D 	Marriages	Jun 1916	W.Ham 	4a	841	Smith

    Born: 14 Oct 1938, England

    Father: Frederick George Smith

    Mother: Florence Vera Wooster

    Married: Aug 2003, Teignbridge, Devon, Thomas Trevor Kyffin 1

    Sources:

    1. BMD Marriage Index
    2. Name:	KYFFIN,  Thomas T
      Registration District: 	Teignbridge, Devon
      Year of Registration: 	2003 	August
      Spouse's last name: 	Smith
      District No: 	413
      Page No: 	0729
      Ent No: 	142
      Source Code: 	R1A
      Name:	SMITH,  Susanna B

    Born: 1865, Cannock, Staffordshire

    Occupation: Solicitor, 1901

    Census: 1901, Ivy House, Audlem, Cheshire 1

    Census: 1911, Ivy House, Audlem, Cheshire 2

    Married: Sep 1893, Cheltenham, Alice De Winton 3

    Children:
  • Philip De Winton Smith, born 1894
  • Sources:

    1. 1901 British Census, Ivy House, Audlem, Cheshire
    2. 1901 British Census, Ivy House, Audlem, Cheshire
      RG13/3364/8/P 8
      Registration district:	Nantwich
      Sub-registration district:	Wrenbury
      Civil parish:	Audlem
      Ecclesiastical parish:	Audlem
      Town:	Audlem
      County/Island:	Cheshire
      Thomas H Smith		36	Solicitor	Stafford, Cannock
      Alice Smith		37			Dorset, Dorchester
      Philip De W Smith	6			Cheshire, Audlem
      Elizabeth De Winton m-i-law	59		Staff Wornbournie
      Mary Jane Ryder serv	26
    3. 1911 British Census, Ivy House, Audlem, Cheshire
    4. Reg. District:	Nantwich	Sub District:	Wrenbury
      Parish:	Audlem	Enum. District:	 1
      Address:	Ivy House, Audlem, Cheshire
      
      SMITH, Thomas Henry	Head	Married	 M	45	1866	Solicitor	Cannock Staffs
      SMITH, Alice De Winton	Wife	Married 17 years	 F	46	1865		Dorchester Dorsets
      SMITH, Philip De Winton	Son	Single	 M	16	1895		Audlem Cheshire
      DALE, Mary Ellen	Servant	Single	 F	20	1891	General Servant Domestic	Audlem Cheshire
    5. BMD Marriage Index
    6. De Winton	Alice 	Marriages	Sep 1893	Cheltenham 	6a	774	
      Smith	Thomas Henry 	Marriages	Sep 1893	Cheltenham 	6a	774	 

    Married: Dec 1870, Olive Ann Gee Pritchard 1

    Sources:

    1. BMD Marriage Index
    2. m. Dec.qtr. 1870  W H Solly   Newton A. 5b/250

    Born: Dec 1923, West Ham 1

    Married: Jun 1944, Eton, Juliann Beatrice Martin 2

    Father: Margorie Gray Soothill

    Mother: Stuart Sidney Mallinson

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Mallinson	Justin S 	Births	Dec 1923	W.Ham 	4a	767	Soothill
    3. BMD Marriage Index
    4. Mallinson	Justin S 	Marriages	Jun 1944	Eton 	3a	3242	Martin
      Martin	Juliana B 	Marriages	Jun 1944	Eton 	3a	3242	Mallinson

    Born: 20 Aug 1892, Sunderland 1

    Died: White House, Woodford Green

    Married: 13 Jan 1916, Knaresborough, Stuart Sidney Mallinson 2

    Children:
  • Sheila Stuart Soothill, born 1917
  • Michael Stuart Soothill, born 1920
  • Justin Stuart Soothill, born 1923
  • Terence Stuart Soothill, born 1929
  • Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Soothill	Marjorie Gray 	Births	Sep 1892	Sunderland 	10a	747	
    3. BMD Marriage Index
    4. Mallinson	Stuart S 	Marriages	Mar 1916	Knaresbro 	9a	230	Southill
      Soothill	Marjorie C 	Marriages	Mar 1916	Knaresborough 	9a	220	Mallinson

    Born: Mar 1920, Marylebone 1

    Died: 22 Apr 1944, Ortona, Italy

    Father: Margorie Gray Soothill

    Mother: Stuart Sidney Mallinson

    Notes:

    In 1939 Michael Stuart Mallinson joined the Essex Regiment. At the age of 24, he won the Military
    Cross in the fighting around Monte Cassino in Italy. By May 1944 he was a Major posted to
    Ortona on the Adriatic Coast where an enemy shell fell on the company headquarters he set up
    on a mountain side overlooking the sea. He and six of his Headquarters staff died.
     
    Burial: Sangro River War Cemetery, Chieti, Italy

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Mallinson	Michael S 	Births	Mar 1920	Marylebone 	1a	1063	Soothill

    Born: Jun 1917, Knaresborough 1

    Died: 10 Jul 1934, Paris, France

    Father: Margorie Gray Soothill

    Mother: Stuart Sidney Mallinson

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Mallinson	Sheila S 	Births	Jun 1917	Knaresbro 	9a	151	S[oc]thill

    Born: Dec 1929, West Ham 1

    Father: Margorie Gray Soothill

    Mother: Stuart Sidney Mallinson

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Mallinson	Terence S 	Births	Dec 1929	W.Ham 	4a	513	Soothill

    Born: 20 Sep 1977

    Married: Camilla Carolina Nilsénius

    Children:
  • Elliot Nilsénius, born 2002
  • Liam Nilsénius, born 2003
  • Mandus Nilsénius, born 2008
  • Notes:

    Jan 2013: manager in Swedish post office

    Born: Abt 1950

    Married: Susan Margaret Jessie Wooster

    Born: 1842, Bushey, Hertfordshire

    Died: 1894, Greenwich, London

    Married: 8 Nov 1866, Watford, Hertfordshire, Albert Wooster

    Children:
  • Ada Wooster, born 1865
  • Rebecca Jane Wooster, born 1869
  • Robert Albert Wooster, born 1873
  • Born: c 1854, Slapton, Devon

    Died: Jun 1931, Totnes, Devon 1

    Married: 25 Apr 1874, Dartmouth, Devon, Philip Gorman Horsham

    Children:
  • John Richard Philip Gorman Horsham, born 1876
  • James Henry Horsham, born 1878
  • Frederick William Horsham, born 1886
  • Richard John Horsham, born 1887
  • Notes:

    in 1881 census lived at 11 Renna Ter Well Street, Paignton
    BMD returns
    Stabb	Mary Elizabeth 	Births	Sep 1848	Totnes 	9	485
    Stabb	Mary J 	Births	Sep 1854	Totnes 	5b	165
    Stabb	Mary Jane 	Births	Sep 1854	Totnes 	5b	166

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Horsham	Mary E 	Deaths	Jun 1931	Totnes 	5b	200	77

    Born: 1810?

    Married: 1832, Joseph Chaning Pearce

    Children:
  • Mary Ann Pearce, born 1837
  • Notes:

    According to www.larigan.com
    Born: Abt 1811, Bradford On Avon, Wilts
    Christened: 26 Aug 1811, Bradford On Avon, Wilts
    Marriage: STANCOMB, Amelia on 20 Sep 1836
    sidence: Montague House: Bath, Somerset.

    Sources:

    Baptised: 6 Nov 1831, Dr Williams Library, London 1

    Died: 10 Feb 1896, Ramsgate, Kent 2

    Married: 11 Jan 1853, Bristol, William Henry Wills 3

    Father: John Stancomb

    Mother: Mary Perkins

    Notes:

    The Times, Thursday, Feb 13, 1896,   OBITUARY
      LADY WILLS, who died very suddenly at East Court, St Lawrence-on-Sea, on the 10th inst., was
    Miss Elizabeth Stancomb, daughter of Mr. John Stancomb, of Trowbridge, Wilts, and was married
    in 1853 to Sir William Henry Wills, M.P.
    
    According to www.larigan.com
    Born: 6 Nov 1831, Trowbridge, Wilts
    Marriage: WILLS, William Henry on 11 Jan 1853 in London
    Residence: Frognal Rise, 1881, Hampstead, Middlesex.

    Source: 4

    Sources:

    1. IGI Dr Williams Library, London - C146197
    2. BMD Index
    3. Wills	Elizabeth Perkins S 	Deaths	Mar 1896	Thanet 	2a	583	64 
    4. BMD Marriage Index
    5. Wills	William Henry 	Marriages	Mar 1853	Melksham 	5a	149	 
      Stancomb	Elizabeth Perkins 	Marriages	Mar 1853	Melksham 	5a	149	 
    6. Peerage and Baronetage

    7. Wills of Blagdon, p2584

    Born: 1806?

    Married: 1828?, Mary Perkins

    Children:
  • Elizabeth Perkins Stancomb, bapt. 1831
  • Sources:

    Married: Mar 1952, Dartford, Kent, Robert F F Lawton 1

    Sources:

    1. BMD Marriage Index
    2. Name:	LAWTON,  Robert F F
      Registration District: 	Dartford, Kent
      Year of Registration: 	1952 	Jan-Feb-Mar
      Spouse's last name: 	Starkey
      Volume No: 	5B
      Page No: 	1205
      Name:	STARKEY,  Betty E J

    Born: Jun 1857, Cambridge 1

    Died: Sep 1908, Ely, Cambridgeshire 1

    Census: 1891, Ely, Cambridgeshire 2

    Occupation: Bank Clerk, 1891, Ely, Cambridgeshire

    Married: Mar 1883, Ely, Pauline Ada Ventom 3

    Children:
  • Harold Starling, born 1885
  • Pauline Ada Starling, born 1887
  • Charles Starling, born 1899
  • Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Starling	Charles 	Births	Jun 1857	Cambridge 	3b	495

      probable

      Starling	Charles 	Deaths	Sep 1908	Ely 	3b	266	51

      this fits
    3. 1891 British Census, Private House, Ely, Cambridgeshire
    4. Private House, Ely, Cambridge
      Charles Starling head 35 Bank Clerk Cambridge
      Pauline Ada Starling wife 29 - Richmond Surrey
      Harold Starling son 5 - Ely
      Pauline Ada Starling daur 4 - Ely
    5. BMD Marriage Index
    6. Culpin	Henry 	Marriages	Mar 1883	Ely 	3b	767
      Starling	Charles 	Marriages	Mar 1883	Ely 	3b	767
      Stevens	Hannah 	Marriages	Mar 1883	Ely 	3b	767
      Ventom	Pauline Ada 	Marriages	Mar 1883	Ely 	3b	767

      Was Charles Starling because of Pauline's death
      Also
      VENTON	Pauline Ada	1883		Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire Banns
      VENTOM	Pauline Ada	1883	1862	Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire Marriages

    Born: Dec 1899, Ely 1

    Died: Dec 1899, Ely, Cambridgeshire 1

    Father: Charles Starling

    Mother: Pauline Ada Ventom

    Notes:

    If this is correct where is he in the 1901 census as Mother is in daughter's school!
    could be marriage
    Starling	Charles 	Marriages	Sep 1918	Newmarket 	3b	1241	Murton

    Sources:

    1. BMD Index
    2. Starling	Charles 	Births	Dec 1899	Ely 	3b	519

      another wee assumption

      Starling	Charles 	Deaths	Dec 1899	Ely 	3b	326	*

      the image does not show the age, but it is a single digit and could well be 0

    Born: 10 Jun 1971, Basingstoke, Hampshire

    Married: 14 Feb 2002, Newbury, Berkshire, Donna Michelle Wooster

    Children:
  • Eleanor Rose Starling, born 2002
  • Born: 11 May 2002, Reading, Berkshire

    Father: David Jon Starling

    Mother: Donna Michelle Wooster