Birth: 12 September 1893 Coombe Court, Chiddingfold, Surrey, UK
Father: William Matthews 1859-1907
Mother: Annie Jane Heather 1858-1946
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 1 March 1930 All Saints, Grayswood, Surrey, UK
Husband: William Smithers 1889-1965
Death: 15 February 1977 5 The Mount, Grayswood, Surrey, UK
None known
Birth of Agnes Emily Matthews in FreeBMD in October-December 1893 in Hambledon (2A 133). However all subsequent entries are for Emily Agnes.
Her sister was registered in July-September 1895 in Hambledon.
Her brother was born on 13 April 1900 and registered in April-June 1900 in Hambledon.
In the 1901 census as Emily Mathues (sic - in the index, original illegible) aged 7, born in Chiddingfd (sic - on the original), Surrey, and living with her parents (Wm and Annie), four brothers (Charlie, Geo, John, and Percy) and three sisters (Lizzie, Kate and Rose) in a cottage at Coombe Court, Chiddingfold, Surrey. (West of Chiddingfold).
Her father died on 21 October 1907 at Coombe Court Park, and was buried on 26 October 1907 at St Mary, Chiddingfold.
In the 1911 census as Emily Agnes Mathews (sic - on the original), aged 17, born in Chiddingfold, Surrey, single, and a domestic housemaid living with Henry Stephen Relf (aged 56, born in Brightling, Sussex, widowed, and a caretaker and gardener), his two sons (John Douglas aged 8 and Russell aged 6, both born in Beddington, Surrey), and a visitor (Dorothy Hilda Skinner aged 22, born in Weybridge, Surrey, single, and no stated employment) in twelve rooms at High Prestwick, Chiddingfold, Surrey.
In the 1921 census as Emily Matthews born in Chiddingfold, Surrey in 1893 and living with Kate Matthews (sister?), Arthur Benjamine Stuart (born in Stratford, London in 1873), Cecile Lavina Stuart (born in Buckinghamshire in 1906), Dorothy May Stuart (born in Stroud Green, London in 1899) and Hettie Louise Stuart (born in Finsbury Park, London in 1872 in Haslemere, Hambledon, Surrey.
Marriage of Emily A Matthews and William Smithers in FreeBMD in January-March 1930 in Hambledon (2A 314).
Entry in Ancestry Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 for the marriage of Emily Agnes Matthews of full age, father William Matthews, and William Smithers on 1 March 1930 at All Saints. "Page 14 [...] 1930. Marriage solemnized at All Saints in the Parish of Grayswood in the County of Surrey [No.] 28 1st March 1930 William Smithers [of] full [age] [a] Bach [and] Gardener [of] Grayswood [father] Levi Smithers Decd [and] Emily Agnes Matthews [of] full [age] [a] Spin [of] Haslemere [father] William Matthews Decd. Married in the [blank] according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of us G E G Matthews [and] ? Matthews."
Nine entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Emily Agnes Smithers addresses Homeleigh, Grayswood , Witley ex Milford, Guildford changing to Grayswood Road, Grayswood, Haslemere, Guildford in 1934, from 1930 to 1936, other occupants William Smithers (husband?), Leonard and Ruth Smithers (brother-in-law and sister-in-law), Hilda May Smithers (sister-in-law?) and Gladys Annie Smithers (daughter of Charles Abraham Smithers, relationship unknown) in 1930, and Thomas Parham from 1933 to 1935, and The Bungalow, Homeclose, Grayswood Road, Haslemere, Guildford from 1937 to 1928, other occupant William Smithers (husband?).
In the 1939 England and Wales Register as Emly (sic - on the original) A Smithers born 12 September 1893, married and living with William Smithers (husband?) and two others (brother-in-law and sister-in-law?) at The Bungalow, Home Close, Haslemere, Surrey. Other entries indicate it was in Grayswood.
Two entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Emily A Smithers address The Bungalow, Home Close, Grayswood, Haslemere, Guildford from 1945 to 1946, other occupants William Smithers (husband?), and Annie J Matthews (mother?) in 1946.
Her mother died on 21 October 1946.
Twelve entries in Ancestry Surrey, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1962 for Emily Agnes Smithers addresses The Bungalow, Home Close, Grayswood, Haslemere, Guildford changing to Farnham from 1949, from 1947 to 1957, other occupant William Smithers (husband?), and 5 The Mount, Grayswood, Farnham from 1958 to 1962, other occupant William Smithers (husband?) (her brother-in-law and his wife were living at No. 6).
Her husband died on 1 September 1965 at 5 The Mount, Grayswood, Haslemere, Surrey and left effects of £2100 to Emily Agnes Smithers widow.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Emily Agnes Smithers, born on 12 September 1894 (sic - should be 1893), in January-March 1977 in Surrey SW (17 1283).
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 for Emily Agnes Smithers died 15 February 1977 in Grayswood, Haslemere, Sy, probate 20 June 1977 in Winchester. "Smithers, Emily Agnes of 5 The MountGrayswood Haslemere Sy died 15 February 1977 Probate Winchester 20 June £11515".
There are ten entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Emily Agnes Matthews.
Agnes Emily Matthews was the wife of William Smithers, my tenth cousin once removed.
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