Birth: July-September 1879 Wethersfield, Essex, UK
Father: Charles Smith 1850-1915
Mother: Emma Hills 1852-1905
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 2 June 1900 Parish Church, Little Braxted, Essex, UK
Wife: Mary Ann Bayles 1882-1963
Death: October-December 1950 Maldon, Essex, UK
Jesse Arthur Smith 1900
Alice Maud Smith 1902
George Charles Smith 1904
John Henry Smith 1906
Emma Elizabeth Smith 1908
Frederick William Smith 1910
Lucy H Smith 1911
Alfred F Smith 1912
Frank E Smith 1914
Robert Smith 1917-1981
Kate M A Smith 1920
Edward Smith 1923
Birth of Arthur Smith in FreeBMD in July-September 1879 in Braintree (4a 447).
In the 1881 census as Arthur Smith aged 1, born in Wethersfield, Essex, and living with his parents (Charles and Emma), brother (Jesse A) and sister (Elisabeth) in Beazley End, Wethersfield, Essex.
In the 1891 census as Arthur Smith aged 11, born in Wethersfield, Essex, and living with his parents (Charles and Emma), four brothers (Bartie, David, Frank and William) and two sisters (Elizabeth and Sarah) in The Fir Tree, Wethersfield, Essex.
Marriage of Arthur Smith and Mary Ann Bayles in FreeBMD in April-June 1900 in Maldon (4a 1021).
In the 1901 census as Arthur Smith aged 21, born in Withersfield (sic - on the original), Essex, a bricklayer's labourer and living with his wife (Mary Ann) and son (Jesse Arthur) in a four room cottage in Little Braxted, Essex.
In the 1911 census as Arthur Smith aged 31, born in Wethersfield, Essex, a shepherd, and living with his wife (Mary Ann), three sons (Frederick William, George Charles and N John Henry), and two daughters (Alice Maud and Emma Elizabeth) in four rooms in Little Braxted, Witham, Essex.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 for Arthur Smith (much illegible) aged 36, born in Wethersfield, Essex, height 5 ft 6.5 inches, weight 143 lbs, chest 37.5+2.5 in, a houseman, next of kin Mary Ann Smith of Little Braxted, Essex, married Mary Bayles on 2 June 1900 at the Parish Church, Lttle Braxted, Essex, children Arther 1 August 1900, Alice 17 April 1902, George 8 October 1904, (no mention of John Henry) Emma 13 September 1908, Frederick 8 February 1910, Lucy 14 August 1911, Alfred 4 Decenber 1912, Frank 12 July 1914 all in Little Braxted. Attested 30 May 1915 as 19460 Essex Regiment, but posted to Expeditionary Force France as 102973 Gunner No 2 Section Royal Field Artillary, received Victory and 1914-15 Star 9 September 1920.
Death of Arthur Smith in FreeBMD in October-December 1950 aged 83 in Maldon (4a 613).
There are two entries in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Arthur Smith born in Wethersfield , Essex in about 1880, parents Charles and Emma Smith, his marriage to Mary Ann Bayles in Little Braxted in 1901, and nine children.
Arthur Smith was the father of Robert Smith, husband of Kathleen Brenda Short, wife of Frank Flower Large, my second cousin.
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