William George Smith (1886-1930)

Dates

Birth: July-September 1886 54 George Row, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK
Father: William Smith 1861-1934
Mother: Matilda Elizabeth Perratt c1863-1890

Christening: 26 December 1886 Christ Church, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK

Marriage: 29 August 1909 Christ Church, Southwark, UK
Wife: Florence Lucy Mary Berry 1885-a1939

Death: December 1930 Southwark, London, UK
Buial: 22 December 1930 Southwark, London, UK

Children

Rosina Emily Smith [Fullick] 1911-1987

Notes

Birth of William George Smith in FreeBMD in July-September 1886 in St Olave (1D 196).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 for William George Smith baptised 26 December 1886 at Christ Church, Bermondsey, Southwark, parents William and Matilda Smith. "Page 90 Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Christ Church Bermondsey in County of Surrey in the Year One thousand eight hundred and eighty six [...] 1886 Decr 26 No. 715 William George [parents] William [a] Baker & Matilda Smith of 54 George Row."

His sister was baptised on 27 June 1888 at St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, Southwark, when they were living at 54 Richardson St, Long Lane.

His mother was buried on 8 June 1890 in Southwark.

In the 1891 census as William G Smith aged 11 (sic - in the index, 4 on the original), born in Bermondsey, London, and living with his widowed father (William ) and sister (Matilda) in one room at 54 Richardson Street, Leather Market, Bermondsey, London. Another family shared this address.

I cannot locate him in the 1901 census.

Marriage of William George Smith and Florence Lucy Berry in FreeBMD in July-September 1909 in Southwark (1D 78).

Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for William George Smith aged 23, father William Smith, and Florence Lucy Berry on 29 August 1909 in Southwark, Surrey.

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for the marriage of William George Smith aged 23, father William Smith, and Florence Lucy Berry on 29 August 1909 at Christ Church, Southwark. "Page 221 [...] 1909 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of Christ Church Southwark in the County of London. [No.] 442 Aug 29th 1909 William George Smith [aged] 23 [a] Bachelor [and] Carman [of] 14 Blackfriars Rd [father] William Smith [a] Waterside Labourer, [and] Florence Lucy Berry [aged] 24 [a] Spinster [of] 1 Collingwood St [father] Henry Charles Berry [a] Boot Salesman. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England after Banns [...] in the Presence of Henry Charles Berry [and] Matilda Smith".

In the 1911 census as William George Smith aged 26, born in Richardson Street, Bermondsey, a carman contractor working from home, and living with his wife (Florence) at 7 Woolf Street, Bermondsey, London.

His daughter was born on 24 June 1911 and baptised on 23 July 2011 at St Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey when he was a carman living at 7 Woolf Street.

In the 1921 census as William George Smith born in Bermondsey, London in 1885, and living with Florence Lucy Smith (wife?), William Smith (father?), Rosina Emily Smith (daughter?), and four others at St Olave, Bermondsey, London.

Death of William G Smith in FreeBMD in October-December 1930 aged 48 in Southwark (1D 92).

Entry in Deceased Online for William George Smith buried 22 December 1930 in Southwark, London.

There are two entries in Ancestry Family Trees for William George Smith.

Entry in the Register of Deaths for Rosina Emily Fullick born on 24 June 1911, in Lambeth (14 161) in June 1987.

Relationship

William George Smith was the father of Rosina Emily Smith, wife of Robert George Fullick, my fourth cousin once removed.

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