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Birth
Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy, born 22 May 1893 at 21 Compton Terrace, Richmond, Surrey. Mother Emma Smoothy, formerly Broad. Father: John David Robert Smoothy, journeyman wood turner. Informant John D.R. Smoothy, 21 Compton Terrace, Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey.
Christening 25 Jun 1893
St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey
Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy, daur of John David Robert & Emma. Father's occupation wood turner. Abode: 21 Compton Terrace, Mortlake Rd. [Gladys' father had been baptised in this church and he was a church sidesman there for many years]
1901 RG13/ 679 26 p.3
5 Manor Grove, Richmond, Surrey
John D. Smoothy, 32 a turner b Richmond, Surrey
Emma Smoothy, 33, wife, b. Cornwall
Gladys W.M. Smoothy, daughter, 7 scholar b Richmond, Surrey
+ 2 unrelated lodgers
Gladys' mother died when Gladys was 11. Her father remarried 4 years later to Marian Augusta Pitney.
Gladys went into domestic service when she was 14.
1911
5 Manor Grove [5 rooms]
John Smoothy 42 wood turner
Marian Smoothy 38 married 2 years
Gladys Smoothy 17 [no occupation listed]
Eva Irvine 22 dressmaker
Gladys worked for a family at Ladbroke Grove and then for the private household of the doctor at The Priory, Roehampton.
During WW1, another servant, Edith, persuaded her to write to a soldier, cousin of Edith's husband Frank Smith. This cousin was Angus Williams, her future husband. Whilst they were courting, they spent time in Putney Park, at Woking, and Sipson.
Addresses at which Gladys was living, information from Angus' letters to her
Aug 1919 c/o Mrs Twinn [Gladys's cousin Bessie Twinn, nee Vine] 23 Buckingham Street, Brighton Sussex
Nov 1919 Dorcas Ward, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth
Aug 1920 Treviledor Farm, Mawgan, Cornwall [her maternal uncle's farm]
Sep 1921 Treviledor, Goldsworth Road, Woking [named after the farm, the home of a maternal aunt]
Marriage
22 Sep 1923 [Gladys's parents had married on the same day, in 1890]
St. Leonards, Hythe, Kent
Angus Williams, 26, bacehlor, motor driver, 5 Coastguard Cottages, Hythe, father Charles Williams, labourer
Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy, 30, spinster, 3 Mount Street, Hythe, father John David Robert Smoothy, wood turner.
They lived at Cobden Road and Park Road Hythe for the first few years of their marriage, Angus worked as a shoe repairer. Their children were all born at these address:
Ruth Smoothy 1924
Rita Mary 1923
John Angus 1927
Norman Edwin 1930
But in the 1930s, Angus lost this job and was never regularly in work again until WW2. The family lived at various addresses in Kent: Lymbridge Green, Stelling Minnis, Stowting and Wye.
They moved from Silks Farm, Ashford to 3 Subdown Cottages, East Brabourne, a council house with a range in the front room for cooking, and a copper for washing in the back room.
After Angus' death, Gladys moved to a bungalow at 6, Sandy Place, Smeeth, Kent.
She moved to Gore Hill House, Ashford, an old people's home, in her early 90s. Here she had her hair permed and worried that it made her look "fast" and also rejected breakfast in bed as it was "slummocky".
Death
20 Jan 1990, at Gore Hill House, Canterbury Road, Ashford
Gladys Winifred Mary Williams, of
1 a myocardial degeneration
b pneumonia
c influenza
Gladys was cremated.
Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy, born 22 May 1893 at 21 Compton Terrace, Richmond, Surrey. Mother Emma Smoothy, formerly Broad. Father: John David Robert Smoothy, journeyman wood turner. Informant John D.R. Smoothy, 21 Compton Terrace, Mortlake Road, Richmond, Surrey.
Christening 25 Jun 1893
St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey
Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy, daur of John David Robert & Emma. Father's occupation wood turner. Abode: 21 Compton Terrace, Mortlake Rd. [Gladys' father had been baptised in this church and he was a church sidesman there for many years]
1901 RG13/ 679 26 p.3
5 Manor Grove, Richmond, Surrey
John D. Smoothy, 32 a turner b Richmond, Surrey
Emma Smoothy, 33, wife, b. Cornwall
Gladys W.M. Smoothy, daughter, 7 scholar b Richmond, Surrey
+ 2 unrelated lodgers
Gladys' mother died when Gladys was 11. Her father remarried 4 years later to Marian Augusta Pitney.
Gladys went into domestic service when she was 14.
1911
5 Manor Grove [5 rooms]
John Smoothy 42 wood turner
Marian Smoothy 38 married 2 years
Gladys Smoothy 17 [no occupation listed]
Eva Irvine 22 dressmaker
Gladys worked for a family at Ladbroke Grove and then for the private household of the doctor at The Priory, Roehampton.
During WW1, another servant, Edith, persuaded her to write to a soldier, cousin of Edith's husband Frank Smith. This cousin was Angus Williams, her future husband. Whilst they were courting, they spent time in Putney Park, at Woking, and Sipson.
Addresses at which Gladys was living, information from Angus' letters to her
Aug 1919 c/o Mrs Twinn [Gladys's cousin Bessie Twinn, nee Vine] 23 Buckingham Street, Brighton Sussex
Nov 1919 Dorcas Ward, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth
Aug 1920 Treviledor Farm, Mawgan, Cornwall [her maternal uncle's farm]
Sep 1921 Treviledor, Goldsworth Road, Woking [named after the farm, the home of a maternal aunt]
Marriage
22 Sep 1923 [Gladys's parents had married on the same day, in 1890]
St. Leonards, Hythe, Kent
Angus Williams, 26, bacehlor, motor driver, 5 Coastguard Cottages, Hythe, father Charles Williams, labourer
Gladys Winifred Mary Smoothy, 30, spinster, 3 Mount Street, Hythe, father John David Robert Smoothy, wood turner.
They lived at Cobden Road and Park Road Hythe for the first few years of their marriage, Angus worked as a shoe repairer. Their children were all born at these address:
Ruth Smoothy 1924
Rita Mary 1923
John Angus 1927
Norman Edwin 1930
But in the 1930s, Angus lost this job and was never regularly in work again until WW2. The family lived at various addresses in Kent: Lymbridge Green, Stelling Minnis, Stowting and Wye.
They moved from Silks Farm, Ashford to 3 Subdown Cottages, East Brabourne, a council house with a range in the front room for cooking, and a copper for washing in the back room.
After Angus' death, Gladys moved to a bungalow at 6, Sandy Place, Smeeth, Kent.
She moved to Gore Hill House, Ashford, an old people's home, in her early 90s. Here she had her hair permed and worried that it made her look "fast" and also rejected breakfast in bed as it was "slummocky".
Death
20 Jan 1990, at Gore Hill House, Canterbury Road, Ashford
Gladys Winifred Mary Williams, of
1 a myocardial degeneration
b pneumonia
c influenza
Gladys was cremated.