James SMITH

[Margaret in Burton]

Name - "official" name and what they were known as

James Smith

Date and place of birth

c 1793. (1841 census says Warwickshire and 1851 says Bunwell or Burnill - Burnhill? - Warwickshire) This doesn't seem to exist.

Names of parents

Unknown

Date and place of baptism - if applicable

Unknown

Details of each of his or her marriages - if any

9 February 1815 at St Mary's, Hazeley, Warwickshire to Elizabeth White (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=8883)

Occupation(s) - if any

Agricultural Labourer

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).

Balsall, Warwickshire

Date, place and cause of death

6 February 1860 in Balsall Common, Warwickshire - cause - Diseased Liver for several years and Dropsy for 12 months

Date and place of burial.

8 Feb 1860 in Hampton in Arden, Warwickshire

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable

Unknown

Memorial inscription - if any

Unknown

Link to daughter:Hannah Smith (http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3277)

[kiterunner]

Who were the witnesses at Hannah's wedding, Marg?

[Margaret in Burton]

Who were the witnesses at Hannah's wedding, Marg?

Joseph Stowe and Ann Stowe, that was her husbands sister and brother in law.

[kiterunner]

Hmm, so we're looking for a James Smith, occupation unknown.

[Margaret in Burton]

Hmm, so we're looking for a James Smith, occupation unknown.

Yup! :)

I'm thinking that Hannah may have been illegitimate and made up James' name. That's why there was no occupation. He may have died when she was small though.

[Margaret in Burton]

New information added from Warwickshire PR's on Ancestry.

[Margaret in Burton]

Received death cert so edited #1