John Henry Smith [Parents] was christened on 2 Aug 1812 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. He married Diana (Hannah) Bavins on 24 Mar 1839 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.
BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/11. numbers are not given in this register.
CENSUS 1821 of Shutlanger (gives only rounded ages), page 1, aged 5.
MARRIAGE reported by Glenda Hurst (email Mar 2006) a descendant. Cuckfield Registration District, ref 7/377. He was a bachelor and labourer of age.
CENSUS 1851 (from Glenda Hurst, email Mar 2006), at 31, Edmund St, St Pancras, ref HO107/1497, folio 457(?), page 39, schedule 183. Age 38, a gas labourer, born Shutlanger. He is shown here as the uncle of John Bavins. His wife was still in Stoke Bruerne, she is shown as married there, though someone has circled the entry.
CENSUS 1861 (from Glenda Hurst, email Mar 2006), at Swan Street, (place unreadable), PRO ref RG10/1112, folio 18, page 29, schedule 188. Age 46 a Railway Foreman.. Named as Henry Smith Senior as his son is next door.
CENSUS 1871 (from Glenda Hurst, email Mar 2006), at Rdlands Farm, Griswell Hill, Turvey,Bedfordshire. PRO ref GR10/1540, folio 8, page 6, schedule 32. Age 58, a foreman on Pub. Works (?), birthplace given as Shutlanger.
Diana (Hannah) Bavins [Parents] was christened on 6 Oct 1811 in Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, England. was buried on 25 Mar 1883 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. Diana married John Henry Smith on 24 Mar 1839 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England.
BAPTISM Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/11. numbers are not given in this register.
CENSUS 1821 of Stoke Bruerne (gives only rounded ages), page 8, aged 5.
MARRIAGE reported by Glenda Hurst (email Mar 2006) a descendant. Cuckfield Registration District, ref 7/377. She was a spinster of age, and had been living in Cuckfield. She made her mark.
CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 6 no. 24. Age 38, Occupation housekeeper, living with son and a family of visitorswith birthplaces locally and in Yorkshire and in Cambridgeshire. She is named Hannah here but Glenda Hurst says this is the same person as Diana (ne้ Bavins)
CENSUS 1861 (from Glenda Hurst, email Mar 2006), at Swan Street, (place unreadable), PRO ref RG10/1112, folio 18, page 29, schedule 188. Age 46.
CENSUS 1871 (from Glenda Hurst, email Mar 2006), at Rdlands Farm, Griswell Hill, Turvey,Bedfordshire. PRO ref GR10/1540, folio 8, page 6, schedule 32. Age 58, occupation "P. Lace Maker".
BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.1167 age 71.
They had the following children:
M i Henry Smith was born about 1840. F ii Diana Smith was born on 26 Apr 1842 and was christened on 12 Jun 1842 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. was buried on 24 Aug 1842 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.718.
BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.506. age 4 months.
James Hill was born before 1825 in
KNOWN through baptism of his son, he was a tailor of Weedon Beck.
Sarah Ann was born before 1825 in
KNOWN through baptism of her son.
They had the following children:
M i George Hill was born on 14 Feb 1843 and was christened on 19 Mar 1843 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.725.
James Bruce was born before 1825 in
KNOWN through the baptism of his son, a gamekeeper of Stoke Bruerne.
Elizabeth was born before 1825 in
KNOWN through the baptism of her son.
They had the following children:
M i Frances Bruce was born on 8 Apr 1843 and was christened on 2 Jul 1843 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.733.
Thomas Bavins [Parents] was born in , Northants, England and was christened on 4 Jun 1820 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. He married Mary.
NOTE known only through record of his wife visiting Hannah Smith in 1851. His wife and two children are visiting Diana Smith (ne้ Bavins) so he is probably related.
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.148.
CENSUS 1821 of Stoke Bruerne (gives only rounded ages), page 4, aged 1.
CENSUS 1841 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 438873, page 17. Age 20, occupation agricultural labourer, born in county.
NOTE link to wife from marriage of daughter.
CENSUS 1851 (from Glenda Hurst, email Mar 2006), at 31, Edmund St, St Pancras, ref HO107/1497, folio 423, page 39, schedule 183. Age 29, a gas labourer, living with his brother. Listed as married but wife not there.
Mary was born about 1819 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She married Thomas Bavins.
CENSUS 1851 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 087691, page 6 no. 24 Age 31, visiting Hannah Smith with two children.
KNOWN through the baptism of her daughter.
They had the following children:
Stephen Gibbits was born before 1829 in
KNOWN through baptism of his daughter, he was a labourer in Stoke Bruerne.
Eliza was born before 1829 in
KNOWN through the baptism of her daughter.
They had the following children:
F i Mary Eliza Gibbits was born on 2 Mar 1847 and was christened on 23 May 1847 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.833.
John Smith was born before 1825 in
KNOWN through baptism of his son, he was a labourer of Shutlanger.
Phoebe was born about 1816 in
BURIAL Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303P/12 no.609.
age 31. Birth date based on this.
They had the following children:
William Downer [Parents] was born before 1826 in <, Northants, England>. He married Mary Linnel Smith before 1848.
MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.64.
a book-keeper of Hemel Hempstead at time of marriage, but at birth of son
shown as a carpenter (his father was a joiner).
Mary Linnel Smith [Parents] was born about 1828/1830 in , Northants, England. She married William Downer before 1848.
MARRIAGE Stoke Bruerne Parish Ch. Northants Rec. Off. no. 303P/21 no.64.
a minor of Stoke Bruerne.CENSUS 1841 Stoke Bruerne, Northants. Film no. 438873, page 1.
Age 13, born in county. Living with Charles Tew and Grace Chapman.NOTE the identity of the person getting married and the one in the census is
not certain, but is a fairly safe assumption.
They had the following children:
M i Henry Downer was christened on 9 Jan 1848 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England.
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P13 no.848.
John Kirwan was born in 1807 in , Mayo, Ireland. He married Jane Close in 1830 in , , England.
KNOWN through baptism of his daughter. School master in Stoke Bruerne, late a in H.M's.XXX Regiment of foot. Birth date and other information from Ray Allen (email July 2003). He served in the army from 1825 to about 1847. In 1850 he sailed to Australia as a retired Pension Guard with the first convict fleet to West Australi, but he soon became a police man and 14 years later moved to South Australia.
Jane Close was born before 1810. She married John Kirwan in 1830 in , , England.
NOTE apart from baptism of two daughters, all information from Ray Allen (email July 2003). Her surname could have been Olose. The children born in Stoke Bruerne were the 4th and 5th of her family. Two more were born in Australia (see note on husband).
They had the following children:
Susanna Tite [Parents] was born on 21 May 1815 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England and was christened on 21 May 1815 in Stoke Bruerne, Northants, England. She was married was not married.
Other marriages:Trasler, George
CHRISTENING Stoke Bruerne Par.Church, Northants Rec.Off.Ref.303/P21 no.38.
CENSUS 1821 of Stoke Bruerne (gives only rounded ages), page 15, aged 5.
CENSUS 1851 at Great Houghton, PRO ref HO107/1738, folio 132 page 11, schedule 39. Aged 35, listed as housekeeper in the home of William Trasler and his brother George. Shown as unmarried. Her daughter, Elixabeth is a lodger six houses away.
CENSUS 1861 at Great Houghton, PRO ref. RG9 / 931, folio 92, page 15, schedule 81. Age 44. Houskeeper for Charles, William and George Trasler, shown here as a widow.
MARRIAGE based on information from Sandra Hupp (email Aug 2006) ref. 3b 83 in the Hardingstone Registration district is in the 3rd qu. of 1865.
CENSUS 1881 at The Green, Great Houghton, Northampton, England. FHL film no. 1341372, PRO ref RG11 / 1541, folio 82, page 2., age 65, living alone, a widow, and an independant annuitant.
She had the following children:
Joseph Woodward was born before 1830 in
KNOWN through the baptism of his son. A labourer of Stoke Bruerne.
Jane was born before 1830 in
KNOWN only through the baptism of her son.
They had the following children: