Mary Ann SMITH

Mary Ann SMITH

Female 1812 - 1855  (43 years)


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  • Name Mary Ann SMITH 
    Birth 7 Jun 1812  Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1851  Welwyn, Hertford, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 23 Jul 1855  New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 27 Jul 1855  New Bartnet, Hertfordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Burial record from Parish Records Collection - Mary Ann ALDRIDGE. Date of burial: 27 Jul 1855. Age at death: 43. Calculated year of birth: 1812. Place of burial: East Barnet. Dedication: St Mary the Virgin. County: Hertfordshire. Notes: East Barnet St Mary the Virgin: Denomination: Anglican Coverage: 1800 - 1904.

      Headstone inscription reads: Sacred to the Memory of MARY ANN wife of WILLIAM ALDRIDGE who departed this life June 21st 1855 Aged 43 years Blessed are dead which die in the Lord Erected by her son.

    Notes 
    • When her son Henry went back to England in 1883, he arranged for a headstone to be placed on her grave according to notes in his diary. The inscription was to read: In memory of Mary Anne wife of William Aldridge who departed this life July 23rd 1855 aged 43 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord. Erected by her son on his return from Australia.
      Mary brought a child, William, into the marriage who, according to the 1851 census was born at Marylebone, Middlesex. But the wedding record says she was a spinster where she married William Aldridge. So, she may have bore her son out of wedlock. There is an IGI entry for a William Henry Smith born 19 Dec 1835 & christened 17 Jan 1836 at Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England. He was the son of James Smith and Mary There was also a Sarah Smith born to the same parents: Birth: 16 Jan 1833, christened 10 Feb 1833 Saint Mary-St Marylebone Road, Saint Marylebone, London, England & died 25 Sep 1834. But these assumptions have to be viewed with suspicion on the basis of her spinster status when she married Wm Aldridge.
    Person ID I2580  Warren Nunn's family tree
    Last Modified 30 Jul 2013 

    Family William ALDRIDGE,   b. Abt 1819, Stevenage, Hertford, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1861, Drayton, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 42 years) 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1843  Newington, Surrey, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • 1843 Marriage solemnized at the Parish Church in the Parish of St Mary, Newington, in the County of Surrey
      No 139 10th July 1843
      William Aldridge of full age bachelor carrier Princes Buildings Father: James Aldridge (Publican)
      Mary Ann Smith of full age spinster ---- Princes Buildings Father: William Smith (Publican)
      Married in the parish Church, according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns by me George Rowland Medley
      This marriage was solemnized between us William Aldridge Mary Ann Smith in the presence of James Aldridge (his mark) and Sarah Aldridge
    Children 
     1. Henry ALDRIDGE,   b. 16 Apr 1844, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Nov 1926, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    Family ID F683  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2025 

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