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I agree - I haven't at the moment found Oswin on any later censuses nor a death record.
May 22, 2026
No mmn and we know names can be changed.
I think this is the Elizabeth who 'married' Thomas Smith and if so then I'd say Oswin is...
May 22, 2026
I though that but found this birth reg
May 22, 2026
Thomas (address is Hockley St)
May 22, 2026
Looks like Hospital St for Elizabeth and not certain but the first letter of her son's name could be a C.
May 22, 2026
I think this is Elizabeth on 1851 (transcribed as Elizabeth Bertha on Ancestry)
May 22, 2026
Going on the theory that Smith/Bishton is correct (far from certain) then in 1851...
There is a possibility for Thomas Smith as a...
May 22, 2026
The Elizabeth Moulton who is on the same marriage reg. as Thomas Smith married a Samuel Brueton. So that tree is wrong.
That Thomas...
May 22, 2026
I wondered what mmn was on that cert.
May 22, 2026
Sometimes you can read too much into names or the absence of them. However in this case it appears that Hannah Blythe's maternal...
May 22, 2026
They might be grandchildren from a different son. The ages are different and Lily is listed with her mother in 1901.
May 21, 2026
1901 - Harry/James and Lily are with them. 1 back of 93 Wilton St
May 21, 2026
I think this is Thomas & Elizabeth in 1881...
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/transcript?id=GBC%2F1881%2F0013536240&expand=true&tab=this
May 21, 2026
Thanks as there is a tree on Ancestry with Thomas married to Elizabeth Moulton.
May 21, 2026
It's that mmn listed for their children (other than Charles) and on one of the censuses she is with her parents in Shropshire with 2 of...
May 21, 2026