Smith William, sawyer, Upper Marshall Street 1851 census

[Brotog]

I am so grateful for your help….I think the Gosta Green one is well worth me investigating…especially with that pearl button connection. I have had my mind opened up to not jumping to conclusions. To be honest I’ve never heard the name Gosta Green before!

 

[MWS]

Gosta Green is close to Aston University. It would be about a mile from Adderley St.

 

[Brotog]

I think this is the 1848 death for Sarah Smith. Burial at St Bartholomew's
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I presume this would be the St. Bartholomew’s that used to be in Digbeth?

 

[Brotog]

I am so grateful for your help….I think the Gosta Green one is well worth me investigating…especially with that pearl button connection. I have had my mind opened up to not jumping to conclusions. To be honest I’ve never heard the name Gosta Green before!

The pearl button maker I have found has a wife Ann….not Sarah….is that the one you mean?

 

[Brotog]

The pearl button maker I have found has a wife Ann….not Sarah….is that the one you mean?

I have found another 1841 census William with wife Sarah and son Edward aged 6, shown as a labourer living in Fazely Street. The 1848 death of Sarah Smith gives her address as Fazely Street. Could be a possibility?

 

[MWS]

No, it's a William, Sarah and 2 children - Thomas and William.

Sarah's age is quite a bit out but 1841 census has a lot of inaccuracies. However, there's no way to know if it's the right family.

 

[Brotog]

The pearl button maker I have found has a wife Ann….not Sarah….is that the one you mean?

Sorry….just found the Gosta Green one you mean, with wife Sarah, and he’s Pearl Button maker. Gosh it’s hard finding the right William Smith!

 

[MWS]

I have found another 1841 census William with wife Sarah and son Edward aged 6, shown as a labourer living in Fazely Street. The 1848 death of Sarah Smith gives her address as Fazely Street. Could be a possibility?

That sounds more likely than the one I found, William had a brother called Edward.

It seems probable that that is the Sarah in the burial but doesn't make it certainly your Sarah.

 

[MWS]

Just seen a baptism for an Edward Smith, son of William and Sarah, Jun 1835 Kenilworth.

Possible death reg. Bham 1846.

 

[Brotog]

Just seen a baptism for an Edward Smith, son of William and Sarah, Jun 1835 Kenilworth.

Possible death reg. Bham 1846.

Goodness me….that sounds very hopeful….the birth in Kenilworth, not long after the wedding of 1833, and his death in Birmingham.
I will get into investigating this.