Amelia Smith

Amelia Buckley Smith 

Born: 1850, Aston under Lyne

Father: Thomas B Smith (b. 1815) 

Mother: Elizabeth Smith (b. 1821)

Sister: Julia Arnold Smith (b. 1846) [LDTC 1867], Sophia Elizabeth Smith (b.1848) [LDTC 1869], Clara A Smith (b. 1854) and Louisa Smith (b. 1856). 

Brothers: Alfred B Smith (b. 1852), Sydney Smith (b. 1864) and Theodore Smith (b. 1866)

In 1861 – 

She is at Portland Road, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. Amelia, her mother and siblings (Sophia, Alfred, Clara and Louisa) are unlisted. Her sister, Julia, is listed as ‘Teacher in Girls School’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at LDTC as a ‘student’. Her sister, Sophia, is listed as ‘Mistress’. 

In 1881 – 

She is at 9 Ayr Street, Nottingham. She is listed as ‘School Mistress’. Her sister, Louisa, is listed as ‘Housekeeper’.

In 1891 – 

She is at Ayr Street, Nottingham. Her father is listed as ‘Retired Schoolmaster’. Her mother and sister, Louisa, are unlisted. Julia and Amelia are listed as ‘School Teachers’. A boarder, Charles Kirsopp (b. 1865), is listed as ‘Schoolmaster’. A boarder, Louis E M Demont (b. 1862), is listed as ‘French Drawing Master’. 

In 04/97 – 

Address is Earl's Colne, Halstead, Essex. 

In 1901 – 

She is at Langar Village, Langer, Bingham. Her sister, Julia, is listed as ‘Certified Schoolmistress’. She is listed as ‘Certified Schoolmistress’. Her sister, Louisa, is listed as ‘Housekeeper’. 

In 1911 – 

She is at 2 Parkers Row, Hall Street, Nottingham. She is listed as ‘Formerly A Government School Teacher At Present Unemployed’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 6 Buller Terrace, Nottingham. Amelia is listed as ‘Retired Certificated Teacher’. There is a boarder, Joseph Coupe (b. 1863), is listed as ‘General Labourer’. 

d.         1 December 1931 in Nottingham. 

SMITH Amelia Buckley of 1 Ward Bagthorpe Infirmary, Nottingham, spinster, died 01 December 1931. Probate Nottingham 08 January to Lilian Alice Elizabeth Johnson, spinster. Effects £18, 7s, 3d.