Maria Smith

Maria Smith 

Born: 1843, Holbeach 

Baptised: 29 October 1843, Long Sutton 

Father: John Smith (b. 1809)

Mother: Elizabeth Smith (b. 1809)

Brothers: William Smith (b. 1833), John Smith (b. 1837), Joseph Smith (b. 1838)

Sisters: Sarah Smith (b. 1839)

Marriage:        12 September 1867, Long Sutton 

Husband:         Thomas Booth 

                        b. 1839 

                        Registrar and Water Works Manager

Issue – 

#1 Archer Dales Booth (b. 1868) (d. 1870)

#2 Ethel Mary Booth (b. 1869) (d. 1870)

#3 Edith Maria Booth (b. 1870)

#4 Blanche Eveline Booth (b. 1872)

#5 Helen Jane Booth (b. 1873)

#6 Hilda Mary Booth (b. 1883) (d. 1884)

In 1851 – 

She is at Market Place, Sutton. Her father is listed as ‘Shoemaker’. Her brother, William, is listed as ‘Plumber and Glazier Apprentice’. Her brother, Joseph, is listed as ‘Farm Labourer’. Maria, her mother and siblings, John and Sarah, are unlisted.

In 1861 – 

She is at 15 Market Place, Sutton. Her father is listed as ‘Cordwainer’. Her mother and sister, Sarah, are unlisted. Maria is listed as ‘Pupil Teacher National School’. 

In 1871 – 

She is at Main Street, School House, Haddenham, Ely. Her husband is listed as ‘Registrar Officer’. Maria is listed as ‘Schoolmistress’. Her daughter, Edith, is unlisted. There is a servant, Ellen Proctor (b. 1855). 

In 1881 – 

She is at 8 Sheep Market, Stamford. Her husband is listed as ‘Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages and Manager of Waterworks’. Maria and her daughters (Edith, Blanche and Helen) are unlisted. There is a servant, Mary Jane Clark (b. 1868). 

In 1891 – 

She is at High Street, St Martin, Stamford. Her husband is listed as ‘Manager of Water Works and Registrar of Deaths and Births’. Maria and Ethel Mary Knott (b. 1874) are unlisted. Her daughter, Helen, is listed as ‘Art Student Drawing’. Louise Ann Hamm (b. 1848) [LDTC 1867] is listed as ‘Certificated School Mistress’. There is a servant, Martha Croft (b. 1876). 

In 10/95 – 

Address is 23 St. Martin's, Stamford.

In 1901 –

She is at 54 High Street, Stamford. Her husband is listed as ‘Manager and Secretary of Water Works and Registrar’. Maria is unlisted. There is a servant, Esther Cluff (b. 1881). 

In 1911 – 

She is at 13 St George’s Square, Stamford. Her husband is listed as ‘Manager and Secretary of Waterworks’. Maria is unlisted. There is a servant, Kate Peck (b. 1893). 

In 1921 – 

She is at Compton House, Wetherill Road, Middlesex. Her daughter, Helen Jane Beasley (b. 1873), is listed as ‘Masseuse’. Her husband is listed as ‘Manager & Secretary of Waterworks Retired’. Maria and her grandchildren, Dora Rowena Beasley (b. 1907) and Lionel Thomas Cecil Beasley (b. 1912) are unlisted. 

d.         1935, Barnet