CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
CHRISTOPHER•ALLEN•SMITH•WINTON Family Tree - Person Sheet
Birth PlaceWest Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Memo153 New Bridge Street (death certificate claimed year 1878)
Census Date1881 [433]
Census PlaceNorthampton, Northamptonshire, England
Memo14 Herbert St., Northampton St. Sepulchre
Census Date1891 [921]
Census PlaceNorthampton, Northamptonshire, England
Memo10 Princes St., Northampton St. Sepulchre
Reside Date2 Sep 1902 [6011] Age: 23
Reside PlaceOlney, Buckinghamshire, England
Census Date2 Apr 1911 [3319] Age: 32
Census PlaceSt. Anne’s on-the-sea, Lancashire, England
Memo9 St. Davids Road N.
Death PlaceBrighton, Sussex, England
MemoRoyal Sussex County Hospital
Alias/AKAAlfred Thomas [433]
OccupationCoal Merchant [5956]
OccupationFarmer [3319]
FatherJohn Alfred SMITH (1856-1892)
MotherEllen GILBERT (1856-1929)
Misc. Notes
The 1911 census shows that Alfred was visiting his mother, while his wife was with the children in Podington, Bedfordshire. [3319], [3337]
Military
Trooper in 37th Company Imperial Yeomanry (Bucks.); served in the Boer War 1899-1901, and published a book about his experience: "With the 10th Imperial Yeomanry," 1905. [4213] Based on an undated news clipping pasted onto the Preface page of the book, Alfred’s mother had received a notification from the War Office that her son was “missing since September 27th” but with no further details. Obviously he later resurfaced. Death certificate lists him as “Major in the H. M. Army (retired).” [5955]
Spouses
Birth PlaceEast Retford District, Nottinghamshire, England
MemoBMD Births Sep Qtr 1880; FARBON, Mary Elizabeth, East Retford District, vol.7b, p.7. However, the 1911 census reports Maidstone, Kent.
Census Date3 Apr 1881 [6012]
Census PlaceMaidstone, Kent, England
Memo29 Lower Fant Rd.
Reside Date2 Sep 1902 [6011]
Reside PlaceFersfield, Norfolk, England
Census Date2 Apr 1911 [3337]
Census PlacePodington, Bedfordshire, England
Memo“Red House”
FatherWilliam FARBON (ca1854-)
MotherHenrietta BERRY (ca1853-)
Research
Why were Alfred & Mary living so far apart in 1911 census?
ChildrenVera Marie (1904-1989)
Jack Starmer (1906-1974)
Misc. Notes
Unknown source for “Amy” as a second wife of Alfred, but probably came from a relative. No details other than her name are known.