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Column 1 47-JCW

ID: 47-JCW

Town/s of Interest:

Lancashire -

Middleton Eccles Worsley Southport

Researcher: John Cameron Ward

Email: Contact via own Website.

Website John Cameron Ward's
Genealogical Homepage

Smith Chat Forum Username:

Online Office Pigeon-hole: 47-jcw

Original contact 2005: Smith Project expressied interest in SMITH

families' in online Ancestral Files.

Update Feb2006/ Re-compiled 2008

Summary of Interests:

John's own Ancestors:
Descendents of

John Smith & Mary Wyatt

from reports' files received from John,

which include data relating to the family

and descendents of John SMITH &

Mary WYATT. He considered that these

are the most interesting Smiths he has

in his database, and that they connect

remotely with Jeffrey Wyatville, architect,

who redesigned Windsor Castle for

George IV.

One of the sons of

John Smith and Mary Wyatt was

Theophilus Wyatt SMITH

who married Agnes ARCHER in 1797

in Middleton. Agnes was the daughter

of James Archer, the Curate of Middleton

at that time (pictured below).

JAMES ARCHER
Curate of Royton 1774-1778
Curate and Schoolmaster

of Middleton 1778-1829
Rector of Middleton 1829-1832

[Image Courtesy of John Cameron Ward]

About James Archer, John writes......
"...he was curate and schoolmaster of
Middleton for over 50 years and finally

made Rector when he was over 80:

a well-loved character from some accounts.

His birth was traced to Dent, the church

to which he was first appointed & where

his baptismal certificate was found. His

father was Thomas Archer "The Prince of

Rural Tailors" mentioned by Prof Adam

Sedgwick in his Dent memoir."

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The children of Theophilus Wyatt Smith

and Agnes Archer are listed below.

Their family home was Middleton Hall.

Column 2: 48-SAR - 50-DIA

ID: 48-SAR

Town/s of Interest:

W.R. Yorkshire - Todmorden
(& Birkenhead, Wirral,SthMersey)

Researcher: Sara

Location: South West England

Email: s a r a .r.40[at]h o t m a i l.co.uk

Smith Chat Forum Username:

Online Office Pigeon-hole: 48-sar

Interests submitted: 2005

Summary of Interests/Message

william smith(1831 - ?)
married anne holden in todmorden
children -
james william, patty shelton,
fred, louisa and samuel.

lived at 3 myrtle st todmorden.

samuel smith married sarah anne hayward

approx 1887

lived in todmorden till after birth of 1st child

joseph in 1888
moved to birkenhead. had 6 more children

(2 died as infants)
Individual references are included in
the Smith Project A-Z first names index.
incl my g/dad sydney smith.

would love to know what happened to rest
of william and anne smiths children & any

descendants in yorks/merseyside/cheshire.

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ID: 49-CMK

Town/s of Interest:

?Lancashire
? north-west-england connections

Researcher: Celia McKenzie

Location: Alberta, Canada

Email: c e l i a 9 6 7 1[at] m s n .com

Smith Chat Forum Username:

Online Office Pigeon-hole: 49-cmk

Interests submitted: 2005/updated 2006

Summary of Interests/Message

My great grandmother was Grace Smith,

Scottish, born November 14, 1869.

Grace lived in Ontario in the 1800's.
She was possibly a school teacher.

There is a U.S.A. connection to her
but my family history is so vague
- just one reference to it.

Grace's husband was Thomas James Watson,
Irish, born November 27 1859.



I haven't found a marriage record
for them in Ontario. There could be
Lancashire or other north-west England connections.
Any information on the family would
be greatly appreciated.

[nb: other great greatgrandmother was
Catherine (nee Craig) Scales
- scottish born 1861, and her husband
was George Scales - English born 1852.
In the late 1800's, the Watson's lived at
Gordon Lake, Ontario, and the Scales
lived at Londsborough, Ontario]


Photographs below

Son and Grand-daughters of Grace SMITH

(Mrs Thomas James Watson)

All born either Middleton or ?probably

Middleton.(near Manchester)

HENRY "BONECRUSHER" SMITH

b 1798 Middleton
Marriage(1) Hestor Davies 19Jul1830Norfolk
Marrriage(2) JaneSMITH 11Sept1845
Eccles Lan (d/o Henry Smith of Worsley)

MARY SMITH b 1800

(d.1802 bur.St Leonards Middleton)

SIDNEY ARCHER SMITH

b.26 Aug 1802 at Middleton Hall

Bpt.20 Sept1805 StLeonard's Middleton.

JAMES SMITH

b.10 May 1805 bpt 20 Sept1805
St.Leonard's Middleton
(d.3Mar1807 bur.StLeonard'sMiddleton)

JOHN WYATT SMITH

b 25 May 1807 at Middleton Hall
bpt.30Mar1808 St.Leonard's Middleton
(d.23Jan1857 Southport)
married Lucy Hargrave 1832 (Buenos Aires)

[nb:double-barrel surname Wyatt-Smith
was created & given to the children
of this marriage]

AGNES SMITH

b30 Apr1809/bpt.1Aug1813
(d.12Jan1843,Middleton, bur.St.Leonards Middleton)

MARIA / MARY SMITH

b 20June1811 at Middleton Hall
bpt.26Jun1816 St.Leonards,Middleton
(d.21Mar1853 at Southport, bur.St.Leonards,Middleton)

BENSON SMITH

b.1813 Middleton Hall/Chr Middleton 1813

ELIZA SMITH

b 17 Jan 1816/Chr.11Mar1816 Middleton
(d.after1881)

[m.Thomas Ramsbottom 24 Apr 1845 Middleton]

MATILDA SMITH

b.1822 Middleton(d.24Jan1836)



Notes: Information that John C.Ward has

kindly provided as above, includes data that
is both his own research and that of other

researchers. The same applies to his online

Database, which he compiled as a finding

aid to assist others in tracing ancestors.

Always check original records.


For further information about the above
family and information relating to
Seaney Park House, the Wyatt family home
in Burton-on-Trent - See the Interests

Summary of Wyatt-Smith descendent,
Judy Barradell-Smith ID.57-JBS pge 18

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St Leonard's Parish Church, Middleton

is a Grade 1 Listed building, being of both

architectural and historical importance.



Its tower dates from 1412, and much of its

stonework comes from early 12th century

Norman origins.

[Encyclopaedia of Gtr Manchester]

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St Leonard's Parish Church, Middleton
© Copyright Alexander P Kapp and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.

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The first photo -
My Grandfather Maynard Watson
(David Samuel Maynard) and his wife
Katherine Scales, in 1911. Maynard is
the son of Grace SMITH & Thomas James Watson



The second photo -
Grace (Smith) Watson's grandaughter,
Elizabeth Agnes (Watson) Brodersen's
wedding photo, 1948. The bridesmaid
is also Graces grandaughter,
Elenor Grace Watson - Betty's sister.

The Groom Harry (Henry Mathew) Brodersen's
brother is the best man - Frederick
Edward Brodersen. The photo was taken at
Coronation, Alberta, Canada. The Brodersen's
are of Danish descent.

Hope any of this helps other researchers.

49-CMK Celia

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ID: 50-DIA

Town/s of Interest:

Liverpool, Newton in Makerfield.

Researcher: Diane Brackett

Location: BC Canada

Email: r o s e s [at] d c c n e t.com

Smith Chat Forum Username:

Online Office Pigeon-hole: 50-dia

Interests submitted: 2005

Summary of Interests/Message

My great grandmother is Ellen SMITH
born Walton on the Hill 1843 (Liverpool area)
The 1861 census (living in
Newton in Makerfield) shows her
parents as - John Smith
born Liverpool age 45 (= b.c1816)
wife Elizabeth Smith age 40 born
Liverpool (= b.c1821)

Ellen SMITH married George SINGLETON
I am unable to find a marriage for
Ellen Smith to George Singleton about 1860/5.
A son John Singleton was born 1865
in Newton in Makerfield.

Ellen's siblings, other children of
John & Elizabeth - shown on the 1861
Census are.....
Jane, born Walton, age 12 (= b.c1849)
John, born Walton, age 10 (= b.c1851)
Mary, born Newton in Makerfield, age 2 (= b.c1859)

I found Ellen's surname on her daughter's,
my grandmother's (Leah Singleton)
birth certificate.

Daughter of George SINGLETON and Ellen nee SMITH....
Leah Singleton born 1874 Newton in Makerfield.

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