I was also looking today for the marriage of Charles Smitherman to Elizabeth but can only find Charles smitherman marrying jane Quinn in 1866: their daughter Susan was born in 1865 . . . Couldn't find the death of Elizabeth either. It must have been a hard life - poor Mary onion, with Richard dying the year Mary Ann was born and then dying herself when Charles and Eliza were so young - then he being in the alms house with his grandmother when he was 13. I wonder what happened to Elizabeth and the 3 children and was he a widower, as it states on his wedding certificate . . .
Hi. Yes Elizabeth is a puzzle. All we know is that she said (1861 census) she was born in Holloway (Middx) around 1832. But I've never found a match for her there (yet). On a visit to Tonbridge I did check burials there with the council, but no luck with that either. So whether she did actually marry Charles (or just lived with him) is hard to say. But interestingly, I can't find him anywhere on the 1851 census, so perhaps he spent some time in London?? Maybe Eliza returned home and died there??? Not that I've found any evidence for that either.
One correction though - Charles and Elizabeth had no children that I know of. Daughter Susan was actually Charles and Jane's child, born before their marriage. I have Susan's birth certificate. Charles and Jane had 7 children. Not sure who you are referring to in your comment " I wonder what happened to Elizabeth and the 3 children ".
I ordered the marriage certificate of Ellen allin and William Curtis for Gravesend 1876 - you may have done this.
I haven't. Does it confirm they are the right couple?