Vira Smith

[deb usa]

it looks most likely that Annie Jane , Amos' wife , is his second marriage ...There is this reg;

Belper, Derbyshire
Amos Smith= Annie Jane Freeman
mar q 1900
vol 7b p 779

deb

[osprey]

Well spotted, Deb, they've been driving me mad. Think that birthplace is Mount Sorrel.

[deb usa]

They are driving me a little nuts too 

Where is Vira ?

deb

[osprey]

just realised I found this entry earlier which could fit as you've found the younger Amos

1881 Caravan, Millington RG11/3508 folio 16 pg 26
Amos Smith head mar 37 horse dealer & hawker b. Burton-on-Trent
Alice wife 30 b. Norfolk
Amos son 13 b. Staffordshire
Joseph son 3 b. Cheshire
Horace son 10 b. Warwickshire
Mary dau 7 b. Warwickshire
Luill(?) son 11 months b. Cheshire

[deb usa]

hi again

just found this ;

1901
Bradley all saints, Ashbourne , Derby
The Park
Thomas SMITH head 63 licensed hawker b leics, banow?
Sarah Ann wife 60 b Leics, Melton Mowbray
THOMAS son 19  Licensed hawker assist b Derby, Bretby
Sabrina dau 17      "             "           " b Staffs, Stapenhill
Woodfine son 14 b Staffs, Cheadle
Celty dau 12  b Staffs, Ulloxeter ?

I wonder if the above Thomas is who married Vira?

The Park
Peter Smith head 22 Licensed hawker b Staffs, stapenhill
Phyllis wife 26 b Derby, Brailsfield
Dufrus? son 3 B Derby, Sudbury
Emily dau 2 b Staffs, Uttoxeter?
Ezzie son 5 months b Derby, ??plow

deb

just seen your post Osprey ...will read

[osprey]

I'm wondering if this is Amos in 1871?

Travelling Van, Marton, Cheshire RG10/3678 folio 71 pg 6
Silvester Smith head mar 26 travelling hawker b. Northants, Southgate
Alice wife 23 b. Northampton
Amos son 5 b. Staffordshire
Horace son 3 b. Staffordshire
Laura dau 1 b. Staffordshire

There's an Amos & a Horace anyway?
 

[deb usa]

eeekkk ...I am getting confused with all these Amoses ...hee hee

deb

[osprey]

it might have just got worse! In 1891, there's a Sylvester Smith aged 44, born Burton on Trent in Parkside County Asylum, Macclesfield, Cheshire RG12/2816 folio 114 pg 10, occupation - gipsy with van.

Could Amos senior also have been known as Sylvester? 

[osprey]

think this might be the brother Horace in 1901

Caravan, Crews Rd, Sandbach, Cheshire RG13/3352 folio 64 pg 13
Horace Smith head mar 32 horse dealer b. Stafford
Martha wife 30 b. Lancs, Rochdale
Lena dau 11 b. Cheshire, Altrincham
Vestar son 8 b. Cheshire, Wilmslow
Horace son 5 b. Altrincham
Alice dau 2 b. Northwich

next to, and also in a caravan,

Job Smith head mar 25 hawker hardware b. Wilmslow
Sarah wife 21 b. Staffs, Newcastle
Harry son 3 b. Altrincham
Clara dau 6 b. Cheshire, Crewe
Clara Griffiths 13 domestic servant b. Staffs, Hanley
Wonder if Job is the one enumerated as Joseph in 1881 in Millington, Cheshire.

I can't spot them in 1891, so don't know if they have a sister Vira. It could well be that they are the sons of a different Amos Smith (aka Silvester) as there are several Amos Smiths around.