4 sisters hiding? or married

[polidor]

Can any of these girls have got married?

Betsy b 1831--Rebecca b 1836--Lucy b 1838--Ann b 1839

Surname SMART all born Shearsby Leicestershire, parents Moore and Jane.

1841 census all 4
1851  census Rebecca,Lucy, Ann   
1861 census Ann,

In the 1851 Lucy is down as Grandaughter? in the 1841 as female.

I have looked for possible deaths and only came up with Lucy as a 'maybe' in Leicestershire 1861 am assuming then that the other 3 married but cannot find any leads.
 
They had 2 brothers John b 1833   and Ruben b 1840 haven't had much luck with those 2 either!

These are half siblings of my 2nd Gt Grandfather Thomas b Shearsby c 1806 parents Moore and 1st wife Mary.

I am not sure where else to look for clues as to the whereabouts of any of them,  any suggestions welcome. poli

[CaroleW]

Have you already discounted the 1866 marriage for a Lucy Smart in Lutterworth?

And this one from the IGI

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NKR4-88J

[jan57]

There's a death  for an Elizabeth Smart  Lutterworth RD  in 1854,  which  MAY be Betsy ( unfortunately   ages weren't  put  on the indexes till the 1860's )

[CaroleW]

You can rule her out.  Burial record shows her as aged 71

[keyboard86]

Hi their is a marriage of a William Draper Freer to an Ann Smart March qtr 1864 Lutterworth 7a 15 they are on 1881 RG11/3116/68/5 and 1871 RG10/3222/57/20 on both returns Ann is born Shearsby

Keyboard86

[jan57]

 1861 census  has an R Smart    a Soldier  in Aldershot ,   his age  is out 2  years  for a 1840   birth  ,   but that  could  be Rueben ,( if  you were looking for him too)
Source Citation: Class: RG 9; Piece: 431; Folio: 187; Page: 8;

[polidor]

Many thanks to Carole W, jan57, keyboard 86.

A few ideas here for me to follow up.I've been dipping in and out of this branch of the Leicestershire SMART family for many moons, it gets so that i go round in circles 

poli.

[willsy]

Is Lucy possibly a daughter of Thomas, John or Christopher? wasn't sure if you had their baptisms and I am totally off the mark

I was looking at the baptisms for the first marriage on IGI and also have a marriage to hand

Shearsby   12-Dec   1825   Banns   
Christopher   Smart   Of This Parish            
Sarah   Randle   Of This Parish

[willsy]

I put in a search for Reuben and wonder if John is in Missouri, there's a Reuben with them 1860, occ bricklayers to begin with

1860
Home in 1860:    St Louis, St Louis, Missouri
Gender:    Male
Post Office:    Carondelet
John Smart    27
Mary Smart    30
Thomas M Smart    8
Mary Jane Smart    6
William Smart    2
Reuben Smart    21

1870
Home in 1870:    St Louis Ward 12, St Louis, Missouri
Gender:    Male
Post Office:    Saint Louis
Thon Smart    37...John
Mary Smart    40
Thomas Smart    18.....as Thomas Moore Smart on a tree..found when searching the links by the census returns

1880
Home in 1880:    Saint Louis, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri
John Smart    46
Mary Smart    52
William Smart    22
Mary Smart    16
William Smart    12
Anney Smart    10