Annie Wright born Annie Smith 1871 Claypole near Newark (Lincs/Notts)

[Ladyhawk]

I'm thinking that this probably the birth entry on GRO indexes for the above Betsey Smith born c1875  Balderton, Nottinghamshire

SMITH, BETSY       -     
1874  S Quarter in RADFORD  Volume 07B  Page 231

[Ladyhawk]

1891 c I think she's a servant - Head of household Ann Rhodes
RG12; Piece: 2642; Folio: 60; Page: 9

Betsy Smith 16 Balderton, Nottinghamshire
Residence Place:   Marnham, Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England

[jlewis57]

Probably Retford
Annie is 21 on marriage certificate, spinster, no profession and living in Skegby.  I only have a copy from GRO. Other witness is her husband’ s brother John Thomas Wright

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[Ladyhawk]

Probably Retford
Annie is 21 on marriage certificate, spinster, no profession and living in Skegby.  I only have a copy from GRO. Other witness is her husband’ s brother John Thomas Wright

So no other clues to go on

1891 c I think she's a servant - Head of household Ann Rhodes
RG12; Piece: 2642; Folio: 60; Page: 9

Betsy Smith 16 Balderton, Nottinghamshire
Residence Place:   Marnham, Marnham, Nottinghamshire, England

for info. - this looks to be the Betsy from 1891 census above

 posting info. in case it does turn out to be Annie's sister as there is no firm evidence

other than a Betsy Smith witnesses Annie Smith's marriage
and there is an 
Annie & Betsy Smith siblings with their unmarried mother Charlotte Smith together on the census
there’s no fathers name recorded on Annie’s m/c - would suggest illegitimate
on census with husband Annies birth place is given as

Annie Wright bn c1872 Claypole Newmarket Lincolnshire
Annie Wright bn c1872 Normanton Nottinghamshire

1901 RG13; Piece: 3182; Folio: 152; Page: 1
Thomas Falconbridge27
Betsy Falconbridge 26 Balderson, Nottinghamshire

1911c https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XWS4-L6Q
they have children Evelyn 1910, Harold 1907 & Thomas 1906

FAULCONBRIDGE, EVELYN    mmn   SMITH    
1910  J Quarter in BASFORD  Volume 07B  Page 270   

Betsy Faulconbridge Death Age:   63
Sep 1938 NottinghamVolume:   7b Page:   310

If Betsy Smith signed her name on Annie's marriage certificate the only thing I can think of is if you obtain  this Betsy Smith's m/c to see if the signatures matched but it is a long shot.........

 Sep 1899   
FALCONBRIDGE    Thomas    E. Retford    7b   23    
SMITH    Betsy        E. Retford    7b   23

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You could try looking to see if there’s an Annie Smith bn c 1872 Nottingham/Lincolnshire daughter with an unmarried mother called Betsy/Elizabeth Smith on 1881 census

See reply 1 for possible birth entry 1872 Newark Annie Smith - no mmn on GRO

See reply 3 for possible 1881 census entry Annie bn c1871 Balderton, Nottinghamshire & Betsy Smith as siblings, single mother Charlotte Smith bn c1850

See reply 11 for 1881 census for an Annie Smith bn 1872 parents Francis & Ann, they also have a dau named Charlotte bn c1850 Balderton, Nottinghamshire (see 1851 c) but Charlotte isnot with the family in 1881 - I think this Charlotte may have married a Joseph Corah
                     

[Ladyhawk]

Thought I'd recheck as you gave Annie Wright nee Smith’s dob from 1939 register as
19 November, 1871 – so she was probably registered in December quarter 1871 or possibly March quarter 1872

These are the only Annie Smith’s  that show on FreeBMD searching Nottingham
Dec 1871 – Mar 1872

Dec 1871   
Smith    Annie        E. Retford    7b   16   
   
Smith    Annie        Newark    7b   337   
   
Smith    Annie        Newark    7b   337   
   
Mar 1872  
SMITH    Annie        Nottingham    7b   262   

And these are the corresponding entries on GRO indexes

SMITH, ANNIE    mmn   WHITLAM     
1871  D Quarter in EAST RETFORD  Volume 07B  Page 16   

SMITH, ANNIE       -      (Blank)
1871  D Quarter in THE NEWARK UNION  Volume 07B  Page 337   
 
SMITH, ANNIE       -      (Blank)
1871  D Quarter in THE NEWARK UNION  Volume 07B  Page 337   

SMITH, ANNIE    mmn SAVAGER     
1872  M Quarter in NOTTINGHAM  Volume 07B  Page 262   

FreeBMD has these marriage entries

Mar 1871
Smith    Edwin        E. Retford    7b   5      
Whitlam    Ellen        E. Retford    7b   5      

1881 Edwin and Ellen are living in Yorkshire with their dau Annie and her siblings, she doesn't appear to have a sibling named Betsy/Elizabeth

 RG11; Piece: 4654; Folio: 67; Page: 41   
Edwin Smith   35
Ellen Smith   31
Annie Smith   9 East Retford, Nottinghamshire
Alice Smith   8
William Smith   6
Jane Smith   2
Charles Smith   

Annie Smith is still with parents  in Sheffield
1891   her pob East Retford and 1901 her pob is dittoed as Sheffield


Dec 1860   
Lane    Sarah                Nottingham    7b   312      
Savager    Agnes        Nottingham    7b   312      
Smith    Joseph        Nottingham    7b   312      
Stanley    Joseph        Nottingham    7b   312   

1881 Annie Smith & siblings with their parents Joseph & Agnes in Nottingham, doesn't appear to have a sister named Betsy/Elizabeth

RG11; Piece: 3357; Folio: 66; Page: 36;   
Joseph Smith   41
Agnes Smith   37
John Smith   18
Agnes Smith   16
Joseph Smith   14
George Smith   12
Ann Smith   10 Nottinghamshire, England
Esther Smith   7
Mary Savager   66
William Savager   69

1891 Ann Smith 19 Nottinghamshire, England is with her sister Esther 17

[Ladyhawk]

Just had another thought could she have been registered as just ANN rather than Annie Smith

deleted as they were marriages rather than births 

[nottsgirl1]

Christening for Annie Smith illegitimate child at Claypole on 5 Dec 1871 mother Charlotte abode was Newark Union Workhouse, found on the freereg site

GRO index Dec 1871 Newark 7b pg 337.

[jlewis57]

As a newcomer to Rootschat I have been impressed and delighted in how helpful people are. Thank you.

Most of the findings have given me confidence in my own research skills as most info has duplicated my own research and it seemed like I had come to a standstill with the two Newark and the E.Retford Annies who all seem to be illegitimate.
Following other people's train of thought has however opened up ideas for other pathways that could be investigated e.g. looking at possible family links in a broader way, trying to find out if any of the families we are focusing on are related....  I have not really travelled back along the Smith line in the Newark area as there seemed to be such a lot of them!