Hi,
I'm trying so far without success to trace my 5th Great Grandfather, apparently called Colin Smith.
So far, I have traced his daughter, the only child of his I am aware of, Mary Smith.
According to census records, she was born around 1829 in Hull. She gives that answer consistently over the 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 and 1901 census.
I have not been able to trace her on the 1891 census, but she and her husband were in a workhouse type thing in 1901, so perhaps it is connected to that.
There are a few potential Mary Smith's on the 1841 census, none with a Colin Smith, but he could well have been dead by then I suppose. I can't find a Colin Smith anywhere on the 1841 census.
She married a John Willingham on 3rd February 1848 in Sculcoates. She was living on York Street, as was John Willingham. She gives her fathers name as Colin Smith and his profession as labourer.
One of the witnesses is an Ann Smith, so that could potentially be a sister or cousin.
I haven't been able to find a trace of Colin Smith apart from his name on that marriage record. At least no records that tie him to Hull. There are records for a Scottish Colin Smith and one in Sheffield, but nothing else. I can't find a burial record or marriage record for Hull or that area under the name of Colin Smith.
I can't find a baptism record for Mary Smith either.
I was wondering if anyone else might be aware of this relationship or about Colin Smith of that period?
Thank you