Trying to find a Smith death, would appreciate some help please.

[Steve C]

This one has been bugging me for ages and because of the common nature of the Smith surname it makes research even more difficult.

I have Mary Ann Tabor born circa 1868 in Pinchbeck. She married George Parfery in 1903 but George sadly passed away 4 years later. I found her on the 1911 Census living at Chatteris. She married for a second time to George W Smith on 15.11.1919. They are living at Red Cow Drove in Littleport according to the 1921 Census. I found them living at Bells Drove in Welney on the 1939 Register. I have copies of all these records for future reference.

I am trying to locate a death for Mary Ann/Mary A Smith.

I have checked FreeBMD to see if there are any obvious candidates. I checked both Norfolk and Cambridgeshire options for Mary A Smith deaths after 1939 but there are too many options ( even by carrying out the reverse calculation using the listed death year and age to give me a birth year nearest to 1868 ).

Just wondering if anyone has access to details or information that could help me conclude this part of my family tree.

Many thanks in anticipation 

Steve

[PatLac]

Her birth was registered in 1871. This could narrow down (a bit) possible candidates.

Mary Tabor
Vital • England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990

Name   Mary Tabor
Father's Name   Thomas Henry Tabor
Father's Sex   Male
Mother's Name   Ruth Tabor
Mother's Sex   Female
Event Type   Baptism
Event Date   27 May 1871
Event Place   West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)   West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England

Name   Mary Ann Tabor
Event Type   Birth Registration
Event Date   1871
Event Place   Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Registration District   Spalding
Page   343
Volume   7A
Affiliate Line Number   321
Registration Quarter   Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year   1871


Census • England and Wales, Census, 1871

Name   Mary Ann Tabor
Sex   Female
Age   0
Birth Year (Estimated)   1871
Birthplace   Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Relationship to Head of Household   Daughter
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1871
Event Place   Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)   Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Sub-District   Pinchbeck
Enumeration District   4
Household Identifier   36
Entry Number   5
Mary Ann Tabor's Parents and Siblings


Thomas Tabor
Father
M
31
Market Deeping, Lincolnshire

Ruth Tabor
Mother
F
30
Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire

Robert Tabor
Brother
M
2
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

John Henry Tabor
Brother
M
3
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

[jonwarrn]

Cambridgeshire electoral registers are on ancestry, they should help.

Possible death
March 1953 Ely 4a 387
Smith, Mary Ann
age 84   

[jonwarrn]

Possible death for George
March 1955 Ely 4a 357
Smith, George William
age 84

[Steve C]

Her birth was registered in 1871. This could narrow down (a bit) possible candidates.

Mary Tabor
Vital • England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990

Name   Mary Tabor
Father's Name   Thomas Henry Tabor
Father's Sex   Male
Mother's Name   Ruth Tabor
Mother's Sex   Female
Event Type   Baptism
Event Date   27 May 1871
Event Place   West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)   West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England

Name   Mary Ann Tabor
Event Type   Birth Registration
Event Date   1871
Event Place   Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Registration District   Spalding
Page   343
Volume   7A
Affiliate Line Number   321
Registration Quarter   Apr-May-Jun
Registration Year   1871


Census • England and Wales, Census, 1871

Name   Mary Ann Tabor
Sex   Female
Age   0
Birth Year (Estimated)   1871
Birthplace   Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire
Relationship to Head of Household   Daughter
Event Type   Census
Event Date   1871
Event Place   Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)   Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Sub-District   Pinchbeck
Enumeration District   4
Household Identifier   36
Entry Number   5
Mary Ann Tabor's Parents and Siblings


Thomas Tabor
Father
M
31
Market Deeping, Lincolnshire

Ruth Tabor
Mother
F
30
Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire

Robert Tabor
Brother
M
2
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

John Henry Tabor
Brother
M
3
Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire

Many thanks PacLac for your reply and for the details you have researched on my behalf.

I mentioned circa 1868 because the birth date given on the 1939 Register for Mary A Smith was given as 22nd September 1868. It may pay me to revisit some websites using 1871.

Many thanks again Steve

[Steve C]

Cambridgeshire electoral registers are on ancestry, they should help.

Possible death
March 1953 Ely 4a 387
Smith, Mary Ann
age 84

Thankyou for your reply jonwarrn but unfortunately I do not have Ancestry subscription. If I need any records printing or downloading I use the FindMyPast edition at the local library.

Possible death for George
March 1955 Ely 4a 357
Smith, George William
age 84

Yep, I had spotted that one too. I also wondered whether George W Smith aged 75, Sept quarter 1944 Downham 4b 273 might be an option as well. As I mentioned previously, far too many permutations, but I thought of this one because Welney appears to be in the Downham registration district.

Many thanks again
Steve

[jonwarrn]

Electoral registers 1951, 1952, 1953 (qualifying dates in November of the previous year)
Isle of Ely, Littleport
Red Cow Drive
Smith, George
Smith, George W., Senr.
Smith, Mary A.

The names are in an alphabetical list, so I can't say exactly who is in any paricular house.
No more Mary A Smith after 1953.

[jonwarrn]

1954, 1955, 1956 electoral registers
Red Cow Drove
Smith, George
Smith, George W., Senr.

1957 just one Smith, George, in Red Cow Drove.

[jonwarrn]

1911 census, Red Cow Drove
Mary Ann Smith, Wife, 42, born Welney Norfolk

1921 census, Red Cow Drove
Mary Ann Smith, Wife, 52 years 2 months, born Welney Norfolk

Gorge Hannah, 81, father in law, is in the household in 1921

Son George W Smith is age 4 in 1911 and 14 in 1921, born Littleport Fen.
His birth
SMITH, GEORGE  WILLIAM     
Mother's Maiden Surname: HANNAH 
GRO Reference: 1907  M Quarter in ELY  Volume 03B  Page 475

Mary A Smith's date of birth in 1939 is 22 Sep 1868, the month doesn't match with the 52 years 2 months given in June 1921.

It does though match a possible birth reg for a M. A. Hannah
HANNAH, MARY  ANN     
Mother's Maiden Surname: JAMES 
GRO Reference: 1868  D Quarter in DOWNHAM UNION  Volume 04B  Page 353

Could this be her in 1871? Age 2, born Welney, Norfolk. Parents George and Jane
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VFNP-K2B
GRO Reference: 1868  D Quarter in DOWNHAM UNION  Volume 04B  Page 353

And in 1881, age 12, parents George and Sarah J.
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q278-FWFY

Possible marriage of George William Smith and Mary Ann Hannah in Dec qtr 1887, Downham.

Are we sure the Mary Ann Smith in Red Cow Drove in 1921 and 1939 is a twice married Mary Ann Tabor from Pinchbeck? She looks more like the Mary Ann Hannah from Welney?