Polly's family were from the Manchester area. Her parents were James and Sarah Smith. They married 20th January 1867. James and Sarah had six children: Alice, John, George, Sarah Elizabeth (Lizzie), Mary Jane (Polly), Annie.
The 1901 census shows that at age sixty-one Sarah Smith was a widow. She lived at 107 Church Lane, North Manchester, with her daughter Lizzie Birchall (age 25) and husband Fred Birchall (age 27) and Lizzie's younger sisters, Annie (age 20) and Mary (age 23). Fred Birchall was a "hat and cap traveller".
By the 1911 census, Sarah Smith (age 70) was widowed and living with her daughter, Polly (32), and her son-in-law, Tom Birchall (29), and grand-daughter, Freda (6 months) at 189 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester..
Sarah Kemp
b. 19 March 1840
Edgely, Stockport
d. after 1911
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James Smith
b. 31 Aug 1841
Mercy St, Stockport
d. before 1901
(roller coverer)
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married
20th January 1867
James wrote out his family and it was kept in the family Bible.
SARAH AND JAMES SMITH'S SIX CHILDREN:
i. Alice Smith b. 22nd October 1867, George St, Newton, Manchester
ii. John J Smith b. 10th Oct 1869, George St, Newton, Manchester
iii. George Smith b. 4 April 1872, George St, Newton, Manchester
iv. Sarah E Smith b. 8 January 1876, Allum St, Manchester
v. Mary J Smith b. 27 Jan 1878, Sycamore St, Newton, Manchester (Polly)
vi. Annie Smith b. 29 June 1880,
Sycamore St, Newton, Manchester
James Smith's parents:
William (born 27 Feb 1796-5 July 1867) and Sarah Smith (4 Feb 1800-11 Jan 1863)
James Smith's siblings:
Mary Smith (b. May), George Smith (b 5 Mar 1828), Ann Smith, Margeart Smith, Eliza Smith
James Smith's grandchildren:
Frank Henshaw b. 7 May 1892, Collyhurst St, Manchester
(only son of Alice Smith then Alice Henshaw)
Freda Birchall b. 28 September 1910, 189 St Ancoats Street, Manchester
(only daughter of Polly Smith then Polly Birchall)
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Family of James Smith
written and kept inside the family Bible
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Alice Smith, Polly's sister, married Jim Henshaw and they had one son, Frank. Alice died on 14th March 1956 while living at 18 Wynyard Close in Sale, Cheshire. She was a widow and she left all everything in her will to Frank.
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A postcard from Frank Henshaw to Tom and Polly Birchall in 1960. Sent from Scotland to their home at 34 Bingham Street in Swinton.
"My dear Uncle Jim and Auntie Polly,
Many thanks for your letter card received this evening. Went to Loch ? yesterday. To day we have been to Loch Duich - this is our fifth day of sailing. Hope all is going well. Freda and Trevor join with me in sending love. Frank" |
Jim Henshaw took wonderful photographs.
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