A Smith Dilemma!
I can't be the only person who comes across the SMITH name and wonders what on earth to do for the best! Emily Bessie SMITH My grandmother's name was Emily Bessie SMITH, born 9 Mar 1904 in Enfield, Middlesex (now London) to William SMITH (a Carman to a Horse Dealer) and Emily Jane JAMES. William and Emily married on 11 Dec 1893 in Enfield, Middlesex in Jesus Church. William says he is a 25 year old Carman, with father of John SMITH (Deep joy!). Emily was only 18 when she married, giving her father as Edward JAMES, and on the 1891 census, she's shown as 15 living with her parents, Edward and Ann, in Enfield. Her occupation is given as Scholar which is surprising as they weren't well off - her father was a Cowkeeper! Anyhow, I give that extra detail because (assumption alert!) .... it doesn't look like she went very far? As a 15 year old, for instance, she wasn't living somewhere else in service. As a couple living in Enfield, on ...