St Thomas 'a Becket Church
Pensford, Somerset
Photo taken 1998
St Sannan
Bedwelty Parish Church Monmouth, England (now Glamorgan, Wales)
Photo taken 2006
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Jesse SMITH m 1867 Jane PHILLIPS
5. Jesse SMITH chr 22 Oct 1837 Pensford St Thomas, Somerset, England s/o James SMITH/Mary Ann (Submitted to IGI Batch Number 7408410 Sheet 49)
Also Jesse SMITH b 1837 Pensford s/o James SMITH/Mary Ann CHELTON (Submitted to IGI Film Number 538694)
Jesse SMITH is shown in the 1841 Census, age 4, living with his parents at Mill Barton, Parish of St Thomas in Pensford. In the 1851 Census the family was living in Pensford Street in the village and Jesse, age 11, was a scholar. By the time of the 1861 Census Jesse had joined his Smith cousins in south-east Wales in the coal mining town Bedwelty in the Sirhowy Valley.
1861 Census of England and Wales taken 7/8 April [RG 9/3997] (provided by Roger Thomas)
Living Cromndyn Aberystruth, Parish of Aberystruth, District of Aberystruth Bedwelty, County of Monmouthshire
SMITH Jesse, 22, Boarder, Coal Miner, born Pensford (not Hotford as on printout), Somerset
(In the household of George SAINSBURY, 37, Coal Miner, his wife Ann, 32 and their 5 chn, as well as a nephew Jonah SAGE, 19)
Jesse SMITH died in 1913 and is buried at Risca, Monmouthshire, South Wales (Roger Thomas)
Jesse SMITH m 1st Qtr, 1867 Jane PHILLIPS, District of Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales [Vol 11a, Page 108 FreeBMD] Jane may have been a younger relative of Athaliah PHILLIPS from Risca (1827-1851) d/o Thomas PHILLIPS/Jane JONES. Athaliah was married in 1848 at Bedwelty to Henry SMITH (1826-1892) s/o George SMITH/Mary FLOWER.
Sons of Jesse SMITH and Jane PHILLIPS:
1. Alfred SMITH 1868-1951 (Descendants are Roger Thomas and Julie Linton)
(possibly another son born before 1876 mentioned in a letter to relatives in Australia)
2. Jesse SMITH b abt 1878, died in a motorcycle accident in 1920/21 (RT)
1871 Census of England and Wales taken 2/3 April (provided by Roger Thomas)
Living S. Bateman House, West Church, Civil Parish of Risca, District of Newport St Woolos, County of Monmouthshire
SMITH Jesse, Head, Married, 31, Collier, born Somerset, Pensford (b abt 1840)
SMITH Jane, Wife, Married, 26, born Somerset, Nunnery (b abt 1845)
SMITH Alfred, Son, 3, born Monmouthshire, Risca (b abt 1868)
1881 Census of England and Wales taken 3/4 April [PRO Ref Piece/Folio 5272/30, Page 11
Living 39 (maybe 31) Tredegar Street, Mynyddyslwyn, County of Monmouth, Wales
SMITH Jesse, Head, Married, 40, Coal Miner, born Pensford, Somerset, England (b abt 1841)
SMITH Jane, Wife, Married, 36, born Frome, Somerset, England (b abt 1845)
SMITH Alfred, Son, 13, Machine Boy (Colliery), born Risca, Monmouth, England (b abt 1868)
SMITH Jesse, Son, 13 (should be 3), born Risca, Monmouth, England (b abt 1868)
1891 Census of England and Wales taken 5/6 April [RG 12/4383, provided by Roger Thomas]
Living 31 Tredegar Street, Mynyddyslwyn, Civil Parish of Mynyddyslwyn, District of Risca, County of Monmouthshire
SMITH Jesse, Head, Married, 51, Coal Miner, born Pensford (not Burford as on printout), Somerset (b abt 1840)
SMITH Jane, Wife, Married, 46, born Nunnery, Somerset (b abt 1845)
SMITH Alfred, Son, 23, Single, Coal Miner, born Monmouthshire, Risca (b abt 1868)
SMITH Jessie, Son, 13, Single, Coal Miner, born Monmouthshire, Risca (b abt 1878)
1901 Census of England and Wales taken 31 Mar/1 April [RG 13/4964, provided by Roger Thomas]
Living 31 Tredegar Street, Ecclesiastical Parish of Mynyddyslwyn, Civil Parish of Risca, District of Risca, County of Monmouthshire
SMITH Jesse, Head, Married, 61, Timberman in Coal Mine, born Somerset, Pensford (not Peneford as on printout), (b abt 1840)
SMITH Jane, Wife, Married, 56, born Somerset, - (b abt 1845)
SMITH Jesse, Son, 23, Single, Coal Hewer, born Monmouthshire, Risca (b abt 1878)
(Alfred had married a Welsh girl and was head of his own household in 1901)
Alfred SMITH m 2nd Qtr, 1891 Sarah Jane JONES, District of Newport, Wales [Vol 11a, Page 333, FreeBMD]
1901 Census of England and Wales taken 31 Mar/1 April [RG 13/5004, provided by Roger Thomas]
Living 9 Margaret Street, Llanwonno, Ecclesiastical Parish of Llanwonno St Wonna with Rhondda Valley St David, Hamlet of Abercynon, County of Glamorganshire, Wales
SMITH Alfred, Head, 33, Married, Grocer Shopkeeper, born Monmouth, Cross Keys (b abt 1868)
SMITH Sarah Jane, Wife, 29, born Monmouth Pontypridd (b abt 1872)
SMITH Alfred Ivor, Son, 7, School boy, born America (British Subject) (b abt 1894)
SMITH Bertie H, Son, 4 School boy, born Monmouth, Pontywain (b abt 1897)
SMITH Clifford W, 5 mos, born Glamorgan, Abercynon (b 1900)
LLOYD Margaret A, Servant, Single, 21, Genera Servant Domestic, born Monmouth, Pontypool
Note: Risca is a parish and village in the valley between lofty Twyn Barlwyn and the Machen mountains, on the Monmouthshire canal, 6 and 1/2 miles NWW from Newport according to Kelly's Directory of Monmouthshire, 1901, which states that Cross Keys is a mile NW and Pontywain is 1 and 1/2 miles N of Risca.
James SMITH m 1827 Mary Ann CHILTON
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