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MY SMITHAM FAMILY

Although I've called this my Smitham family, it could easily have been called Smitheram, Smetheram, Smithram or Smetham since the name, over the last couple of centuries has been recorded in any of the above.

This family has the distinction of marrying into both my mother's paternal (James) and maternal (Pellow) lines.

Isake Smitham married An around 1664
(According to data on IGI Isaac was born in 1642 in Great Torrington, Devon and died on 22 JAN 1699 in Plymouth, Devon))
(An An Smitham was buried on 25 APR 1689 in Bodmin)

I have identified seven children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
Christopher Smithen	26 JAN 1665 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married Sarah ? around 1703
Nicholas Smitham	11 FEB 1665 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	None
Thomas Smitham	13 JUL 1668 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married Susan Williton in 1690
John Smythem	13 MAR 1670 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married ? around 1694
Henry Smythem	24 NOV 1673 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married Jenifer Care in 1704
Susanna Smythen	23 JAN 1676 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	None
Isake Smythem	26 OCT 1679 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married ? around 1721

John Smitham married ? around 1694
(John Smytham was buried on 26 DEC 1715 in Breage - Source = BT)

I have identified eight children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
William Smitham	2 APR 1695 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	A Wm Smithem of St Laurence was buried on 5 SEP 1720 and 13 FEB 1722 in Bodmin
Xtopher Smitham	17 JAN 1698 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married Alse Luky on 24 DEC 1720 in Breage
Susana Smitham	24 NOV 1702 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married Edward Vyvian on 16 JUN 1731 in Breage
Matthew Smitham	29 JAN 1705 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Mathew Smitham son of John of St Lawrence was buried on 30 JAN 1704/5 in Bodmin [Source = Bodmin Parish Register]
James Smetham	10 MAR 1706 in Bodmin [Source = opc database]	Married Alice Tyack in 1728
Robert Smytham	7 MAR 1708 in Sithney [Source = opc database]	Married Alse Jones on 29 OCT 1739 in Breage
Mattias Smitham	5 MAY 1712 in Sithney [Source = opc database]	Married English Philips on 16 APR 1734 in Breage
Mary Smitham	Born in Breage Christened on 30 NOV 1714 in Sithney [Source = opc database]	Married William Doon on 28 DEC 1734 in Breage

James Smethem married Alice Tyack in Breage on 15 FEB 1728
(An Alice Smitham was buried on 2 JUL 1740, 28 JUN 1744 and 18 JAN 1771 in Breage)
(A James Smitham was buried on 9 AUG 1772 in Breage)

They had six children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
James Smithern	12 OCT 1729 in Breage	Married Susannah Bawden in Breage on 11 NOV 1758
Elizabeth Smeatham	23 JAN 1731/2 in Breage	None
John Smeatham	3 JUN 1734 in Breage	None
Prudence Smeatham	9 APR 1736 in Breage	Married John Trounce on 1 JAN 1762 in Breage
Thomas Smeatham	4 JUN 1738 in Breage	Married Elizabeth James in 1770
Alse Smeatham	26 MAY 1740 in Breage	Possible marriage to John Wearn of Wendron in Breage on 24 FEB 1764

Breage Church around 1911

James Smitham married Susannah Bawden in Breage on 11 NOV 1758
(Susannah was the daughter of Richard Boaden and Mary Nennes - no other details)
( Susanna Smitham was buried in Breage on 6 JAN 1781)
(James Smitham was buried in Breage on 7 NOV 1793 aged 65)

They had eight children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
John Smithram	27 AUG 1759 in Breage	Married Mary Stephens in Breage on 8 SEP 1787
James Smithram	7 JUN 1761 in Breage	Possible marriage to Anne Nicholas on 5 MAY 1804 in Breage. No children identified. James Smitham of Wh Downs, buried in Breage on 23 APR 1823 aged 62 An Ann Smitham of Wheal Vor Downs was buried on 26 JUL 1852 in Breage aged 74
Richard Smitham	Born around 1764	Married Mary Rodda in 1793
Mattias Smitham	1 JAN 1766 in Breage	Matthew married Jane Bawden in Breage on 27 DEC 1795. No children identified. Mathew Smitham of Wh Downs buried in Breage on 4 FEB 1825 aged 58 A Jane Smitheram of Penwheal Downs was buried on 30 OCT 1850 in Breage aged 97
William Smetham	12 MAY 1768 in Breage	Married Mary Skewis on 3 JUN 1793 in Camborne
Mary Smitham	1 JAN 1770 in Breage	Possible marriage to Richard Polglase in Breage on 23 AUG 1800
Joseph Smitham	8 SEP 1771 in Breage	Buried in Breage on 13 JUL 1772
Benjamin Smitham	21 SEP 1777 in Breage	Buried in Breage on 30 AUG 1785 aged 8

John Smithram married Mary Stephens of Crowan in Breage on 8 SEP 1787
(Mary Smitheram of Crowan, buried in Breage on 12 JUL 1822 aged 59)
(John Smetheram of Godolphin buried in Breage on 9 MAY 1832 aged 72)

They had seven children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
John Smitham	12 JUN 1791 in Breage	Married Grace Symons on 1 JUL 1813 in Breage
James Smitham	28 FEB 1794 in Crowan	James Smitham buried in Breage on 9 DEC 1795 aged 2
James Smithram	29 JAN 1797 in Crowan	James Smitham buried in Breage on 15 JAN 1799 aged 1
Eliza Smithram	6 JAN 1799 in Crowan	Married Vincent Uren in Crowan on 23 OCT 1824
William Smithram	28 JAN 1801 in Crowan	Married Eliza Harvey in Crowan on 26 JUL 1828
Elizabeth Smithram	18 NOV 1804 in Crowan	Married John Rosewall in Crowan on 11 JUN 1825
Lucy Smetheram	20 SEP 1807 in Crowan	Lucy Smetham, infant, buried in Breage on 28 SEP 1807

William Smetham married Eliza Harvey in Crowan on 26 JUL 1828
(In 1841 William is aged 35 and a Miner. Eliza is aged 35. The family were living in Noonvares, Parish of Crowan)
( William was buried in Breage on 10 May 1845 aged 44)
( In 1851 Eliza is a Widow aged 46. The family is living in Trenear, Parish of Crowan)
(In 1861 Eliza is aged 56 and a Miners Widow. The family are still in Trenear)
(In 1871 Eliza is aged 66. The family are living in a cottage between Townshend and Leedstown, Parish of Crowan)
(Eliza Smitheram of Godolphin Bridge was buried in Breage on 30 May 1876 aged 72)

They had nine children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
Mary Smitheram	Born in Godolphin Bridge Christened on 1 MAR 1829 in Breage	In 1841 Mary is at home aged 12 In 1851 she is at home aged 22 and works at the Mine Married Thomas Rosewell in Crowan on 3 NOV 1853
Sophia Smetheram	Born in Godolphin Christened on 30 JAN 1831 in Breage	In 1841 she is at home aged 10 In 1851 she is at home aged 20 and works at the Mine In 1861 she is at home, aged 30 and a Mine Girl. In 1871 she is at home aged 40 and a Miner Married Benjamin Ralph in the DEC quarter 1875 (Helston 5c 326)
Eliza Smitheram	30 SEP 1832 in Germoe	In 1841 she is at home aged 8 In 1851 she is at home aged 18 and works at the Mine In 1861 she is at home aged 28 and a Mine Girl. Married Joseph Blight Mitchell in St Erth on 23 JUN 1863
Elizabeth Smetheram	Born in Godolphin Christened on 26 MAY 1834 in Breage	In 1841 she is at home aged 7 In 1851 she is at home aged 16 and works at the Mine In 1861 she is at home aged 27 and a Mine Girl. In 1871, she is at home aged 36, and a Miner In 1881, Elizabeth is a Tin Stamps Girl, aged 47 living with her sister Sophia and husband Ralph in Townshend.
John Smitheram	Born in Godolphin Bridge Christened on 11 OCT 1835 in Breage	In 1841 he is at home aged 5 In 1851 he is at home aged 15 and a Miner In 1861 he is at home aged 25 and a Miner. Married Maria Symons in the SEP quarter of 1869
Caroline Smetheram	Born in Godolphin Christened on 12 FEB 1837 in Breage	In 1841 she is at home aged 4 In 1851 she is aged 13 and a Miners Daughter and visiting the house of John Davey and family in Peppers Field, Breage In 1861 she is at home aged 24 and a Mine Girl. In 1871 she is home aged 34 and a Miner
Louisa	born around 1838 No record of christening located	In 1841 she is at home aged 3 In 1861 she is at home aged 23 and a Miner. In 1871 she is at home aged 33 and a Miner. Married Benjamin James in St Erth on 14 September 1871
James	born around 1840	In 1841 he is at home aged 1 James Smetherane of Crowan buried in Breage on 9 February 1843 aged 3
William Smitheram	9 FEB 1843 in Breage	William Smitheram of Crowan, infant, buried in Breage on 7 JUL 1843

John Smetham married Maria Symons in the SEP quarter 1869 (Helston 5c 273)
(In 1871 John Smetham is aged 35 and a Tin Miner. Maria is aged 28. The family are living in Townshend, Parish of Crowan)
(In 1881 John Smithem was aged 45 and a Copper Miner. Maria was 38. The family were living in Townshend, in the Parish of Crowan)
(In 1891 John Smitham is 54 and a Tin Miner. Maria is 47. The family are still living in Townshend)
(John was buried in Townshend Methodist Chapel on 25 August 1897 aged 62)
(In 1901 Maria Smithans is aged 58 and a Housewife)
(In 1911 Maria is aged 68. The family is living in Townshend, Crowan)

Maria Smitham

They had six children

Name	Date of Birth	Any other information
William Smetham	born around 1870 in Crowan	In 1871 he is at home aged 1 In 1881 he is at home aged 11 and a Scholar In 1891 he was at home aged 21 and a Tin Miner Married Helen Brown in the MAR quarter of 1893 (Helston 5c 257)
Anne Maria Smetham	born in the SEP quarter 1872 (Helston 5c 222)	In 1881 she is at home aged 8 and a Scholar In 1891 Annie was at home aged 18 and was a Mother's Help Married Thomas Gundry in the March quarter of 1898 (Helston 5c 259)
Jane Smetham	Born on 27 FEB 1875 Baptised on 13 OCT 1887 at home by the Hayle Wesleyan Circuit	In 1881 she is at home aged 6 and a Scholar In 1891 Janie was at home aged 16 and a Charwoman In 1901 a Jane Smithers, born in Townshend in 1875 is working as a domestic house maid in the civil parish of Madron. Married Nelson Carter in 1905
Mary Smetham	Born on 7 DEC 1877 Baptised on 17 OCT 1887 at home by the Hayle Wesleyan Circuit	In 1881 she is at home aged 4. In 1891 Mary was at home aged 13 and a Scholar In 1901 Mary aged 23 was at home helping her Mother. Married John Glasson Pellow in Crowan on 23 MAY 1908.
John Smetham	Born on 13 AUG 1880 Baptised on 17 JUL 1887 in Townshend Wesleyan Chapel	In 1881 he is aged 7 months. In 1891 he was at home aged 10 and a Scholar In 1901 John was at home, aged 20 and was a Tin Miner Married Catherine Harvey in the DEC quarter 1908 (Penzance 5c 481)
Nicholas Symons Smitham	Born on 22 JUN 1883 Baptised on 1 JUL 1887 in Townshend Wesleyan Chapel	In 1891 he was at home aged 7 and a Scholar In 1901 Nicholas, aged 17, was living at home and was a General Farm Labourer In 1911 he is at home aged 26 and a Farm Lab Married Ury James in 1915

William Smitham married Helen Brown in the MAR quarter of 1893 (Helston 5c 257)
(In 1901 William Smithem is aged 32 and a Tin Miner. Ellen is 34. The family are living in Kertonwood, St Erth)
(In 1911 William is aged 41 and a Tin Miner. Ellen is aged 44. The family is living in Paul's Green, Leedstown, Crowan)
(Helen died during childbirth in 1911. William remarried to Jane Bartle. Both are buried in Townshend)

They had six children

Name	Date and place Christened	Any other information
William Smithern	Born around 1894	In 1901 he is at home aged 7 In 1911 he is at home aged 17 and a Lab in a gentleman's garden Joined the army (Black Watch?) and left in the late 50s and lived with Owen and his wife
Walter Smithern	Born around 1897	In 1901 he is at home aged 4 In 1911 he is at home aged 14 Died young.
Jane Smitham	Born around 1903 in St Erth	In 1911 she is at home aged 8 Spent most of her time in London. Married a Bagrie and had three children. Died in the 1980s
Mary Smitham	Born around 1903 in St Erth	In 1911 she is at home aged 8 Married someone from Newquay.
Kathleen Smitham	Born around 1910 in Crowan	In 1911 she is at home aged 1
Owen Smitham	Born in the DEC quarter 1911 (Helston 5c 279)	Married twice. Worked at Holman Brothers and lived in Troon. Died mid 1980s