Hannah Smith (buried 1937)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Smith
First name: 
Hannah
Other Christian names: 
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
No
Burial number: 
1668
Born: 
0/0/1867
Died: 
01/12/1937
Buried: 
16/12/1937
Occupation: 
Dressmaker
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
WB
Cemetery row: 
1
Cemetery plot: 
52
what3words location: 
https://what3words.com/oiled.began.drip
Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Headstone inscription: 
In loving memory of Hannah Smith aged 70 "Sweet is the fragrance of remembrance" James Smith died 16th May 1945 aged 78 years.

Life story

Life story

Hannah Small was born in Bristol in 1867, she was 1 of 7 children born to Robert Bowden Small, 36yrs, Labourer, and Hannah, 35yrs, nee Northam. In 1891, aged 23yrs, Hannah was at home working as a dressmaker, later that year, on 27th October 1891, Hannah and her brother, Edward arrived in the Falkland Islands.  On 24th August 1893 Hannah married James Smith, 29yrs, a sheep farmer, in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands.

In June 1899 Hannah's youngest brother, Albert Edward Small, aged 21yrs, joined them in Port Stanley to work as a shepherd on the sheep farm. In December 1908 he married Agnes Pitaluga, daughter of a sheep farmer, and they had a daughter, Agnes Bessie Small, in 1909, she was known as Bessie. In September 1912 Albert's wife died and 3-year-old Bessie was apparently taken in by Hannah and James who had no children of their own. Albert returned to England in 1914.

The family of three lived in Port Stanley until 1920, and on their return to England they lived in Bristol, at 246, Fishponds Road.

At some point, Hannah and James moved to Worthing, Sussex, where they lived at a property they called The Falklands, 98, St. Lawrence Avenue, West Tarring. Hannah died, aged 70yrs, on 1st December 1937 in Worthing, probate was granted to Humphrey Norman Gwynn, solicitor, and Ainslie Newton Lovell, accountant, effects, £6053 7s 10d. value 2022 - £439,340.

Burial researcher: 
Maggi Martin

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
00/00/1867
Parents
Mother
Mother's name: 
Hannah B
Mother's maiden name: 
Northam
Mother's year of birth: 
1833
Mother's year of death: 
1907
Father
Father's name: 
Robert Bowden Smith
Father's year of birth: 
1831
Father's year of death: 
1914
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Small
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
James
Spouse one last name: 
Smith
Marriage one date: 
24/08/1893
Marriage one address: 
Port Stanle, Falkland Islands

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
01/12/1937
Age (at time of death): 
70
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
The Falklands, 98 St. Lawrence Avenue, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Humphrey Norman Gwynn status: Solicitor: Ainslie Newton Lovell status: Accountant
Probate pounds: 
£6,053

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1871 census: 

Living at Straight Street, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Robert B. Small, 39yrs, Labourer, wife, Hannah, 38yrs, 5 children, Emily, 10yrs, Charles, 8yrs, Lavinia, 6yrs, Hannah, 3yrs, John, 1yr, father-in-law, Charles Northam, widower, 76yrs, Carpenter, lodger, Sophia Pullen, 68yrs, widow, Annuitant.

1881 census: 

Living at 10, Broad Plain, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Robert B. Small, 49yrs, Soap Cutter, wife, Hannah, 48yrs, 6 children, Emily, 20yrs, Domestic Servant, Charles, 18yrs, Ornamental Japanner, Hannah, 13yrs, John, 11yrs, Bessie, 7yrs, and Albert, 2yrs.

1891 census: 

Living at 2, Broad Plain, Bristol, Gloucestershire. Robert B. Small, 59yrs, Labourer Soap Works, wife, Hannah, 58yrs, daughters, Hannah, 23yrs, Dressmaker, Bessie, 17yrs, Shop Assistant, Albert, 12yrs.

1921 census: 

Living at 246, Fishponds Road, Eastville, Bristol, Gloucestershire. James Smith, 57yrs, Retired Sheep Farmer, wife, Hannah, 54yrs, niece, Bessie Small, 11yrs.

Miscellaneous information

Extract from the Falklands Islands Press 1920

"Mr & Mrs James Smith, late of Great Island, have decided to settle down in Bristol, where they will be near neighbours of Mr & Mrs Wm Atkins, Snr. Many of us have reason to be grateful to Mr & Mrs Smith for acts of kindness displayed without a trace of ostentation. The farmers on the West, in particular, have asked the Editor to record their gratitude to Mr Smith for the help given them on innumerable occasions by placing the "Gleam" at their disposal and thus extricating them from difficulties, when the ordinary means of transport have for various reasons been suspended." [FIM Sep 1920]