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Hi,
my 3xgt/grandmother had 17 children with only five surviving how would it be possible for me to find all these babies,taking into account that the name was "SMITH".I know they were all born in salford,would i stand a chance?....."E"

Very unlikely I would think. How do you know she had all these children -I imagine it is way back if she is your 3x grandmother?
Jan

Hi janet,
well my jaw dropped when i saw it on 1911 census.she married 1875...so i would say she may well have been pregnant for probably twenty years give or take a few......"E"

she died 1931 age 76yrs old......what a women "hey"

E

What was her name?

Who was the father to these children.... any data you can give will help here!!

Tracey x

hello Wayne/tracey. and jacqueline.
sarah ann walsh married william smith 1875.He is father to all babes.All born and lived in salford.their surviving children are..Ann 1879...Henry 1876....Ernest 1883....Edith 1887...Selina 1889 and Elizabeth f 1900.Henry died in his twentys.
sarah's parent's were margaret and edward walsh....(names just for reference)
"E"

Earth

I have just checked Lancs OPC for their births and found nothing sadly, however you ought to check Lancs OPC regularly, eventually they will be fully transcribed!!

If any of the children survived long enough to be baptised their details will eventually appear here...

Tracey x

congrat's wayne /tracey.........xxx"E"

Looking back at earlier censuses could give the names of some children who survived birth but died young.


1881 Census

Name: Sarah A. Smith
Age: 24
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Salford
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Street Address: 114 Granville St
Condition as to marriage: Married

Occupation: Wife

Registration district: Salford
Sub-registration district: Regent Road

William Smith 25 b.ca 1856, Manchester, Painter
Sarah A. Smith 24
Henry Smith 4 b.ca 1877, Salford
Ann Smith 1 b.ca 1880, Salford
Henry Smith 53 b.ca 1828, Cowling, Yorkshire, Widower, Father, Shoe Maker
Mary J. Welch 19 Boarder


1891 Census

Name: Sarah D Smith <<<<< initial could be A on image
Age: 32
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Salford
Ecclesiastical parish: St Clement
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Salford
Sub-registration district: Regent Road

William Smith 34 b.ca 1857, Manchester, Painter
Sarah D Smith 32
Henry Smith 14 b.ca 1877
Ann Smith 9 b.ca 1882
Ernest Smith 8 b.ca 1883
Edith Smith 4 b.ca 1887
Leny Smith 2 b.ca 1889 <<<< Lena on image, short for Selina????
John Lindley 50 Boarder, Pensioner

Address:- 25 South Short Street.




1901 Census

Name: Sarah A Smith
Age: 44
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1857
Relation: Wife
Spouse's Name: William
Gender: Female
Where born: Manchester, Lancashire, England

Civil parish: Salford
Ecclesiastical parish: Ordsall in Salford St Clement
County/Island: Lancashire
Country: England

Registration district: Salford
Sub-registration district: Regent Road

William Smith 47 House Painter
Sarah A Smith 44
Sarah A Smith 21 b.ca 1880, Jam Maker
Edith Smith 14 b.ca 1887
Selma Smith 12 b.ca 1880 <<<<<<<<<<< Selina on image
Elizabeth F Smith 9 months b.ca 1900
John Hindley 57 Boarder
Robert Walsh 28 Boarder
Isabella Parrott 62 Visitor

Address:- 241 Robert Hall St




Darn ........... I don't think that does help ....... she had the other children between censuses!!!



sylvia

I wonder if these are some of the children ... from teh Internaitonal Genealogical Index on www.familysearch.org

father William Smith, mother Sarah Ann


Ethel Smith - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 26 JAN 1887 Chapelry Of St Clement,Ordsall-In-Salford, , Lancashire, England


Edith Smith - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 26 JAN 1887 Chapelry Of St Clement,Ordsall-In-Salford, , Lancashire, England


Amy Smith - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 26 NOV 1884 Chapelry Of St Clement,Ordsall-In-Salford, , Lancashire, England


Sarah Smith - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 28 JUL 1886 Chapelry Of St Clement,Ordsall-In-Salford, , Lancashire, England


Selina Smith - International Genealogical Index
Gender: Female Christening: 03 APR 1889 Chapelry Of St Clement,Ordsall-In-Salford, , Lancashire, England



Note that Ethel and Edith were baptized on the same date

....... and this looks like their birth registration


Births Mar 1887 (>99%)

Smith Edith Salford 8d 148
Smith Ethel Salford 8d 148


and possibly Ethel's death?????

Deaths Sep 1887 (>99%)

Smith Ethel 0 Salford 8d 88




sylvia

Also keep an eye on

www.lancashirebmd.org.uk/




sylvia

thank-you so very very much sylvia,
a BIG thumbs up.look's like they are mine,its nice that you put on display the censuses.
cheer's "E".....xxx

please could someone put up the link for the IGI sight x

Its family search website

Google will find it

https://familysearch.org

I think the IGI site in the form shown by Sylvia is no longer available. A pity, because I found it very useful.

I believe that a lot of it was inaccurate, as it hadn't been confirmed, so LDS removed it altogether and only published those entries that could be verified.

the IGI site is no longer maintained although you can access it by going to

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers.htm

However it does not seem that the records I posted above are there now


You can get the same information as Shirley said by going to, although it takes more searching and paying close attention to the place of baptism as William and Sarah Ann Smith are not unusual names!!

https://familysearch.org/search


Also as I said above, look at

http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Search/indexp.html