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From the little we know from contemporary reports of Emma Elizabeth Smith we can reasonably infer the following:
1) Her forenames were Emma Elizabeth
2) She was by the time of her death widowed and Smith was her married name
3) She had at the time of her death at least two surviving children, one male and one female.
4) She was born in or about 1843. She was reportedly 45 years of age at the time of her death in 1888.
So we are looking for a woman named Emma Elizabeth, born in 1843, who married a man whose surname was Smith and had at least two children.
I can find only one. A woman named Emma Elizabeth Wiseman married John Smith in Bermondsey in 1872. The details of the marriage are as follows:
Full details from marriage certificate:
Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the New Parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey in the County of Surrey.
When married: September 22 1872
Groom:
Name: John Smith
Age: 26
Condition: Bachelor
Profession: Stoker
Residence at time of marriage: 8 West Street, Neckinger (in Southwark)
Father: John Smith (deceased)
Profession: Paper maker
Bride:
Name: Emma Elizabeth Wiseman
Age: 29
Condition: Spinster
Residence at time of marriage: 8 Albert Street, Neckinger
Father: William Wiseman
Profession: Ship keeper
NB: Neckinger was an area of Southwark named after the River Neckinger, one of London's nopw underground rivers which flows into the Thames at Southwark.
I am attaching a copy of the certificate. I think I have identified this couple living in Boston Street, Shoreditch but there is still a deal of work to be done. Any further info when confirmed I will post here.
1) Her forenames were Emma Elizabeth
2) She was by the time of her death widowed and Smith was her married name
3) She had at the time of her death at least two surviving children, one male and one female.
4) She was born in or about 1843. She was reportedly 45 years of age at the time of her death in 1888.
So we are looking for a woman named Emma Elizabeth, born in 1843, who married a man whose surname was Smith and had at least two children.
I can find only one. A woman named Emma Elizabeth Wiseman married John Smith in Bermondsey in 1872. The details of the marriage are as follows:
Full details from marriage certificate:
Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the New Parish of Christ Church, Bermondsey in the County of Surrey.
When married: September 22 1872
Groom:
Name: John Smith
Age: 26
Condition: Bachelor
Profession: Stoker
Residence at time of marriage: 8 West Street, Neckinger (in Southwark)
Father: John Smith (deceased)
Profession: Paper maker
Bride:
Name: Emma Elizabeth Wiseman
Age: 29
Condition: Spinster
Residence at time of marriage: 8 Albert Street, Neckinger
Father: William Wiseman
Profession: Ship keeper
NB: Neckinger was an area of Southwark named after the River Neckinger, one of London's nopw underground rivers which flows into the Thames at Southwark.
I am attaching a copy of the certificate. I think I have identified this couple living in Boston Street, Shoreditch but there is still a deal of work to be done. Any further info when confirmed I will post here.
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