The Shemwell Family

Peggy SimsAge: 22 years1837–1859

Name: Peggy Sims

Given names: Peggy

Surname: Sims

Married name: Peggy Smith

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Birth	about 1837 England, United Kingdom Note: Superintendent Registrar's District Wallingford Superintendent Registrar's District Wallingford Registrar's District Cholsey 1859 Deaths in the District of Cholsey in the County of Berks & Oxford Second November 1859 Dorchester Peggy Smith, Female, 22 years, Wife of Mark Smith, Baker Pneumonia, Morbus Brightii (acute or chronic nephritiis - kidney disease) Certified Informant : Mark Smith, Present at the death, Dorchester
Marriage	Mark Smith — View this family about 1857 (Age 20 years) England, United Kingdom
Birth of a daughter #1	Mary Jane Smith June 8, 1859 (Age 22 years) England, United Kingdom Source: England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 Text: Name: Mary Jane Smith Event Date: 1859 Event Place: Reading, Berkshire, England Registration District: Reading Event Type: Birth Registration Page: 355 Volume: 2C Affiliate Line Number: 19 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration Year: 1859
Additional Information	Mary Jane Smith living with her Aunt and Uncle Note: FamilySearch Life Sketch: "From the 1861 Census we can see that after her mother died in 1859 M… FamilySearch Life Sketch: "From the 1861 Census we can see that after her mother died in 1859 Mary Jane is sent as a baby/toddler to live with her aunt Esther Belcher (nee Smith) and uncle Joseph Belcher in Little Wittenham, near Dorchester (On Thames), Oxfordshire. May Jane would have known Wittenham Clumps, with trees set high up on a hill. It is now in a nature reserve which can be visited free of charge. Walking distance away are car parking, cafes and hotels in nearby Dorchester (Oxfordshire) which has it's own Abbey. Dorchester Abbey is usually open and there is museum (not often open, so please check timings). Her Aunt and Uncle say that Mary Jane was born within St. Mary's Parish in Reading. St. Mary's is actually St. Mary the Virgin an impressive chequered building with an active congregation. It is of Anglican, Protestant faith and is the Minster church for Reading. Meaning that it was originally buit in Anglo Saxon times (in this case the 7th Century) when originally a community of clergy lived there. Her uncle, Joseph Belcher may have died in 1873 as the English GRO Index has a death registered for that date in Wallingford, which is the registration district for Little Wittenham Berkshire/Oxfordshire in England. Did a long term illness of her uncle Joseph Belcher cause her immigration to the United States in 1870?"
Death	1859 (Age 22 years) Wallingford, Berkshire, England Source: England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 Text: Name: Peggy Smith Death Date: 1859 Death Place: Wallingford, Berkshire, England Event Type: Death Registration District: Wallingford Page: 201 Volume: 2C Affiliate Line Number: 4 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year 1859 Note: Superintendent Registrar's District Wallingford Superintendent Registrar's District Wallingford Registrar's District Cholsey 1859 Deaths in the District of Cholsey in the County of Berks & Oxford Second November 1859 Dorchester Peggy Smith, Female, 22 years, Wife of Mark Smith, Baker Pneumonia, Morbus Brightii (acute or chronic nephritiis - kidney disease) Certified Informant : Mark Smith, Present at the death, Dorchester
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husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Peggy Sims Mary Jane Smith Family with spouse Mary Isabella Webb John Webb Smith Annie Smith Eleanor Webb Smith Frederick Webb Smith William Webb Smith Mark Smith Birth: February 17, 1836 30 30 — Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Death: April 22, 1909
herself	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mark Smith Mary Jane Smith Peggy Sims Birth: about 1837 — England, United Kingdom Death: 1859 — Wallingford, Berkshire, England
	Marriage: about 1857 — England, United Kingdom
2 years daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse James Richard Kitts Minnie Louisa Kitts William James Kitts Mary Ann “Maud” Kitts Robert John Kitts Walter Thomas Kitts Mary Jane Smith Birth: June 8, 1859 23 22 — England, United Kingdom Death: June 20, 1914 — Los Angeles, California, United States

Mark Smith + Mary Isabella Webb - View this family

husband	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Peggy Sims Mary Jane Smith Family with spouse Mary Isabella Webb John Webb Smith Annie Smith Eleanor Webb Smith Frederick Webb Smith William Webb Smith Mark Smith Birth: February 17, 1836 30 30 — Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom Death: April 22, 1909
husband’s wife	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Family with spouse Mark Smith John Webb Smith Annie Smith Eleanor Webb Smith Frederick Webb Smith William Webb Smith Mary Isabella Webb Birth: 1838 — Berkshire, England Death: September 29, 1913 — Canada
	Marriage: about 1869 — England, United Kingdom
21 months step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree John Webb Smith Birth: September 23, 1870 34 32 — Dorchester, Oxfordshire, England Death: May 24, 1928 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
2 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Annie Smith Birth: January 16, 1873 36 35 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Death: December 28, 1931 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
4 years step-daughter	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Eleanor Webb Smith Birth: June 3, 1877 41 39 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Death: May 30, 1947 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
3 years step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree Frederick Webb Smith Birth: June 19, 1880 44 42 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Death: July 21, 1940 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
step-son	Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Pedigree Tree William Webb Smith Birth: June 19, 1880 44 42 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Death: August 25, 1938 — Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada

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Death	England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 Text: Name: Peggy Smith Death Date: 1859 Death Place: Wallingford, Berkshire, England Event Type: Death Registration District: Wallingford Page: 201 Volume: 2C Affiliate Line Number: 4 Registration Quarter Oct-Nov-Dec Registration Year 1859

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Birth	Superintendent Registrar's District Wallingford Registrar's District Cholsey 1859 Deaths in the District of Cholsey in the County of Berks & Oxford Second November 1859 Dorchester Peggy Smith, Female, 22 years, Wife of Mark Smith, Baker Pneumonia, Morbus Brightii (acute or chronic nephritiis - kidney disease) Certified Informant : Mark Smith, Present at the death, Dorchester
Additional Information	FamilySearch Life Sketch: "From the 1861 Census we can see that after her mother died in 1859 Mary Jane is sent as a baby/toddler to live with her aunt Esther Belcher (nee Smith) and uncle Joseph Belcher in Little Wittenham, near Dorchester (On Thames), Oxfordshire. May Jane would have known Wittenham Clumps, with trees set high up on a hill. It is now in a nature reserve which can be visited free of charge. Walking distance away are car parking, cafes and hotels in nearby Dorchester (Oxfordshire) which has it's own Abbey. Dorchester Abbey is usually open and there is museum (not often open, so please check timings). Her Aunt and Uncle say that Mary Jane was born within St. Mary's Parish in Reading. St. Mary's is actually St. Mary the Virgin an impressive chequered building with an active congregation. It is of Anglican, Protestant faith and is the Minster church for Reading. Meaning that it was originally buit in Anglo Saxon times (in this case the 7th Century) when originally a community of clergy lived there. Her uncle, Joseph Belcher may have died in 1873 as the English GRO Index has a death registered for that date in Wallingford, which is the registration district for Little Wittenham Berkshire/Oxfordshire in England. Did a long term illness of her uncle Joseph Belcher cause her immigration to the United States in 1870?"
Death	Superintendent Registrar's District Wallingford Registrar's District Cholsey 1859 Deaths in the District of Cholsey in the County of Berks & Oxford Second November 1859 Dorchester Peggy Smith, Female, 22 years, Wife of Mark Smith, Baker Pneumonia, Morbus Brightii (acute or chronic nephritiis - kidney disease) Certified Informant : Mark Smith, Present at the death, Dorchester