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The
VINES/VINESS Family of C19th Birmingham
Seeking ancestry and history
of Ann Sophia VINES n. 1828, most likely of the Birmingham
area.
Known name variants: VINE, VINESS &
VENAS (commonly used in parts of B'ham, as shown by the
focus of 2000/2005 data, below)
The
family story so far:
Sometime between 1850 & 1853
Ann Sophia VINES (c1828) had an illegitimate daughter
Elizabeth VINES. No birth record or baptism has been found
so far for an Elizabeth VINES/VINESS. No Ann Sophia VINES (or
variants) have been located on the 1841 census (probably with age
of 10 or 15), none aged 23 with her daughter (aged 1 or less) on
the 1851 census, or baptism. Based on the 1861 census, Elizabeth
(now as SMITH) is given as aged 8, which provides a birth
year around 1852. On subsequent census she is 3 years older,
suggesting a birth year around 1850. It is possible she was
registered as Elizabeth SMITH, of which there are many in
this period 1849-1853 in the Birmingham/Aston BMD.
With respect to Ann Sophia, the
family of John & Frances VINE
can be found on the 1841 census in St. George, Birmingham, with
an Ann aged about 15, however there is no proven connection and
no subsequent census record. The only Ann
Sophia VINES on BMD has a marriage in Dec Qtr 1859 in Lincoln,
however the original MC shows that this is not this Ann Sophia,
since her age was only 19 (i.e. born 1840) with the name actually
as HINES and her husband Joseph VANPLEW. On census returns, John
SMITH, Ann's husband is coincidentally shown as being of LIN in
all cases.
The focus is therefore on any
John SMITH = Ann V* marriage by 1861 in the Birmingham area (not
found), since John & Ann Sophia SMITH are found on the
1861 census living in two separate houses in Duddeston &
Nechells (D&N), Birmingham. John SMITH (40), a Stoker at a
gas works, of Lincolnshire, was the married Head of a household
at 13 Ct 7 House in Upper Windsor St., Aston. The family included
a daughter Mary Ann SMITH (10), born Staffordshire, and a
son Charles H SMITH (8) of Birmingham. At 2 Ct 3 House in
Great Lister St., D&N, was Ann SMITH (34), Charwoman,
and her daughter Elizabeth SMITH (8), both of Birmingham,
lodging at the house of Ann MANNING, a laundress. It is likely
that Ann Sophia was the second wife of John SMITH (Mary Ann SMITH
& Charles Henry SMITH being the children of the first wife,
who must have died sometime after 1852), or they were in a
common-law relationship. All marriage of John SMITHs to Ann *
have also been checked in case Ann was a widow. Again, no
surnames suggesting an earlier marriage to V*.
Elizabeth (as
VINESS)
married Nail Cutter Daniel
BICKNELL
on 28.9.1868 at St Peter, Dale End, Birmingham. She gave the same
phonetic maiden name at the birth registration for her daughter
Selina BICKNELL
in 1873, which was recorded as VENAS.
Her father was not named on her MC, suggesting she was
illegitimate, and therefore not the daughter of John SMITH. Upon
marriage she was apparently aged 18, supporting her general year
of birth to be c1850, but had no occupation. Based on the
1861 & 1871 census ages, there is a possibility she lied
about her age and was aged only 15 at her wedding, putting her
birth closer to 1853. Presumably her mother and stepfather were
resident in the Birmingham area around this time. While such
early marriages are not unusual, she may have been pregnant with
their first child Agnes. One marriage witness was Mary
Ann WILLIAMS (if formerly the Mary
Ann SMITH, above, but BMD cannot prove this). Mary Ann would have
been about 18 years old and presumably also newly wed. Charles
SMITH (18), Nail Cutter, probably the brother of Mary Ann SMITH
in 1861 was resident with the BICKNELLs in 1871 at 4 James
Buildings, Ladywood, confirming the relationship between the two
families. He may have a married a Sarah by the 1881 census as an
Aston-based nail cutter Charles SMITH had a wife and 11 month old
son Charles H SMITH.
Elsewhere on the 1871 census at
5 Roberts Building, Great Lister St, D&N, John SMITH (50),
Labourer, of Lincoln, was Head of household with his wife Ann
SMITH (43), Pearl Button Finisher, of Birmingham.
On the 1881 census - Elizabeth
BICKNELL
is noted as the widowed daughter of the SMITH
family at 35 Aston Road, Aston, aged 30, this time born in
Wolverhampton. John SMITH
(Head, Builder's Labourer, 60)
of Scot Wiliby (sic; Silk Willoughby, LIN) & wife Ann
S. SMITH, (53) of Birmingham.
By 1891, at 3 Ct 4 House, Cheshire St., Aston, widower John SMITH
(70), General Labourer of Osenby, LIN, was living with Selina
BICKNELL
(17, grand-daughter), a Nail Machine Feeder of Birmingham.
Selina, who is my GGM, married in 1893, the same year that John
apparently died in Aston.
Ann SMITH appears to have died
in Q1 1889 Aston (6d 217) at an age that confirms her birth
c1828.
The 1851 census may have John
SMITH (of LIN) and his first wife (Elizabeth, of Worcester) in
Wolverhampton, STS, with 3-yo child John SMITH (c1848,
Worcester) & Mary SMITH (8 months, Wolverhampton). It
is possible the Q4 1847 marriage at Worcester between John SMITH
& Elizabeth ELISON/ELLISON is them, with Mary Ann
being the 1840 child. Presumably John junior died before 1861, as
did Elizabeth (after 1852/53 birth of Charles H SMITH).
Possible references occur in Birmingham, although none can be
verified just from BMD.
Research
Problems:
Locating
a birth/baptism of Ann Sophia VINES/VINESS c1828 Birmingham, if
her maiden name, and therefore her parents;
Locating
a birth/baptism for Elizabeth VINES/VINESS to confirm her
illegitimacy or her father, if recorded, in
Wolverhampton/Aston/Birmingham in the period 1850-53;
Locating
John SMITH = Ann V* marriage by 1861 (10 in B'ham & 3 in
Aston, but no V*);
Confirming
John SMITH to be a widow, through death of his first wife or the
BC of either Mary Ann SMITH (Staffs - 43 candidates or Charles H
SMITH (Birmingham area - 2 candidates);
Locating a possible Mary
Ann SMITH = WILLIAMS marriage in 1867-68 period (nearest is Q4
1867 at Warwick to Moses WILLIAMS);
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