I have on my grandfather's WW1 service record, his guardian's name, MRS ANNIE SMITH 14 CUMBERLAND PLACE NOTTINGHAM dated 1914 and again 1916. My family knows Annie was a widow at this time. I found ANNIE at the same address in the 1915/16 Wrights Trade Directory. She does not appear before or after that one entry in any other trade directory year.
However I did find in the 1911 census a MRS ANNIE SMITH victualler at SIR FRANCIS BURDETT MOUNT ST NOTTINGHAM- a widow. Mount St adjoins Cumberland. This Annie I can trace through trade directories forward to 1914 and backwards to 1900 and using censuses onto her marriage/ widowhood/husband's previous occupation and Annies birth (nee TAYLOR) in 1865.
How can I establish whether I have 2 Annies or they are one and the same lady. Would there be some documentation to do with the Cumberland address that would help? I though a rate book perhaps. I fortunately have the 'pub' Annie's handwriting in the 1911 census as a good start. The only other fact I know is by 1938 the guardian Annie was running a boarding house in Monks Rd Lincoln.....and I can't find anything on that in any trade directory.
Any help would be greatly appreciated from way out here in the colony!! J
However I did find in the 1911 census a MRS ANNIE SMITH victualler at SIR FRANCIS BURDETT MOUNT ST NOTTINGHAM- a widow. Mount St adjoins Cumberland. This Annie I can trace through trade directories forward to 1914 and backwards to 1900 and using censuses onto her marriage/ widowhood/husband's previous occupation and Annies birth (nee TAYLOR) in 1865.
How can I establish whether I have 2 Annies or they are one and the same lady. Would there be some documentation to do with the Cumberland address that would help? I though a rate book perhaps. I fortunately have the 'pub' Annie's handwriting in the 1911 census as a good start. The only other fact I know is by 1938 the guardian Annie was running a boarding house in Monks Rd Lincoln.....and I can't find anything on that in any trade directory.
Any help would be greatly appreciated from way out here in the colony!! J
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