William Henry Smith

William was born in 1887 the son of William Smith and his wife Emily nee Wombwell. According to his parents' grave in Upton churchyard, his father was born in 1857 (Southwell) and his mother in 1860 (Upton), there is a record of an Emily Machent Wombwell whose birth was registered in 1861 A/M/J Southwell. William and Emily were married in 1881 (J/F/M Southwell) and according to the 1911 Census had four children: Elizabeth (Lizzie), William Henry (Harry) b. 1887, Emily and Frederick. Elizabeth was born in Southwell and her siblings in Upton. In 1881 William Smith (21) a labourer in a flour mill, and his wife Emily (20) were living in Westhorpe, Southwell. By 1891 they were living in Upton where William worked as an agricultural labourer. He and Emily had two children, Lizzie (Elizabeth) (9) and Harry (William) (6). They were still living in the village in 1901; William (40) was now a bricklayer's labourer. In the home on the night of the census were only William and Emily's two youngest children, Emily (5) and Frederick (2). Elizabeth went into service for a wealthy family in London and married to become a Webster and never returned to the village. Emily got married to a George William Gambles, moved several times ending in Sherwood until she died. Fred also served during the 'Great War, he survived came home, got married and lived the rest of his life in Southwell. William (26) was back in the family home at Upton on the night of the 1911 Census. Also in the house were his parents and younger siblings Emily (15) and Frederick (12). His father died in 1929 while his mother died in 1939; both are buried in Upton St Peter's churchyard.