Looking at the Bath BMD site, http://www.bathbmd.org.uk, I can see entries for several SMITH children, mother's maiden name WATTS, which correspond with the children shown on the 1871 census. William and Ann WATTS are shown next door on that census. The twins are more elusive. I doubt they are Elizabeth's as she didn't marry William SMITH until much later, and she is enumerated as WATTS elsewhere in Monkton Combe. Have you found them on any other census? Marion On 5 November 2010 20:50, Joe Emery <joeemery@btinternet.com> wrote: > Does anyone have ready access to the Monckton Combe PRs please?  I am trying to identify the Elizabeth Smith age 37, married,born Monckton Combe who, in 1871, was at Ivy Cottages there with her four children. > A William Smith married an Elizabeth Jane Watts in the Bath area in 1863 and I think she may have been Elizabeth Watts, born c1835, a daughter of William Watts & Ann at Monckton Combe. In 1851 there, William & Ann had their own five children AND a pair of twins, viz. Ellen and James Smith age 1 year, born Walcot,Som. No parentage or relationship is shown for the twins but the association of names leads me to think they may have been grandchildren of William & Ann and the children of their daughter Elizabeth. Any help or other ideas would be greatly appreciated.  Joe Emery > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Marion. Thank you very much for taking the trouble to 'have a ook' - and for introducing me to the BathBMD Site ; I had no idea such detail was available, and free! I have looked for the Smith twins everywhere I can think of without success. There are just too many Smiths, of those names and birth date, to render identification almost impossible I reckon. I take your point that their mother was probably not the Elizabeth I initially thought. However my principal interest there was to find the maiden name (and thus her parents etc..) of the Elizabeth (born c.1834 Monckton Combe) who married a Smith and had four children by him there, one of whom features in my Tree. Eventually I suppose I must buy her marriage certificate - but that is becoming increasingly costly. I had hoped that the Monckton Combe PRs might have the answers. I am most grateful to you for trying. Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marion" <lowe.marion@gmail.com> To: <bristol_and_somerset@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 05, 2010 9:18 PM Subject: Re: [B&S] monckton combe PRs Looking at the Bath BMD site, http://www.bathbmd.org.uk, I can see entries for several SMITH children, mother's maiden name WATTS, which correspond with the children shown on the 1871 census. William and Ann WATTS are shown next door on that census. The twins are more elusive. I doubt they are Elizabeth's as she didn't marry William SMITH until much later, and she is enumerated as WATTS elsewhere in Monkton Combe. Have you found them on any other census? Marion On 5 November 2010 20:50, Joe Emery <joeemery@btinternet.com> wrote: > Does anyone have ready access to the Monckton Combe PRs please? I am trying to identify the Elizabeth Smith age 37, married,born Monckton Combe who, in 1871, was at Ivy Cottages there with her four children. > A William Smith married an Elizabeth Jane Watts in the Bath area in 1863 and I think she may have been Elizabeth Watts, born c1835, a daughter of William Watts & Ann at Monckton Combe. In 1851 there, William & Ann had their own five children AND a pair of twins, viz. Ellen and James Smith age 1 year, born Walcot,Som. No parentage or relationship is shown for the twins but the association of names leads me to think they may have been grandchildren of William & Ann and the children of their daughter Elizabeth. Any help or other ideas would be greatly appreciated. Joe Emery > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRISTOL_AND_SOMERSET-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.449 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3240 - Release Date: 11/05/10 19:34:00