Treasure Chest Thursday – Edith Elinore Smith’s Birth

 

This treasure was given to me by my aunt and uncle.  I’ve been fortunate to have them past on treasures each time I visit.  Sometimes it’s photos, sometimes documents, or sometimes a story or two.  

Edith Elinore Smith is my great grandmother.  She married Alfred William Warry in Poole, Dorset, England on August 2, 1897.  This is a Certified Copy of an Entry of Births.  Points of reference for her birth records:

• 1.        Name of child- Edith Elinore Smith

• 2.       Place of birth- Constition Hill, Kinson

• 3.       Date of birth- 4^th August 1876

• 4.       Sex- Girl

• 5.       Father’s name- John William Smith

• 6.       Father’s Profession- Carpenter and joiner

• 7.       Mother’s name- Sarah Everton Smith formerly Wakeman

• 8.       Informant- John William Smith, Father, Constitution Hill, Kinson

England, certified copy of an entry of birth for Edith Elinore Smith, born 4 August 1876; citing 7/226, Poole registration district and Canford Subdistrict; Registrar for the District of Poole in the County of Dorset