GOLDSMITH, Mary b. 29 May 1801 Lowestoft, Suffolk d. 1881 Mutford Registration District, Suffolk: The EDGOOSE and Related Families of England, Australia, Fiji, Jamaica, and the USA
   
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GOLDSMITH, Mary

Female 1801 - 1881  (79 years)


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  • Name GOLDSMITH, Mary 
    Born 29 May 1801  Lowestoft, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 1881  Mutford Registration District, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I8748  Edgoose
    Last Modified 30 Jan 2024 

    Father GOLDSMITH, John,   b. Between 1770 and 1771, Saxmundham, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1855, Mutford Registration District, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Mother LARHAM, Sarah,   b. Between 1772 and 1773, Earl Soham, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1863, Mutford Registration District, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 91 years) 
    Married 13 Apr 1794  Saxmundham, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3084  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BALLS, Henry,   b. 23 Jul 1801, Lowestoft, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1886, Mutford Registration District, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 23 Feb 1824  Lowestoft, Suffolk Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 16 Apr 2024 
    Family ID F3091  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • MARY BALLS née GOLDSMITH 1801-1881

      Mary, daughter of John GOLDSMITH and Sarah DAY (sic), was born on 29 May 1801 and baptised at Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 30 May the same year.
      (Unproven IGI Patron Submission)

      According to the IGI Mary GOLDSMITH and Henry BALLS were married at Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 23 February 1824.

      The 1861 census of 42 Crown Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk:
      Henry BALLS, head, aged 59, married, letter carrier, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
      *Mary BALLS, wife, aged 59, tailoress, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
      James BALLS, son, aged 19, wheelwright, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
      Mary A. BALLS, granddaughter, aged 9, scholar, born at Lowestoft;
      Charles TRIPP, son-in-law, aged 26, married, bootmaker, born at Burgh St. Peter, Norfolk;
      Susanna TRIPP, daughter, aged 21, fressmaker, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
      Sarah GOLDSMITH, mother-in-law, aged 88, widow, born at Earl Soham, Suffolk;
      Charles MARTIN, lodger, aged 28, unmarried, coach painter, born at Maidstone, Kent.
      (RG9/1187/151/20)

      The 1881 census of 46 Crown Street, Lowestoft, Suffolk;
      Henry BALLS, head, aged 80, pensioner - Gen. Post Off. Lowestoft, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk;
      *Mary Balls, aged 80, born at Lowestoft, Suffolk.
      (RG11/1904/31/21)

      The death of Mary BALLS aged 80 was registered in 1881.
      (GRO December Q 1881 Mutford 4a 468)

      NOTES & QUERIES:
      1) There is an anomaly here. In the 1861 census Sarah GOLDSMITH, an 88 year old widow born in Earl Soham, Suffolk, was described as the mother-in-law of Lowestoft born Mary BALLS. It is almost beyond question that her maiden name was LARHAM and not DAY. Her age fits, her place of birth fits, and the register of baptisms before and after the baptism of Mary in 1801 records her maiden name as LARHAM or LANGHAM.
      (RG9/1187/151/20)
      According to the IGI Mary GOLDSMITH and Henry BALLS were married at Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 23 February 1824.

      2) FamilySearch lists a marriage between a Susanna GOLDSMITH and a John DAY at Lowestoft, Suffolk, on 19 and 21 October 1788.

      (revised 24.08.2011)