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Jane Elizabeth West 1857 – 1946 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: January 1857

Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England

Death Date: Oct 1946

Death Location: Chatham, Kent, England

Father: Benjamin West

Mother: Mary Gee

Spouse(s): Richard Smitherman

Children(s): Nellie Smitherman, William Smitherman, Thomas Smitherman, Ada Smitherman, Isabell Smitherman, Daisy Smitherman, May Smitherman

According to available records, Jane Elizabeth West was born in 1857 in Gillingham, Kent, England, the child of Benjamin Russell West and Mary Anne Gee. Following those early years, Jane Elizabeth West married Richard Smitherman, and their family grew to include Nellie Annie Jane Smitherman, William Richard Smitherman, Thomas Smitherman, Ada Smitherman, Isabell Smitherman, Daisy Smitherman and May Alice Beatrice Smitherman. In the later years of life, Jane Elizabeth West died in 1946 in Chatham, Kent, England.

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Parents

Benjamin West
1825 –
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England
BW
Mary Gee
1822 –
Birth Location: Great Ellingham, Norfolk, England
MG

Spouses(s)

Richard Smitherman
1856 – 1933
Birth Location: Chatham, Kent, England
RS

Children(s)

Nellie Smitherman
1880 –
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England
NS
William Smitherman
1882 – 1953
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent
WS
Thomas Smitherman
– 1960
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England
TS
Ada Smitherman
1887 –
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England
AS
Isabell Smitherman
1888 – 1974
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England
IS
Daisy Smitherman
1893 –
Birth Location: Gillingham, Kent, England
DS
May Smitherman
1902 – 1980
Birth Location: Medway, Kent, England
MS

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: January 1857
    Event Place: Gillingham, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, 1911 England Census, Kent, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1538-1914, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, Class: RG 9; Piece: 479; Folio: 32; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542646, Kent Archives Office; Maidstone, Kent, England; England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1861
    Event Place: Gillingham, Kent, England
    Record Source: 1861 England Census, Class: RG 9; Piece: 479; Folio: 32; Page: 7; GSU roll: 542646

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1911
    Event Place: Gillingham, England
    Record Source: 1911 England Census, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: Oct 1946
    Event Place: Chatham, Kent, England
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