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I have recently found some photographs and documents concerning the Smith Family. They lived at Bullen Lane (Corner), Bramford, Ipswich, Suffolk around 1910/1920. I would like to pass these items onto their descendants. Any help would be appreciated!

Do you have any first names for the family? There are 30 people with the surname Smith in Bramford in the 1911 census.

Kath. x

None of the addresses in 1911 is specifically Bullen Lane.

However, from a look at Google maps, Bullen Lane joins on to The Street, so probably the address in the census would be given as The Street - and several Smiths live there.

Without researching it too rigorously, there were at least 3 households of Smiths:

Harriett Smith
in the 1911 England Census

Name: Harriett Smith
Age in 1911: 49
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1862
Relation to Head: Wife
Gender: Female
Birth Place: Bramford, Suffolk, England
Civil Parish: Bramford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street address: Street, Bramford Nr Ispwich, Suffolk
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 28
Estimated Marriage Year: 1883
Registration district: Bosmere
Registration District Number: 211
Sub-registration district: Needham Market
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 35
Piece: 10772
Household Members:
Name Age
William Smith 47
Harriett Smith 49
George Earnest Smith 16



Ernest Smith

in the 1911 England Census
Name: Ernest Smith
Age in 1911: 39
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bramford, Suffolk, England
Civil Parish: Bramford
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street address: Bramford Street, Bramford Nr Ipswich, Suffolk
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Chemical Labourer Works
Registration district: Bosmere
Registration District Number: 211
Sub-registration district: Needham Market
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Household schedule number: 72
Piece: 10772
Household Members:
Name Age
Ernest Smith 39
Rosetta Smith 35
Frederick Smith 13
Emily Smith 11
William Smith 7
Jack Smith 5
Maud Smith 4
May Smith 2



Robert Smith
in the 1911 England Census

Name: Robert Smith
Age in 1911: 70
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Bramford, Suffolk, England
Civil Parish: Bramford Whitton
County/Island: Suffolk
Country: England
Street address: The Bramford Street Nr Ipswich, Suffolk
Marital Status: Married
Occupation: Retired Pensioner
Registration district: Bosmere
Registration District Number: 211
Sub-registration district: Needham Market
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Household schedule number: 168
Piece: 10771
Household Members:
Name Age
Robert Smith 70
Maria Smith 64
Charles Smith 20
George Bumstead 66 - boarder

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Thank you, all. I have already found the family on the 1901 & 1911 Censuses.
As I said in my original posting, I am trying to find any of their descendants.
May Smith married George Thorpe in 1938/39, if that's any help.
Rob

Look for info using freebmd

Have you looked in search trees yet?

Why the uncertainty about the marriage year?


Marriages Mar 1938 (>99%)

Smith May A E Thorpe Gipping 4a 1564
Thorpe George E Smith Gipping 4a 1564


First name(s) MAY ANNIE E
Last name THORPE
Birth day 4
Birth month 5
Birth year 1908
Death quarter 3
Death year 1978
District NEWTON ABBOT
County Devon
Volume 21
Page 1369

From freebmd, the marriage was in the first quarter of 1938, in Gipping reg district, Suffolk.

No births of children of the marriage in Suffolk. Lots of Thorpe / Smith births in other places, but impossible to know whether relevant or not.
There are several possibilities in Devon (as May died there, see below),1938-56, but of course we don't know where they lived when of child-bearing age.



This may be May's death - (EDIT: sorry, Jacqueline, I see you've got that):

May Annie E Thorpe
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: May Annie E Thorpe
Birth Date: 4 May 1908
Date of Registration: Sep 1978
Age at Death: 70
Registration district: Newton Abbot
Inferred County: Devon
Volume: 21
Page: 1369

and possibly George???

George Edward Thorpe
in the England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: George Edward Thorpe
Birth Date: 15 Jun 1911
Date of Registration: Jan 1991
Age at Death: 79
Registration district: Gipping and Hartismere
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 10
Page: 2967

Births Dec 1897 (>99%)
Smith Frederick Ernest Bosmere 4a 872


Births Dec 1899 (>99%)
Smith Emily Rosetta Bosmere 4a 912


Births Jun 1903 (>99%)
SMITH William David T Bosmere 4a 1042


Births Dec 1905 (>99%)
Smith Jack Robert Bosmere 4a 973


Births Mar 1907 (>99%)
Smith Maud Emma B Bosmere 4a 1002

Have you done any research aimed at finding possible living descendants?

First name(s) JACK R
Last name SMITH
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1930
JACK R SMITH married ELWYTHE M GREEN
District BOSMERE
County Suffolk
Country England
Volume 4A Page 2481


SMITH ELWYTHE M 1905 1968 1968 Deaths & burials Ipswich, Suffolk, England

This woman is in two GR trees..........so there's a possible start for you


First name(s) JACK ROBERT
Last name SMITH
Gender Male
Birth day 24
Birth month 8
Birth year 1905
Death quarter 3
Death year 1984
District GIPPING & HARTISMERE
Register number 884
County Essex
Volume 10
Page 2201

First name(s) Maud Em. Barber
Last name Smith
Birth year 1907
Birth date 04 Feb 1907
Event year 1912
School name Bramford Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School
Town Bramford
County Suffolk
Country England
Parent name(s) Ernest Smith
Book type Admissions
Archive reference A2150/4


SMITH MAUD E B 1907 1915 1915 Deaths & burials Bosmere, Suffolk, England

First name(s) EMILY R
Last name SMITH
Marriage quarter 4
Marriage year 1921
EMILY R SMITH married HENRY H PAYNE
District BOSMERE
County Suffolk
Country England
Volume 4A Page 2375


First name(s) EMILY ROSETTA
Last name PAYNE
Birth day 16
Birth month 10
Birth year 1899
Death quarter 2
Death year 1985
District IPSWICH
Register number 485
County Suffolk
Volume 10 Page 2671

First name(s) WILLIAM D T
Last name SMITH
Marriage quarter 1
Marriage year 1929
WILLIAM D T SMITH married WINIFRED B GRIMWOOD
District HARTISMERE
County Suffolk
Country England
Volume 4A Page 1615



First name(s) WILLIAM DAVID T
Last name SMITH
Birth day 17
Birth month 4
Birth year 1903
Death quarter 3
Death year 1979
District GIPPING
County Suffolk
Volume 10 Page 2068


Births Dec 1900 (>99%)
Grimwood Winifred Blanche Bosmere 4a 923

First name(s) WINIFRED BLANCHE
Last name SMITH
Birth day 18
Birth month 9
Birth year 1900
Death quarter 2
Death year 1990
District IPSWICH
Register number 690
County Suffolk
Volume 10 Page 2855


This woman is probably in FOUR trees on GR