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Family (spouse): William SMITH / Hannah TILSON (F614)

• Father | Male William SMITH

  
  

  Born	1791/2	Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Married	4 Sep 1842	Parish Church, Radford, Nottinghamshire
  Father	Joseph SMITH | F8107 Family Group Sheet
  Mother

  
  

  Wife | Female Hannah TILSON

  
  

  Born	20 Feb 1811	Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
  Christened	8 Apr 1811	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Other Spouse	Isaiah BEECROFT | F2403
  Married	8 Oct 1831	Ilkeston, Derbyshire
  Other Spouse	unknown UNKNOWN | F2775
  Married
  Father	John TILSON | F2421 Family Group Sheet
  Mother	Hannah BAMPTON | F2421 Family Group Sheet

  
  

  Child 1 | Male Henry SMITH

  
  

  Born	20 Mar 1843	Cotmanhay, Ilkeston, Derbyshire
  Died	Yes, date unknown
  Buried
  Spouse	Ruth HUTCHINSON | F184
  Married	20 Jun 1865	Baptist Chapel, Basford, Nottinghamshire

  
  

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  		Marriages to a closely-related family member (including to a dead spouse's sibling and a dead sibling's spouse and some bigamous and other illegal marriages)

  
  

• Notes

  Married: The marriage of a William Smith and Hannah Bacroft (sic) took place on the 4th Sept 1842 in Radford, Notts. William was described as a widower and Hannah as a widow. Hannah's father, John, being recorded as John Kilson. The marriage took place a few miles from Ilkeston where William and Hannah were probably known and this together with Hannah's surname being changed to Bacroft (1) and her father to Kilson (2) appears to be to hide the fact that Hannah was still married to Isaiah Beecroft. Although it cannot be proved that this is a bigamous marriage by Hannah nee Tilson the date fits with the Derby Assizes report (see 'Criminal' entry). (1) There are virtually no known examples of the name Bacroft with the exception of 2 births in Essex in 1861 and 1870 and several marriages in the 1840s, none apart from Hannah being in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire. (2) Kilson is known as a surname with only about 17 births in the 19th century and 11 marriages, none in the counties of Notts or Derby.