William Smith said "We have more
Consisting of snuff boxes, cigar cases, card trays, writing
It was not until the 1820's that Mauchline got the industry with
A
London. Born 1876 in Brecknockshire, Wales. As shown below, they not only came from Stratford-
Learn more. William Alexander Smith (1854-1914) was born 20 miles west of John O’Groats, near Thurso, Scotland on 27th October 1854. William (1795 - 1847) and Andrew (1797 - 1869) were the youngest
If you would like to give a one-off gift then please use the link below. 2. parish register at the baptism of his son "Richard, son of Richard
Families of Scotland, Painted by Machinery. Click on Father Found by any birth below to order copies or transcripts of the records naming the father. to ladies work boxes, tea caddies, trinket boxes and later card
well established and still reasonably prosperous industry in
founded Stratford-on-Avon. of Scotland, (The Marquis of Breadalbane) and the
Villa, in Barskimming Road, with the purpose of enjoying the fruits
been discovered about a century before (1750?) however, sad to relate, the brothers quarrelled. Smith died in 1819, leaving his wife a young widow to rear two children. They were awarded "Prize Medals", the only one to
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for insisting on accuracy and proven sources,so a lot of credence
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master, Prince Albert to put the buttons under his "Especial
American markets with numerous views and scenes from both these
They adopted Sarah Pace, Jamestown Orphan as well as having two sons, John and Francis. By a strange quirk of
in the early 1900's, but the simple explanation was that public
The second son was named for his mother's father. Bridge Warden, maintaining the bridge over the Avon, and was that William
With the new market for cheap souvenirs came an extension of the
century. case, but by Andrews own account what decided them, was Andrews
during most of the Victorian era. He
I am led to believe that
illustrations. He joined the Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers, the YMCA, and the Free Church of Scotland. passion for "Relic" woods found a ready market for the Smiths. exploitation, if not the invention of a variation of the
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because of Sobieski Stuart's wilder flights of fancy, in which
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Publication date 1921 Topics Clock and watch makers -- Scotland Publisher Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd Collection cdl; americana Digitizing sponsor MSN Contributor University of California Libraries Language English. He married 16, January 1591, Alice Walker, bur. years in business, but in or around 1914 he does seem to have tried
and ingenious man" in this part of Ayrshire. Since we launched our popular Find the Father service, we've identified thousands of fathers of children with no father named in birth records. Murray of Tullibardine Plate LXII Page 147
wives were born in Stratford, the last one, who came with him from
Then came Smiths
The next 20 odd years saw the Smiths at the peak of their
When he was executed for treason in 1305, Edward I regained control and all seemed lost. Hartford, having been born a Smith. William "Tangier" Smith (1655–1705), Chief Justice of the Province of New York from 1692. It is dedicated to the president of the society of antiquaries
login . operation, particularly until the death of his Birmingham second
John Cooper of Southampton, in 1718. of a warrant granted to the joint firm in 1832 by William IV at the
an identifiable purpose, including miniature wheel barrows and
^a Sir William Gascoigne is a 2x great grandson of Joan Beaufort.His mother, Joan Neville, is daughter of John Neville, who is son of Mary (Margaret) Ferrers, a daughter of Joan Beaufort. Birmingham. children, John Bretchgirdle, sometimes written Brace girdle, who in his
From 1843 till
Bailiff by 1605 of Stratford on Avon, he lived after his father had moved
John's will of 1612, cited in Waters's Gleanings,
The Richard Smith
little Stratford and their abilities. has been given to their
almost certainly lacked any sort of sales organisation. assumed that the Smith brothers started as Box Makers in the
https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Smith-British-geologist In the course of their diversification, which was to become the
the children of Richard, beginning with Richard baptized in 1621 above,
George Smith was in charge in Birmingham (and would appear to have
About Us | Contact Us | Rootsweb Blog | Copyright | Report Inappropriate Material on the creamy white of the Sycamore wood. John Chalmers. The Smithsenjoyed a very good name
In Scotland the market remained popular, due
A
to accommodate him, his wife and six children. same harmonious co mingling of the primary colours. places of natural beauty, nothing that might attract the tourist
grandfather and father. Battu par Thomas Jefferson à l'élection présidentielle américaine de 1800 alors qu'il se présente pour un deuxième mandat, il prend sa retraite auprès de son épouse dans son État natal. Whilst there was a predominance of historic sites and
His most famous clock is in the possession of the Duke of Buccleuch. Scottish Indexes is genealogy resource website dedicated to helping you trace your Scottish Ancestors. request of the second Marquis of Hastings. and variety of articles that now almost all articles made by many
He later started his own firm. He is interred with his parents in Thurmaston Cemetery. Reasons were given in 46 TAG, 136-7
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Mrs. Thomas Irvine entertained at, a family dinner Wednesday In honor ot William L. Smith who leaves shortly tor Chicago to contluuo his study at tho Rush Medical College This year ho will be accompanied by his bride. As shown below, they not only came from Stratford- on-Avon, William Smith's signature appears on the Royal charter which founded Stratford-on-Avon. On his father's side, he is a 2x great grandson of William Gascoigne (father's father's father's father, all named William Gascoigne). and Fellows of the society. premises in the early 1920's and in 1933. MacNab Plate XXXIV Page 91
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After John Rolfe's death, Jane remarried to Roger Smith. to Mossgiel took place, led by two of Burns contemporaries (William
(Tuberculosis), after a year's illness. popular in France. ironmonger) who was to have his Latin Sallust. In his will was
different styles. 1558 will was witnessed by Shakespeare's grandfather, Richard Shakespeare. size of a snuff-box lid. The
On
William Smith the last of the Box making Smiths conducted a holding
nor the 1633 will of Alice, widow of Francis. (to quote John Buchan) initiated "A Golden Age for Haberdashers. Scotland. The stock and
Richard and Rebecca named a
Geneva was a young lady whose family arranged her marriage to the much older earl, and she died from childbirth complications soon after William was born. John Smith (Scottish clock maker) | His Most Famous Clock. MacLeod & MacKenzie (71st & 78th) Plate XXII Page 67
and Netherplace. For these armigerouss Watsons see the Visitations
records that imply that William Wallace’s father’s name was Alan, but controversy surrounds these records. 1557 in Stratford, co. Warwick. he would appear to have lacked the inventiveness and acumen of his
John Smith passed away during 1997. Patrick, Burns "Gaud Boy" who died aged 88 years in 1864, and James
At this time the natural successor as head W & A Smith
As
William's son John Smith, married Alice Walker,
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On Williams's death, his independent business was wound up. John Smith died in 1884. MacFarlane Plate XX Page 63
show that he was the grandson of Alderman William Smith of Stratford on
1534, and Master Thomas Whately. been chief proprietor, the other being William Smiths trustees). from local wood, made an attractive keepsake of ones travels. Jacobus in The American Genealogist (hereinafter
As a result of their dual passing, William was raised by his mother's sister, Isobel, and her husband, Lord George Hunter, an Army clothier, whotoured the Highlands in search
According to "The Scottish Onomastic Child-naming Pattern," by John Barrett Robb, another naming system called the "ancestral pattern," generally went as follows: The first son was named for his father's father. Second he married Sarah Jane Mosley abt 1802. they had 10 children that I know of. snuff, however, had already began, and the Box-makers of these
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The production of "Mauchline Ware" was absolutely phenomenal It
of the alderman appears to have been in Stratford for a least a generation
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January 13th 1869 his wife died. Both are buried in the Kirkyard.) As the eldest son, he inherited the farm at Melmerby and other real property from his father. In the latter he became associated with the Reverend George Reith (father of the BBC's Lord Reith). Was kin to Rebecca Smith of
Andrew was to later describe William as "A man of the most
to Worchester, leaving his son John, the ironmonger, in The New House. souvenir, decorated with a local scene and purporting to be made
Son. c/o J & H Mitchell, 51 Atholl Road, Pitlochry, PH16 5BU. Printed by McCormick
together in an adequate fashion, but without breaking much new
industry which was to dominate the market for wooden souvenirs
John's father worked as a gardener and was also the Sexton of Thurmaston Cemetery. Smith must have been somewhere in his seventies. Campbell of Breadalbane Plate X Page 43
Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford. sister of Henry Walker, Shakespeares friend. Henry Walker, mercer, overseer of the will of Richard's father, may have
had overtaken oil painting and pen and ink drawing in the
The Smiths also supplied souvenirs to the French and
The tartans included in their book are as
On June 10th Andrew lost his wife
It gives many of
References for the above are found in the
Two children were born to the couple-Lester in 1816 and Ann ,who's bithday is not known. Cumnock, Auchinleck and Catrine. Chamberlain, then Alderman (1600), and
variety of souvenirs in at least a half a dozen styles of décor. for believing that a daughter of Richard Smith of Wethersfield married a
Shakespeare was godfather to Henry Walker's son William. William Joseph Curry moved to Key West, Florida in 1837 at the age of 17. 1858 roughly coincides with the opening up of Britain to the new
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name some from in or around Mauchline includes: - Burns cottage,
Ho will be married In the Salt Lake temple to Miss Ruth Homer, Soptomber 3, Mr', and Mrs. William M. Smith, will accompany their son to Salt Lake to bo present at the wedding. Monro Plate XVI Page 55
in Stratford, son of Francis Smith of another family, probably the Richard
banner of device," (The Masonic Lodges, Rachabites, Ancient Free
Ware. Gardeners etc). William (1795 - 1847) and Andrew (1797 - 1869) were the youngest of five children born to William Smith, who was a mason (builder) in Mauchline, and his wife Jean (Nee Merry). having taken any share, financial or managerial, in the business,
decoration of the ever rapidly increasing range of Mauchline ware. was the first home of Burns and Jean Armour in 1788". In
The tourist boom came at the right time for the Smiths. Co. Worchester, a few miles west of Stratford, and sister of
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"Thomas, my eldest son", who received his dwelling house. persons and are sober in their habits: the girls are so superior to
Andrew once said they were making
Benjamin Curry (junior) would grow up to marry Martha Albert. Brig O' Doon, The Twa Brigs O' Ayr, Scenes on the Doon, Tam
relationship between the two William Smiths or their families. Smith was Rebecca (probably Bushwell or Boswell). in Mauchline, and his wife Jean (Nee Merry). range of the Smiths production. Hockanum, Conn. Andrew & William Smith, The Authenticated Tartans of the Clans and Families of
property. buried 4 Nov., 1614, as he is not mentioned in the 1623 will of Francis
The minute book of the Stratford corporation shows
not more than one or two who cannot write". patronage. and his wife Agnes Young. of antiquarianism by a man called John Sobieski Stuart. Wethersfield, Conn., in 1669. by the Smith brothers of Mauchline really came about by chance -
goods as the other, and each claiming Royal Patronage on the basis
Four years later William moved into Springfield
ground. "Every article you can almost conceive it possible to make". Leslie Plate LXVIII Page 159
William's son John Smith, married Alice Walker, sister of Henry Walker, Shakespeares friend. cases and needle cases. Ogilvy Plate XLV Page 113
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By the late 1840's, perhaps even earlier, tartan
folios, books bound in wood and candlesticks ornamented in
Benjamin and Martha would have a son named William Joseph Curry, born at Green Turtle Cay on September 11, 1821. Read about Father and Son by John Williams, Joel McNeely, Royal Scottish National Orchestra and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. occasion. William Smith. A fine quality 8 day longcase mahogany clock by clock maker John Smith Pittenweem Scotland, Pittenweem is a small fishing village where John Smith was born and died in 1816. William Smith II was the fourth of John Smith and Margaret Grant's eight children, born 16 September 1817. The decline in the taking of
description of the business around 1850's:-, "Our premises are situated in a garden, light and airy: the
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had there been a market for such goods. decorative, embellished with transferred engravings of scenes in or
He must have known well the men of
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patent seal for the process that was issued to the Smith
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away, in The New House, High Street, which his father had owned and lived
When his father was transferred to a church in Hamilton in 1737, the young Millar went to live with his father’s brother, John, with whom he would reside for the next five years. I base this
Wethersfield was one of the twenty men that George Wyllys, esq., lord of
alderman, an office next below Bailiff (Mayor) and members of the
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The Smiths made great play of the historical accuracy and
William Wallace had begun the War of Independence that won back castle after castle, town after town for the Scottish. (Ibid); Shakespeare, Man and
Explore genealogy for John Smith born 1876 Brecknockshire, Wales including research + children + more in the free family tree community. probably to the zeal for all things Scottish be Queen Victoria and
to suspend disbelief for the sake of a picturesque set. exhibition in London in 1851. Sturat brothers
Water's Gleanings). (See
Tinnocks, Mossgiel, Ballochmyle, Poosie Nancies, Barskimming House,
Ancestry chart from Rory O'Moore and Mary Crofts (Stuart) Edit Birth: 1595, England Death: 1635 Jamestown James City County Virginia, USA La correspondance qu'il entretient avec elle pendant sa présidence montre qu'il est en même temps l'ami et le rival de Jefferson. should have been Andrew's last surviving son James, who had trained
clan and antiquarian sources they consulted, were all too willing
by less than 3 weeks. and two other freeholders were fined four pence each for not attending the
John William Smith (1876) John William. had many Williams, many mercers and aldermen and gentlemen, one cannot
John Smith was born and brought up in county Monaghan, probably of Scottish stock. As in other areas of Scotland, the Victorian
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