NameJohn Stace Smith [32, Will of Joseph Turner dated 17 July 1858], [5, Birth of son John Stace Smith on 22nd April 1861 at St George district, Edinburgh], [4, 1871 ref: RG10], [3, Death, Q3 of 1904, Birkenhaed dist, vol 8A, p. 338]
Birthca 1826, Moffat, Dumfriesshire
Deathca Aug 1904, Birkenhead district, Lancs
General1861: Wine Merchant. 1871: Indigo Planter. JP.
Notes for John Stace Smith
He was initially found as being a co-executor, with the wife Elizabeth Smith or Turner his sister, of Joseph Smith, brewer and tea planter. John Smith is an impossible name for searching the indices but John Stace Smith led to finding quite a lot:
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In the 1871 census:
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Stace Smith Head Married Male 45 1826 Indigo Planter Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Margaret M Smith Wife Married Female 37 1834 - Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Mary Jessie Smith Daughter Unmarried Female 15 1856 Scholar East Indies
George J R Smith Son - Male 12 1859 Scholar Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
John S Smith Son - Male 9 1862 Scholar Midlothian, Scotland
Margaret M R Smith Daughter - Female 8 1863 Scholar East Indies
Esther W Smith Daughter - Female 6 1865 - East Indies
Jane M Smith Daughter - Female 3 1868 - Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Ada Smith Daughter - Female 2 1869 - Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Jane Hawkins Servant Unmarried Female 25 1846 General Servant (Domestic) Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Helen Renwick Servant Unmarried Female 23 1848 General Servant (Domestic) Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Annie Jackson Servant Unmarried Female 22 1849 General Servant (Domestic) England
Amy Kirk Servant Unmarried Female 16 1855 General Servant Domestic Queensferry, Linlithgowshire (West Lothian), Scotland
Ref: RG10
Address: Old Well Road, Moffat, Dumfries, Scotland
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In 1901 all the children had flown the next and he was retired:
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
John Stace Smith - Married Male 75 1826 Retired Indigo Planter Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Margaret W Smith - Married Female 56 1845 - Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland
Agnes B Tod - Single Female 22 1879 Domestic Servant Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Ref: RG13
Address: High Street, Moffat, Dumfriesshire
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From The Scotsman of 26 April 1899, he was appointed a JP.
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His death index (what was he doing in Birkenhead?):
First name(s) JOHN STACE
Last name SMITH
Gender Male
Birth year 1825
Age 79
Death quarter 3
Death year 1904
District BIRKENHEAD
County Cheshire
Volume 8A
Page 338
Country England
Record set England & Wales deaths 1837-2007
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Will notes for John Stace Smith
No entry in the English probate records.
No in the Scots Wills.
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Notes for John Stace & Margaret Mouncey (Family)
Their marriage index:
First name(s) John Stace
Last name Smith
Marriage year 1857
Marriage date 22 Sep 1857
Marriage place Dumfries,Dumfries,Scotland
Spouse's first name(s) Margaret Thomson
Spouse's last name Richardson
Place Dumfries
County Dumfriesshire
Country Scotland
Record set Scotland Marriages 1561-1910
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The Dumfries and Galloway Standard had this Announcement (confirming that her second name was NOT Thompson):
On the 22nd Instant, at 34 English Street, here, by the Rev. William Little of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, John Stace Smith, Esq. of Sissourie, Monghyr, Province of Behar, East Indies, to Margaret Mouncey, second daughter of the late James Richardson, Esq., Goodhope.
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