Mrs Elizabeth Smart

[annabel]

I'm trying to find who was Mr Smart and what was Elizabeth's maiden name?

Elizabeth Smart married George Cawdery in 1831 at St John the Evangelist, Lambeth. She was a widow OTP, witnesses are Cawderys
In the 1841 census they can be found in Islington where their ages are 30
In the 1851 census she is 50 and born Hertford [shire?] and he is 48
She died in 1857 age 56, so it seems likely she was born 1801

The only other potential clue I have is that their first son was baptised George Hagan Cowdery in 1833 at St John the Evangelist. I have no idea if this is relevant to her, but I haven't found a Hagan/ Smart marriage.

Is there anything I have missed that I could look at?

 

[Sandiep]

there is an Elizbeth Hagan born 1812 parents Henry James 7 Margaret Hagan
at St Marys at Lambeth
only trouble is she married a Thomas Castle in 1851

 

[annabel]

there is an Elizbeth Hagan born 1812 parents Henry James 7 Margaret Hagan
at St Marys at Lambeth
only trouble is she married a Thomas Castle in 1851

 

[Moff]

There's a family tree on FamilySearch which suggests that Elizabeth's name was Hagen when she married George and her birth name was Smart. I also found a website which has a bit about George Hagen Cawdery and suggests that he had sisters Mary Hagen Cawdery (1823-1898) and Elizabeth Cawdery (1837-):

https://wodensden.blogspot.com/2017/01/george-cawdery-1834-1898.html

I thought if it were possible to find Elizabeth Cawdery's birth in 1837 on the GRO it would show her mother's maiden name so that a previous marriage could be investigated, but I couldn't find anything for sure. So many variants of the name are possible!

 

[annabel]

That's a very interesting read about George jr

There's a family tree on FamilySearch which suggests that Elizabeth's name was Hagen when she married George and her birth name was Smart

The marriage, visible on Ancestry, is for Elizabeth Smart, a widow

find Elizabeth Cawdery's birth in 1837 on the GRO

Elizabeth was baptised in June of 1837 as Cowdery, but her age varies on censuses and I think she may have been born just before the GRO registration

 

[Grizel]

Looking for potential Mr Smarts in Lambeth ( you may have already checked this one) - there were two children baptised at St Mary's in 1827, Joseph Peter Smart and Eleanor Jane Smart. Parents John and Elizabeth. John a sailor. Abode Saunders Street.
So far I can't see any trace of John, Elizabeth or the children after 1827 or any suitable deaths.
I can't see anything to link them to your family apart from Elizabeth's name, but it would be good to be able to eliminate them.

 

[Murfomurf]

The blog cited has Elizabeth Smart born around 1809, so one of these Baptisms from FreeReg may be relevant:

Elizabeth SMART Baptism 02 Oct 1808 Sussex Angmering : St Margaret : Other Transcript

Elizth: ( Elizabeth) Mary SMART Baptism 02 Oct 1808 Kent Deptford : St Nicholas : Parish Register

Elizabeth SMART Baptism 14 Aug 1807 Bedfordshire Riseley : All Saints : Unspecified

Elizabeth SMART Baptism 17 Apr 1808 Bedfordshire Riseley : All Saints : Unspecified

Elizabeth SMART Baptism 26 Jul 1807 Bedfordshire Riseley : All Saints : Unspecified

 

[Murfomurf]

Plus a few from FamilySearch:
Elizabeth Sarah Smart
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Christening 26 April 1807
St Sepulchre Newgate, London, England, United Kingdom
Birth 8 March 1807
Parents John Smart, Sarah

Elizth. Mary Smart
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Christening 2 October 1808
Deptford, Lewisham, London, England, United Kingdom
Parents John Smart, Elizth.

Elisabeth Smart
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Christening 4 October 1807
St Leonard's, Shoreditch, London, England, United Kingdom
Birth 13 March 1807
Parents John Smart, Mary