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Found them all and mother is Smith so Fanny must have married a Cole before marrying Ernest Griffiths

There is a marriage of a Joseph Cole to a Fanny Smith in 1897 Holy Trinity Cradley Heath

Need both of Fanny Smith/Cole marriages looked up

Yes Mumbles she was married in 1897 to Joseph Cole, Holy Trinity Oldhill but my mother told me they were only married for two weeks when he died or was killed

So This is Fanny Smith in 1881 and 1891

1881 Census King Street no.7 Rowley Regis Dudley Staffs.
William Smith Head 27 Bricklayers Labourer
Phoebe Smith wife 25
Emma Smith dau 7 Scholar
Fanny Smith dau 4 Scholar
Bertha Smith dau 2
George Smith son 4mths.
All born Rowley Regis Staffs.

1891 Census Gorsty Hill Road Rowley Regis Dudley Staffs.
William Smith Head 40 Bricklayers Labourer
Phoebe Smith wife 37
Emma Smith dau 18 Machinist
Fanny Smith dau 14 General Servant
Bertha Smith dau 12 Scholar
George Smith son 7 Scholar
Savina Smith dau 4 Scholar
Martha Ann Smith dau 3mths.

COLE Joseph SMITH Fanny Cradley Heath, Holy Trinity Sandwell Register Office 19/2/476 1897

COLE Fanny GRIFITHS Ernest A Cradley Heath, St Luke Sandwell Register Office 20/3/286

Joseph Cole 21 died December quartile of 1897 Dudley

Marriage was in December quartile of 1897 so two weeks sounds about right

Marriage 12/12/1897 Holy Trinity Old Hill
Joseph Cole 21 bach. Stuff Maker Granville Road father William Cole Coal Heaver
Fanny Smith 20 sp Granville Road father William Smith
Witnesses William Hoare & Bertha Smith

Marriage 30/7/1899 St. Luke Cradley Heath
Ernest Albert Griffiths 25 bach. Railwayman Old Hill father Joseph Griffiths Horse Driver Deceased
Fanny Cole sp 22 Old Hill father William Cole Labourer
Witnesses Septimus Griffiths & Eliza Smith

So Fannys father is wrong on record

Complete unless queeny has anything to add

Will open new thread on William Smith father of Fanny Smith

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