Family of Thomas MAY and Ellen SMITH

Husband:	Thomas MAY (1808-1853)
Wife:	Ellen SMITH (1808- )
Children:	Ursula MAY (1849-1921)
	Bartholomew MAY (1830- )
	Matthew MAY (1835- )
	Mary Ann MAY (1837- )
	Joseph MAY (1839- )

Husband: Thomas MAY

Name:	Thomas MAY
Sex:	Male
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1808	Pisa, Italy
Death	1853 (age 44-45)	Leicester

Wife: Ellen SMITH

Name:	Ellen SMITH
Sex:	Female
Father:	-
Mother:	-
Birth	1808	Doveridge, Derbyshire

Child 1: Ursula MAY

Child 2: Bartholomew MAY

Name:	Bartholomew MAY
Sex:	Male
Birth	1830

Child 3: Matthew MAY

Name:	Matthew MAY
Sex:	Male
Birth	1835

Child 4: Mary Ann MAY

Name:	Mary Ann MAY
Sex:	Female
Birth	1837

Child 5: Joseph MAY

Name:	Joseph MAY
Sex:	Male
Birth	1839

Note on Husband: Thomas MAY - shared note

1. Ursula May's marriage certificate gives her father as Thomas May. His profession is something like 'Cornisher' ???

 

2. See the various notes included in Ursula's entry for the identification of him and his family in the 1851 census in Leicester. Here he is aged 43, a Hawker of Caps, and his place of birth given as 'Peaser, Italy'. See census transcript at www.familychest.co.uk/History/Data/Cen51_003.htm

 

3. In the 1841 census he is a Hawker, age 30, and has an entry 'I' in the column for "Born in Scotland, Ireland or Foreign parts". Obviously this could either indicate Ireland or Italy. The former would at least fit the tradition in my family that Ursula was Irish. Note that the youngest child, Joseph, aged 2, is present in the 1841 census but is missing in 1851.