Family of William Ransom and Cassandra Smith

Husband:
William Ransom (1806?-1849)
Wife:
Cassandra Smith (1813?-1897)
Marriage Banns:
12 Oct 1834
St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹
both single of this parish, also 19th and 26th October 1834
Marriage:
6 Nov 1834
St. Clement's Church, Star Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England² ³ ⁴
Cassandra as Cassandar Smith, both single and of this parish, witnessed by John Bondsfield, Rachel Bondsfield and Mary Smith

Husband: William Ransom

Name:
William Ransom⁵ ⁶
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
seaman / mariner⁵ ⁷
Birth:
1806 (app)⁶ ⁸
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 34-35)
Albion Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁹
aged 30, mariner living with his wife, a step daughter and mother-in-law. Born in Suffolk
Death:
Aug 1849 (age 42-43)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁰ ⁸ ¹¹ ⁷
died of cholera
Burial:
14 Aug 1849
St. Helen's Church, St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁸
aged 43
Inquest:
14 Nov 1849
Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁷ ¹²
he was a mariner on the brig Port Packet of Ipswich which had previously sailed from Gravesend and Rotherhithe on the Thames, where there was talk of cholera. He was given brandy and tincture of rhubarb and along with three other crew succumbed to cholera.

The Port Packet was lost at sea with all hands near Sunderland on 23rd January 1863

Name:
Cassandra Smith¹³ ¹⁴
Sex:
Female
Father:
James Smith (1782?-1838)
Mother:
Elizabeth Green (1785?-1875)
Occupation:
stay maker then a general shop keeper after her second husband died¹⁵ ¹⁶
Birth:
1813 (app)
Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England¹³ ¹⁵
Baptism:
18 Nov 1813 (age 0)
St. Andrew's Church, Rushmere Street, Rushmere St. Andrew, Suffolk, England¹⁴ ¹⁷ ¹⁸
daughter of James Smith (labourer) and Elizabeth
Census:
6 Jun 1841 (age 27-28)
Albion Place, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁹
aged 25, living with her husband, a daughter and her mother. Born in Suffolk
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 37-38)
Church Street, St. Clement, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁵
head of the household aged 37 widow, stay maker living with three lodgers (including future son-in-law Henry Palmer). Born in Rushmere Suffolk
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 47-48)
49 St. Helens Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁹
wife aged 48 married, living with her husband. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 57-58)
near Storm Yard, Trinity, Ipswich, Suffolk, England²⁰
wife aged 60 married, living with her husband. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 67-68)
Fore Hamlet, Ipswich, Suffolk, England¹⁶
head of the household aged 67 widow, general shop keeper living alone. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census absence:
5 Apr 1891 (age 77-78)
Death:
1 Dec 1897 (age 86)
Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England¹³ ²¹
Burial:
3 Dec 1897
Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England⁸
aged 86

1.: Suffolk Records Office (Lowestoft) - Parish Records. St. Clements Ipswich. Suffolk Record Office (Lowestoft), Suffolk Record Office, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England.

2.: Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Ipswich St. Clements fiche:25 of 88. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

3.: Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:M13179-1 sys:England-ODM film:918524.

4.: Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Marriage Index 1813 - 1837, (1992 - 2005 own copy). volume:6 Part B page:43.

5.: Marriage Certificate. of Henry Palmer & Cassandra Smith 17/10/1852 at Ipswich. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.

6.: England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).

7.: FindMyPast Newspaper article, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). The Ipswich Journal Saturday 18 August 1849 page:4.

8.: The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

9.: England and Wales Census 1841, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1043 folio:65 page:28.

10.: Kathy Przeniczny personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 22 January 2006.

11.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1849 quarter:3 volume:12 page:313.

12.: Paula Hadgraft's Family tree, (on-line at members.optusnet.com.au/~phadgraft/familytree/pafg40.htm#16099).

13.: Kathy Przeniczny's nee Adams Family tree, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

14.: Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C13129-2 sys:England-ODM film:952987.

15.: England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1800 folio:207 page:4.

16.: England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1873 folio:58 page:8.

17.: Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Rushmere St. Andrew fiche:4 of 10. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

18.: Kathy Przeniczny personal communication. email. Cit. Date: 20 January 2006.

19.: England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1165 folio:200 page:12.

20.: England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1754 folio:42 page:28.

21.: England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1897 quarter:4 volume:4a page:512.