May Hampton FYFE SMITH

1892 - 1995  (102 years)

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• Name	May Hampton FYFE SMITH
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	22 Sep 1892	Letham, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland
  	Birth registration index entry (on ScotlandsPeople website) shows: FYFE, Mary [sic] Hampton, female 1892 ref: 283/ 28, Dunnichen RD
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	1911
  	Linen weaver
  	Not shown as working at home, so presumably in a factory. Shown as part of the linen and jute weaving industry, an industry in which many in the area were employed.
  Emigrated	10 Apr 1915	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  	Sailed on "Tuscania"
  	May sailed with her 6 month old son, bound for New York and with an intended future permanent residence shown as USA (some passengers on the ship had Canada) Record B727/857, from record held by the National Archives, digitised by 1837 online (shown as Mr May Goatham, housewife, aged 22, county of last permanent residence Scotland; the next entry was for 6 mths old Wm H Goatham)
  Emigrated	10 Apr 1915	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  	To / Destination
  Emigrated	20 Apr 1915	Ellis Island, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA
  	Arrival in North America
  	Her name appears with Wm H on the list of passengers leaving on the ship Cameronia, leaving Glasgow for New York on 20th March 1915, but the names were crossed out. They still appeared in Ellis Island arrival records for the Cameronia for 30th March.
  Census	17 Jun 1921	88, Charlotte Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Living at 88 Charlotte Street, where Joseph Ed. ROSE was head of the household, with a housekeeper and two children (all but the youngest child born USA, the youngest born Manitoba), and 13 other roomers. The latter included two other families from Scotland, no obvious link to May (James Williamson and wife Charlotte and 2 young children and Thomas Wallace and wife Jessie, also with 2 young children), a childless young couple, James Smith and wife Charlotte, also from Scotland and 3 others: Achille Wynne Tomplis, born Wales, Role: Household Member
  Census	1930	3520, McKinley Avenue, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
  Role: Household Member
  Also known as	Mary Hampton FYFE
  Died	17 Jul 1995	Orange Co., California, USA
  Buried	21 Jul 1995	Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, USA
  	Date is of funeral, at Westminster Memorial Park Chapel
  Siblings	3 brothers and 2 sisters
  + 1. Lizzie Ann FYFE,   b. 1890, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. 31 Dec 1921, Forfar Reg Dist, Forfarshire, Scotland  (Age 31 years) ▻ George Stephen SCOTT,  m. 1913 + 2. May Hampton FYFE SMITH,   b. 22 Sep 1892, Letham, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. 17 Jul 1995, Orange Co., California, USA  (Age 102 years) ▻ William Frank GOATHAM,  m. 20 Sep 1913 3. Olive Gray FYFE,   b. 2 Oct 1894, Letham, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ John Nelson BOYD,  m. 15 Jul 1921   4. Joseph FYFE,   b. Abt 1898, Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. John FYFE,   b. Abt 1903, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown + 6. Ernest Ramsay FYFE SMITH,   b. 1906, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Agnes Jane HILL,  m. 1932
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William FYFE,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Grandfather)  Elizabeth FINDLAY,   d. Bef 1890  (Grandmother)
  Notes	Birth registration index has her name as Mary, and it is Mary in the 1891-1911 censuses (Scottish). She is May in the Ellis Island arrival record in 1915, and in the 1921 census in Canada, and every record after this that I have seen.
  Person ID	I340	All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), England: Kent Group - subjects of Go(a)tham One-Name Study, All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study , All subjects of the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study, The descendants (and other halves) of Charles Goatham and Sybilla née Hunt, The descendants (and other halves) of George Goatham and Ann née Winch, The descendants (and other halves) of John Prior and Amy née Reynolds, The descendants (and other halves) of Richard Whitehead and Mary née Grigsby
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph FYFE,   b. 1866, Letham, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. 19 Dec 1942, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Mary Ramsay SMITH,   b. 1865, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1942  (Age 78 years)
  Married	21 Feb 1890	Myrtle Cottage, Wyllie Street, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland
  	From marriage registration, which shows the couple married according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. In the 1911 census Mary was shown as married, not widow, but Joseph was not present and she was the head of the household. It shows that they had had 8 children, 7 of whom were still living, although only 6 are to be found in census entries with them (or in 1911 with Mary).
  Family ID	F719	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	William Frank GOATHAM,   b. 4 Feb 1890, Garlinge, Margate, Kent, England ,   d. 14 Nov 1935, California, USA  (Age 45 years)
  Married	20 Sep 1913	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  Children	2 children
  + 1. William Herbert ("Billy") GOATHAM,   b. 11 Sep 1914, 8, Arbroath Road, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. 10 Jul 2004, California, USA  (Age 89 years) ▻ Nancy Lee MCCORMICK  m. 23 Nov 1935 + 2. Georgina “Irene” GOATHAM, [Parents*],   b. 25 Dec 1921, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland ,   d. 23 Mar 2005, Rancho Santa Margarita, Orange Co., California, USA  (Age 83 years)  [Adopted]  [adopted (biologicall] ▻ Norman Harry LITTLE
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  Family ID	F242	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 22 Sep 1892 - Letham, Dunnichen, Forfarshire, Scotland  Married - 20 Sep 1913 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  Child - William Herbert ("Billy") GOATHAM - 11 Sep 1914 - 8, Arbroath Road, Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland  Emigrated - Sailed on "Tuscania" - 10 Apr 1915 - Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland  Emigrated - To / Destination - 10 Apr 1915 - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  Emigrated - Arrival in North America - 20 Apr 1915 - Ellis Island, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA  Census - 17 Jun 1921 - 88, Charlotte Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada  Child - Georgina “Irene” GOATHAM, [Parents*] - 25 Dec 1921 - Forfar, Forfarshire, Scotland  Census - 1930 - 3520, McKinley Avenue, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, USA  Died - 17 Jul 1995 - Orange Co., California, USA  Buried - 21 Jul 1995 - Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles Co., California, USA   = Link to Google Earth (if installed; see link below to install)
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