Thomas Smith ⁸

  Noted events in his life were:

• Surname Derivation. ²² Variations include Smithe, Smyth, Smythe, Smye.
From the Olde English smio, meaning "smith blacksmith or farrier" or the Olde English smippe, "a worker at the smithy".
Examples:-
Ecceard Smio, 975, Durham.
AElfword oe Smith, 1100, Somerset.
Julian le Smithes, 1279, Oxfordshire.
William atte Smithe, 1313, Sussex.

• 1881 British Census, 1881, Bulwell, Nottingham, England. ⁸ Thomas is recorded as being 45 years old, occupation as Coal Miner, and head of the household, address:-
16 Quarry Road,
Bulwell, Nottingham, England.

Also living in the household was:-
his wife Emma (COOPER), age 42
their children,
Hanna SMITH age 21, Dress Maker,
Samuel SMITH age 18. Coal Miner,
Mary SMITH, age 15, servant at home,
Levi SMITH, age 14, Laboratory at Colliery,
Walter SMITH, age 10, Scholar,
Emma SMITH, age 9, Scholar,
Jane SMITH, age 7, Scholar,
George SMITH, age 3.

• Occupation: Coal Miner, 1881, Bulwell, Nottingham, England. ⁸ The baptism records for all of the children born to Thomas as well as the 1881 census all record his occupation as Coal Miner. This would have been his occupation from when he was young up until 1882, when he took on the butcher's shop.

• Residence: 16 Quarry Road, 1881, Bulwell, Nottingham, England. ⁸

• Occupation: Beer Retailer and Pork Butcher, 1882, Bulwell, Nottingham, England. Shortly after the 1881 census, where Thomas is described as a coal miner living at 16 Quarry Road, he opened a shop which was described in the 1881 Trade Directory as a "Beer Retailer and Pork Butcher".
Thomas' son Samuel became a brewer between about 1882 and 1890, and another son, John Thomas, was a brewer in 1896, both possibly due to this influence from their Father.

• Occupation: Butcher, 1888, Bulwell, Nottingham, England. Thomas was described as a Butcher, with his shop at 48 Quarry Road, Bulwell, and three years later in 1891, his son-in-law, Edwin, opened a bakery in the adjacent shop at 52 Quarry Road.

• Residence: 48 Quarry Road, 1888, Bulwell, Nottingham, England.

Thomas married Emma Cooper, daughter of Samuel Cooper and Unknown, on 1 Apr 1855 in Codnor And Loscoe, Derbyshire, England.¹¹ (Emma Cooper was born <1839> in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England ⁹ and was christened on 6 Jan 1839 in Sutton Cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire, England.)