See also

Family of James Berwood SMITH and Rose REES (REECE)

Husband: James Berwood SMITH (1861-1925)
Wife: Rose REES (REECE) (1859-1925)
Children: Eliza Elizabeth SMITH (1897-1898)
Marriage 14 Feb 1918 Mile End Register Office London

Husband: James Berwood SMITH

Name: James Berwood SMITH
Sex: Male
Father: James SMITH (1834- )
Mother: Elizabeth (Ellen) CHANDLER (1833-bef1881)
Birth 1861 Mar Qtr, Whitechapel London
Occupation Lodging House Keeper/Bookmaker/Property developer
Death 30 Oct 1925 (age 63-64) Brighton
Burial St. Patricks R.C. Cemetery
Langthorn Road, Leytonstone, London.

Wife: Rose REES (REECE)

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Rose REES (REECE), 1912, age 53, Copy of Rose HALL (Rees)2

Name: Rose REES (REECE)
Sex: Female
Father: Benjamin REES (1833-1894)
Mother: Rebecca BETAN (BITTAN) (1839-1872)
Birth 24 May 1859 Spitalfields, Whitechapel, London
6 Love Court (off New Goulston Street (south)
Address home of Grand parents.
Religion Jewish
Death 15 Apr 1925 (age 65) Brighton
Burial Marlow Road Jewish Cemetery, East Ham, London
East Ham, London
Section D: Row 28 Plot 9 & 10.

Child 1: Eliza Elizabeth SMITH

Name: Eliza Elizabeth SMITH
Sex: Female
Birth 20 Jan 1897 Mile End Old Town, London
18 Sidney Square
Death 20 Jul 1898 (age 1) London
Burial St Patricks RC Cemetery
Langthorn Road, Leytonstone, London

Note on Marriage

1921 census living at 34 Bedford Square, Brighton. 1925 living at 27 Cannon Place, Brighton, Sussex.

Note on Husband: James Berwood SMITH (1) - shared note

Member of London Sporting Club. Owned 1921 registered as owner of Common Lodging house at 19 Brick Lane and offices in Flower and Dean Street, London. At Death left effects to value of £58,189 and Recources at £59,158 together with various freehold property.

Note on Husband: James Berwood SMITH (2)

Owned four Lodgings houses in Spitalfields - Nos. 5, 56, 57 and 58 Flower and Dean Street with an address at Bancroft Road, Mile End. He would be seen in a beautiful chauffeur driven car in the early First World War years. Chauffeur wore a chocolate-coloured uniform and a Pomeranian dog would accompany them.1

Note on Wife: Rose REES (REECE) (1) - shared note

Left first husband. Daughter by James Smith, Eliza Elizabeth died 20th July 1898 age 18 months. Not buried with second husband but in Jewish cemetery Marlow Road, East Ham, London.

Note on Wife: Rose REES (REECE) (2)

1901 census living at 18 Sidney Square, Mile End with daughter Alice. 1911 census living as Mrs Smith with James SMITH at 1 Bancroft Road, Mile End..

Note on Child 1: Eliza Elizabeth SMITH - shared note

Born at 18 Sidney Square, Mile End. Buried in Smith family plot with father.

Sources

1Jerry White, "Rothschilds Buildings" (Pimlico Edition 2003 (First published 1980)).