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From: "Pauline & Arthur Kennedy" <>
Subject: Re: {WISBECH] Roll Call - SMITH
Date: Sat, 2 Sep 2006 17:20:04 +0100
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Hi Liz

When the surname is SMITH, an unusual forename like Julius Caesar certainly
makes the family easier to find, though its use is not exclusive to my
family.

As far as I know, his parents named him after Julius Caesar ROBBINS, uncle
of his mother, Sabra Ann SMITH nee DICKINSON. Sabra's mother died in
childbirth and as far as I can tell she spent at least some of her life
before marriage living with this uncle in Wisbech - and he left her about
£200 in his will, which would have been a lot of money to a labourer's wife!

Julius Caesar ROBBINS' parents gave all their children rather unusual
forenames, the others being: Marshall George (3 children of that name, 2
died as infants), Sabra, Deighton, Sempronius, Zadoc and Nightingale Ittai
(male) - all baptised Sutterton LIN. Marshall was their mother's maiden
name, but where the other names came from, I have no idea, though I have yet
to discover anything about the MARSHALL side of the family.

best wishes
Pauline

----- Original Message -----
From: "Liz Parkinson" <>
To: <>; <>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 6:39 PM
Subject: RE: {WISBECH] Roll Call - SMITH


> I would have noticed a name like Julius Caesar SMITH. Especially as I
will
> have to study him for my unseen translations for A Level Latin.
>
> They will have known my family tho - mainly TIPPLE from Clenchwarton, also
> PATRICK, and RAVEN. It is certainly a very unusual name, Julius Caesar,
any
> ideas why they chose it?
>
> Liz
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >My main interest in this area is SMITH:
> >
> >Samuel SMITH (of Leverington) married Sabra Ann DICKINSON 1810 Wisbech
> >
> >Children: (the family were Baptists, so no baptisms)
> >Mary Ann, Sabrian (various spellings), Samuel, Julius Caesar, Marshall
> >George, Julius Caesar & William born Leverington 1811-23
> >Rose Ellen, Elizabeth & Sarah born West Walton NFK 1826-31
> >By 1833 the family were living at Sutton Crosses, Long Sutton, where
Samuel
> >was an Innkeeper/Victualler.
> >
> >My ancestor was Rose Ellen SMITH born 1826, and she married Joseph
JOHNSON
> >(born Tydd St Mary 1822) in Long Sutton 1846
> >
> >Sabrian married William LAMBERT, and they lived in Wisbech. Julius Caesar
> >SMITH (2) was a Baptist minister & Schoolmaster in Wiggenhall for a while
> >around 1841.
> >
> >Also in Wisbech was Sabra Ann DICKINSON's uncle, Julius Caesar ROB(B)INS,
> >born Sutterton LIN 1775. Some other members of the ROBBINs family also
> >ended
> >up in Wisbech.
> >
> >Samuel SMITH (senior) was almost certainly son of Job SMITH & Rose
BRISTER,
> >baptised Mundham NFK 1788. The family were in Kings Lynn and Clenchwarton
> >around 1796 - 1804 (maybe longer) before returning to Ashby NFK.
> >
> >It is likely that the Job SMITH who married Susannah LOWDEN in
Clenchwarton
> >in 1810, and was a farmer in Terrington St Clement, was brother of my
> >Samuel
> >SMITH.
> >
> >Anyone any connections?
> >
> >Thanks
> >Pauline Kennedy

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