Centuries Past

Lilian Smith

Female 1877 - 1955  (78 years)


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  • Name Lilian Smith 
    Birth 14 Jan 1877  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Occupation 1911 
    Shoe Fitter 
    Census 2 Apr 1911  27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Between 1929 and 1955  27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Medical Abt 1950-1951  27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lilian broke her hip or pelvis from falling down the cellar steps at 27 Mowbray Street, Leicester. She went in the Leicester Royal Infirmary. Her great niece Janice remembers that when she was about aged seven her mum Olive came to her primary school in South Harrow to take her out of lessons so they could both go up to Leicester to look after Lilian. They stayed there for about a week.
    Admon 29 Jan 1953  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    her brother Ernest 
    Admon 2 Oct 1953  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    her brother Joseph 
    Cremation 1955  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Her ashes were scattered
    Beneficiary 16 Aug 1955  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    She received £10 from the Will of Isabella Mary Charters 
    Hobby She was a good embroiderer 
    Name Lily Smith 
    Death 14 Oct 1955  27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Dec 1955 - Lilian Smith age 79 - Leicester 3a 554
    Cremation 17 Oct 1955  Gilroes Crematorium, Groby Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Cremation Register Details
      authority - Leicester City Council
      crematorium - Gilroes Crematorium, Leicester
      grave reference - GOR/Rb/8
      cremation date - 17 October 1955
      register number - 14268
      last name - Smith
      first names - Lilian
      date of death - 14 October 1955
      age - 79 
      disposal location - Scatter Garden Of Remembrance
    Probate 15 Nov 1955  Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Lilian Smith of 27 Mowbray Street Leicester spinster died 14 October 1955. Probate Leicester 15 November 1955 to George Downs electric welder. Effects £709 16s 6d.
    _FSFTID LXQL-D93 
    _FSLINK https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LXQL-D93 
    Person ID I694  FamilyTree1
    Last Modified 28 Aug 2025 

    Father Tom Smith,   b. 13 Oct 1853, Cosby, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1885, Tank Street, North Quay, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 31 years) 
    Mother Sarah Nixon,   b. 24 Oct 1847, Earl Shilton, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1929, 27, Mowbray Street, Leicester, Leicestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F11  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart