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GOLDSMITH, Florence
1856 - 1942 (85 years) Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
1833 - 1868 (34 years)-
Name GOLDSMITH, Florence Birth 8 Jun 1856 Whitstable, Kent, England 
Gender Female Death 1942 Lambeth, Greater London, England Person ID I6293 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father GOLDSMITH, James, b. 14 Oct 1833, Trimingham, Norfolk, England d. 1868, Blean, Kent, England (Age 34 years) Relationship natural Mother MADAMS, Jane Maria, b. Between 1828 and 1829, Whitstable, Kent, England d. 1896, Blean, Kent, England (Age 68 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1855 Canterbury, Kent, England Family ID F2407 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SEARLE, William James, b. 2 Mar 1853, Whitstable, Kent, England d. 1945, Camberwell Registration District, London (Age 91 years) Marriage 1877 Blean, Kent, England Family ID F2409 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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FLORENCE GOLDSMITH 1856-1942
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The birth of a Florence GOLDSMITH was registered in 1856.
(GRO June 1856 Blean [which includes Whitstable] 2a 524)
From the 1861 census of High Street, Whitstable, Kent:
James GOLDSMITH, head, aged 27, shipwright, born at Trimmingham (sic), Norfolk;
Jane M. GOLDSMITH, wife, aged 32, born at Whitstable, Kent;
*Florence GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 5, born at Whitstable, Kent;
Jane M. GOLDSMITH, daughter, aged 3, born at Whitstable, Kent;
Lavinia HAMMOND, lodger, aged 58, unmarried, born at Whitstable, Kent.
(RG9/524/110/2)
The marriage between Florence GOLDSMITH and William James SEARLE was registered in 1877.
(GRO December Q 1877 Blean 2a 1329)
The 1911 census of 52 Regent Road, Herne Hill, London:
James SEARLE, head, aged 58, railway porter, born at Whitstable, Kent;
*Florence SEARLE, wife, aged 54, married 34 years, born at Whitstable, Kent;
Fanny SEARLE, stepmother, aged 69, widow, born at Frod's Hill, Isle of White (sic).
(RG14PN2098 RG78PN72 RD25 SD4 ED49 SN75)
The 1939 Register of 52 Regent Road, Lambeth, London:
William J. SEARLE, born 2 March 1853, retired traffic foreman, married;
*Florence SEARLE, born 8 June 1856, domestic work, married.
(RG101/0364C/003/24)
The death of a Florence SEARLE (aged 86) was registered in 1942.
(GRO September Q 1942 Lambeth 1d 151)
NB: No proof that this is the correct entry, but it is the only one that fits and the 1911 census shows her and her husband to have been living at Herne Hill in the Lambeth Registration District.
(revised 08.08.2017)