Rhoda Smith1

F, b. August 1784, d. 29 March 1862
FatherJohn Smith1 b. c 1751, d. 10 Jan 1830
MotherSarah Cooper1 b. Jan 1755, d. 4 Oct 1828
Relationship3rd great-grandmother of Pamela Joyce Wood
ChartsPedigree for Shirley M. Dean
     Rhoda Smith was born in August 1784 at Heckfield, Hampshire, England.1 She was the daughter of John Smith and Sarah Cooper.1 Rhoda Smith was baptized on 29 August 1784 at Heckfield, Hampshire, England; Her name was listed as Rhodah Smith.1,2 She married James Munday on 1 May 1815 at Heckfield, Hampshire, England; James Monday, bachelor, and Rhoda Smith, spinster, both of this place.1 Rhoda Smith died on 29 March 1862 at Stanley, Yorks, England, at age 77; Rhoda died at the Lunatic Asylum in Stanley of "senile decay". She was listed as aged 76 years and a housewife from Lockwood.
The asylum was opened in 1818 with William Ellis as Director, where he considered the patients to be "little different to beasts".3,4,5 She was buried on 3 April 1862 at Holbeck Cemetery, Holbeck, Yorks, England; Eve Tidswell of the Friends of Holbeck Cemetery sent this writer three photos of the gravestone marker for James and Rhoda Munday.6,4
     She and James Munday appeared on the census of 30 March 1851 at 8 Front Row, Leeds (Southern), Yorks, England; James Munday and family were living at 8 Front Row, in the southern area of Leeds. At this time, just daughter Margaret aged 28, dressmaker, born Hunslet, was living with James aged 62 [b. c1790] and Rhoda, aged 64 [b. c1788]. James was born Reading, Berkshire and Rhoda born Eckfield [sic], Hampshire.7,8 Rhoda Smith and James Munday appeared on the census of 1861 at 8 Front Row, Leeds, Yorks, England; James Munday, 74, sailcloth weaver, Rhoda, 75 and Mary A., 38, milliner. James was b. Berks, Reading, Rhoda in Hampshire, and Mary A., in Leeds.9

Family

James Munday b. c 1787, d. 1 May 1862
Marriage*Rhoda Smith married James Munday on 1 May 1815 at Heckfield, Hampshire, England; James Monday, bachelor, and Rhoda Smith, spinster, both of this place.1 
Children
Last Edited1 Jun 2015

Citations

  1. [S142] Ancestry.com Inc., Hampshire (England) Locality Board, 12 Jul 2009, posted by Vic Wise, Brisbane, AU, taken from Heckfield PR records.
  2. [S329] International Genealogical Index (IGI) V.5, Rhodah Smith entry, Batch # C139361, 1707-1812;.
  3. [S906] Death certificate for Rhoda Mundy, SE/41/298 1862; Apr-Jun, Vol 9c, page 10, Received from GRO on 2 Sep 2008. Certified Copy # DYC 022828, dated 21 Aug 2008.
  4. [S583] Eve Tidswell, "E-mail - Tidswell, Eve," e-mail to Pam Wood Waugh, 20 Sept 2004.
  5. [S907] Dr. Snaith, "West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum."
  6. [S383] Register of Burials for Holbeck cemetery, FHL #2214936, Interment #613, grave 2125; Rhoda Monday, res. Campfield, Leeds, w/o James Monday, Thurs., 3 April 1862, aged 76 yrs. Ceremony performed by Robert Walton.
  7. [S725] Yorkshire Archealogical Society, Leeds 1851 Census Index, Vol 2, L-Z, p. 98.
  8. [S785] Ancestry 1851 British Census Images, online, MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005, England, Yorkshire, Leeds. Source information: HO107/2319 Registration district: Leeds Sub-registration district: South ED, institution, or vessel: 1i Folio: 187 Page: 16to see
    Household schedule number: 60. Household of James Munday.
  9. [S786] Ancestry 1861 British Census Images, online, MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005, England, Yorkshire, Leeds. Source information: RG9/3371 Registration district: Leeds Sub-registration district: South East Leeds ED, institution, or vessel: 9 Folio: 61 Page: 30 Household schedule number: 155. Household of James Munday.