More Church Records

This is a followup to Sunday's post.

Thomas Henry Smith (1835 - 1926) and Mary Ann Tinkler (1827 - 1887) were married in the Union Episcopal Methodist Church in Washington, DC.  I guessed that this was Mary Ann's church, as I had other records showing Thomas as a member of Calvary Baptist Church, along with their two children, Ida May (1867 - 1930) and Samuel Thomas (1869 - 1962) and both their spouses.

I had been searching for records from Union ME Church without luck until Sunday afternoon AFTER I made my Sunday post here!

I found christening records for Ida May and Samuel, along with christening records for Samuel's wife, Minnie Riggles (1869 - 1938).  It appears that these three were christened in the Union ME Church and later were baptized in and joined Calvary Baptist Church.

Name                         Ida May Smith
Gender                       Female
Christening Date       27 Sep 1867
Christening Place      District of Columbia
Birth Date                 30 Mar 1867
Father's Name           Thomas H. Smith
Mother's Name          Mary

Name                         Samuel Thomas Smith
Gender                       Male
Christening Date       21 Sep 1869
Christening Place      District of Columbia
Birth Date                 27 Mar 1869
Father's Name           Thomas H. Smith
Mother's Name          Mary Ann

Name                         Minnie Riggles
Gender                       Female
Christening Date       21 Sep 1869
Christening Place      District of Columbia
Birth Date                 23 Mar 1869
Father's Name           Thomas Riggles
Mother's Name          Annie M.

Notice that Samuel and Minnie were christened on the same day!  How cool is that?

"District of Columbia Births and Christenings, 1830-1855", database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F75B-TBQ:6 December 2014)

Church records

Thomas Henry Smith and his family were members of Calvary Baptist Church in Washington, DC.  I was able to connect via email with Paul Rosstead who was very helpful in finding and sending me copies of membership cards for several of the family members.  It appears that Mary Ann Tinkler Smith may not have joined the church and perhaps instead chose to retain her membership with the church she attended before her marriage.  Records indicate that she and Thomas were married at the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, DC.  I have not found any contact information for that church as of yet, but will continue to search.

I have been unable to figure out how to insert a pdf here, so I will just list the information from each of the cards instead.

Membership Card

In No.   479

Out No.   4469

Name    Smith, Thomas H.

How Received     Letter

Name of Church received from Date of Baptism

Date of Action    3/29/1866

How Lost    Death

Name of Church Dismissed to

Date    11/1/26

                                  

Membership Card

In No.   480

Out No.   197

Name    Smith, Ida M.    now Mrs. Ida M. Haight

How Received     Baptism

Name of Church received from Date of Baptism

Date of Action    2/18/1883

How Lost    Letter

Name of Church Dismissed to    Harrisonburg, Va.

Date   5/3/89

Membership Card

In No.   239

Out No.   211

Name    Haight, Willard R.

How Received     Letter

Name of Church received from Date of Baptism   North Bapt. City

Date of Action    5/2/1884

How Lost    Letter

Name of Church Dismissed to    Freemason St., Norfolk, Va.

Date   8/11/87

Membership Card

In No.   480

Out No.   197

Name    Haight, Mrs. Ida M.  nee Ida M. Smith

How Received     Baptism

Name of Church received from Date of Baptism

Date of Action    2/18/1883

How Lost    Letter

Name of Church Dismissed to   Harrisonburg, Va.

Date   5/30/1889

Membership Card

In No.   996

Out No.   2809

Name    Smith, Samuel T.

How Received     Baptism

Name of Church received from Date of Baptism

Date of Action    11/11/1888

How Lost    Erasure

Name of Church Dismissed to    Whereabouts unknown

Date   2/1/17

Membership Card

In No.   2187

Out No.   5937

Name    Smith, Mrs. Samuel T. (Minnie)

How Received     Baptism

Name of Church received from Date of Baptism    10/25/1896

Date of Action    10/15/1896

How Lost    Letter

Name of Church Dismissed to   Presbyterian, Takoma Park, MD

Date   12/23/37

Smith family Bible pages

It's amazing what you find when you decide to clean up your computer files!  I had totally forgotten I had scanned these from Cynda.  I am showing the originals first, then adding my transcription, as best I could make out the writing.

SMITH FAMILY BIBLE PAGES

As best as I can make out the handwriting, these are pages from the Bible belonging to Elizabeth Mary Butcher Smith, with notes from her son, Thomas Henry Smith.

Bible page 1

Births:

Thomas Smith born June 24^th, 1800, in Munden County, Kent, England

Eliz. Mary Butcher born May 5^th, 1808 in Sandwich St., Portsea, Portsmouth, England

Mary Isabella daughter of Thos. And Eliz. M. Smith April 11^th, 1828 Portsmouth

Sydney John born June 14^th, 1830 in garrison of Columbo, Island of Ceylon

Frances Smith born Oct. 9^th, 1831, Kandy, Ceylon

Martha Ann born Oct. 24, 1833, Kandy Ceylon

Thos. H. Smith born Oct. 14^th, 1835, Colombo, Ceylon

Bible page 2

Deaths:

Thomas Smith Died March 23rd, 1838, Garrison of Trincomalie, Ceylon

Sydney J, Smith Died Sept, 29^th, Colombo

Martha Ann died March 16, 1836, Colombo

Elizabeth Mary Smith Died Oct. 31. 1867, Washington

Mary Isabella Vessey Died Feb. 4^th, 1863, Washington

Fanny Cornelia Vessey died August 6, 1862, Washington

Emma Louisa Meany Died August 21, 1861

Fannie Lenetta Meany died Feb. 26^th, 1870, Washington

Bible page 3

Births:

Frank L. Vessey born August 16^th, 1854, Washington

John F. Vessey, born Dec. 6^th 1856, Washington

Fanny L. Meany born August 19^th, 1857, New York

Sarah E. Vessey born Dec 26^th, 1859, New York

Mary I Meany born Jan 1^st, 1860, New York

Fanny C. Vessey born 14 Jan 1861, Washington

Emma Louisa born 18^th June, 1861, New York

John T. Meany born 2^nd Dec 1865, Washington

Ida May Smith born March 30^th, 1867, Washington

S. T. Smith born March 27^th 1869

Bible page 4

Marriages:

Thomas Smith to Elizabeth Mary Butcher by Rev. Mr. Tyrell, St. Paul’s Church, Dublin, April 4, 1827

Mary I. Smith to Leonard Vessey by Rev. Mr, French, Church Ephiphany, Washington, D. C., 13^th November

John J. Meany to Fannie Smith by Rev. Mr. Sathom (?) at the rectory St. Marks Church, New York, June 9^th, 1856

Thomas H. Smith to Mary Ann Tinkler by Rev. Lemon, Washington, D. C. June 20^th, 1865

Bible pages 5:

Happy day, happy day

When Jesus washed

My sins away

March 17^th, 1858

The Lord is my Shebard I shall not want.

(this is the way shepherd was spelled in the rewritten version, but spelled shepherd in the original writing)

(The original faded writing was at the top of the page, and rewritten per margin notes on the bottom of the page.)

Page 6:

Mrs. E. M. Smith

The gift of

Mr. Sheridan

(This was in faded writing at the top of the page and rewritten per margin notes at the bottom of the page.

This was my Mother’s Bible

It was a gift from a dear friend and brother in Christ ----

John Sheriden

Note: around the margin of these two facing pages is written:

My mother was born in Portsmouth, England in 1801.  Rewritten in Washington, D.C. March 9^th, 1902, T. H. Smith