Catherine Smith

     Catherine was born in 1801 in Eisham, Lincolnshire, England. Catherine married John [possible son] Colton, son of John Colton II and Mary Johnson, on 30 September 1825 in Wrawby, Lincolnshire, England, at St. Mary the Virgin Church.¹ John & Catherine had a daughter, Sarah. Catherine was listed on the 1841 English census living in Township of Glanford Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, on Wrawby Street. Enumerated in this household were Catherine Colton [35 Lincolnshire, England - shop keeper], Elizabeth Singer [25 England]. Sarah Colton [13 England], Jane Bingley [15 England] They were living on Market Place. Glanford Brigg District 2][All that part of the township of Glanford Brigg which lies on the north side of the Market Place and the south side of Wrawby Street].² Catherine was listed on the 1851 English census living in Great Grimbsby, Lincolnshire, England, on Clett Thorp's Road. Enumerated in this household were Henry Clarence Cowley [23 Ireland], his wife, Sarah [23 Brigg, Lincolnshire], his mother, Mary Cowley [57 Middlesex, London], wife's mother, Catherine Colton [49 Elsham, Lincolnshire], pupil, George Jarvis [16 Brigg, Lincolnshire] and servant Martha White [16 Lincolnshire]. He is an engineering surveyor. Catherine is a landed proprietor. They are living on Clett Thorp's Road. [Civil Parish: Great Grimsby; Town: Great Grimsby; Registration District: Caistor; Sub Registration District: Great Grimsby, page 42] Catherine was listed on the 1861 English census living in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, at Wool Pack Inn on Market Place. Enumerated in this household were Richard Stringer [49 Brigg, Lincolnshire][Innkeeper], his wife: Elizabeth [49 Brigg, Lincolnshire], Richard Edward [17 Brigg, Lincolnshire][scholar], mother: Mary Stringer [84 St. Edmond's, County Suffolk][widow], lodger: Catherine Colton [59 Elsham, Lincolnshire], governess: Lucy Lewis [24 Hull, Yorkshire], neice: Mary Cowley [9 Grimsby, Lincolnshire], nephew: William Cowley [6 Wiltshire, Seme], servants: Sarah Wiclsley [29 Lincolnshire], Mary Parkes [17 Brigg, Lincolnshire], Rebecca Yardly [29 Bar__, Lincolnshire] and other: Benjamin Hocking [25 Castlethorp, Lincolnshire]. They are living at the Wool Pack Inn on Market Place in Brigg. [Registration District: Glanford Brigg; Sub Registration District: Brigg, page 1] Catherine departed this life in 1870 in Brigg, Lincolnshire, England.³