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HUDSON, William Smith
1838 - 1915 (77 years) Has 12 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.
1812 - 1891 (79 years)-
Name HUDSON, William Smith Birth 1838 Newton, Cambridgeshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1915 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Person ID I1429 Edgoose Last Modified 3 Feb 2026
Father HUDSON, James Vessey, b. 1814, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1895, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 81 years) Mother SMITH, Eliza, b. 1812, Stow Bardolph, Norfolk, England d. 1891, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 79 years) Marriage 28 Jan 1836 West Walton, Norfolk Family ID F658 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family READER, Hannah, b. 1837, Walpole St. Peter, Norfolk d. 1910, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 73 years) Marriage 1873 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire Children 1. HUDSON, Vessey William, b. 1877, West Walton, Norfolk d. 1944, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire (Age 67 years)Family ID F830 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM SMITH HUDSON 1837 or 1838-1915
From the 1841 census of Church End, West Walton, Norfolk:
William SMITH, aged 70, grocer, born in Norfolk;
Ellen SMITH, aged 65, born in Norfolk;
James HUDSON, aged 25, agricultural labourer, born in Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, aged 25, born in Norfolk;
*William HUDSON, aged 3, born in Norfolk;
Eliza HUDSON, aged 1, born in Norfolk;
John HINES, aged 50, independant, born in Norfolk;
Hannah LEE, aged 12, female servant, born in Norfolk;
Robert FREEMAN, aged 15, shoe maker's apprentice.
(HO107/770/13/31/6)
It is unclear whether William and Ellen SMITH were neighbours or part of the HUDSON household. It is probable that they were Eliza HUDSON's parents.
The 1851 census return of Boroughfield, West Walton, Norfolk:
James HUDSON, head, aged 36, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Eliza HUDSON, wife, aged 38, born at Stow Bridge, Norfolk;
*William HUDSON, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Newton, Norfolk (sic);
Eliza HUDSON, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at West Walton;
James HUDSON, son, aged 9, scholar, born at West Walton;
Townsend HUDSON, aged 5, scholar, born at West Walton;
Augustine HUDSON, aged 3, born at West Walton;
Hannah HUDSON, aged 11 months, born at West Walton
(HO107/1766/577/9)
According to the 1851 census of Boroughfield, West Walton, Norfolk, he was born at Newton, Norfolk (HO/107/1766/577/9).
The 1861 census of Broad Gate Road, Sutton St. Edmonds, Lincolnshire:
Matthew CLARKE, head, aged 29, carter, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Eliza CLARKE, wife, aged 21, born at West Walton, Norfolk;
Matthew CLARKE, son, aged 4 months, born at Sutton St. Edmonds;
*Wm HUDSON, brother-in-law, aged 23, agricultural labourer, born at Newton;
Robert RAYNOR, aged 48, widower, agricultural labourer, born at West Wrating (sic), Norfolk.
(RG9/2326/70/3)
The 1871 census of Dam Road, West Walton, Norfolk (next door to Patience EDGOOSE):
Robert HORSLEY, head, aged 64, bricklayer, born at North Runcton, Norfolk;
Mary Ann HORSLEY, wife, aged 53, born at Butley, Suffolk;
*William Smith HUTSON (sic), lodger, aged 32, unmarried, carter, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Thomas HALL, lodger, aged 32, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton;
Jacob HALL, lodger, aged 28, agricultural labourer, born at West Walton.
(RG10/1617/76/8)
William Smith HUDSON married a Hannah NIXON in 1873.
(GRO December Q. 1873 Wisbeach 3b 1414)
Her maiden name was almost certainly READER.
The 1881 census return for Dam Road, West Walton, Norfolk:
*William Smith HUDSON, head, aged 43, farm labourer, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Hannah HUDSON, wife, aged 43, labourer's wife, born at Walpole, Norfolk;
Samuel READER, wife's brother, aged 39, agricultural labourer, born at Tydd Gote, Lincolnshire;
Vessey William HUDSON, son, aged 3, born at West Walton.
(RG11/1697/81/7)
In the 1891 census for Dam Road, West Walton, are listed:
*William S. HUDSON, head, aged 53, fruit dealer, born Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Hannah HUDSON, wife, aged 53, born Walpole, Norfolk;
Ves. Will. HUDSON, a 13 year old scholar, born at West Walton. (RG12/1306/60/8)
The 1901 census of West Walton, Norfolk:
*William Smith HUDSON, head, aged 63, farmer on own account, born at Newton, Cambridgeshire;
Hannah HUDSON, wife, aged 63, born at Walpole;
Vessey William HUDSON, son, aged 23, single, deal porter, born at West Walton;
Harriet Ethel MOTT, visitor, aged 20, single, domestic housemaid, born at Upwell, Norfolk.
(RG13/1557/57/7)
The death of a William S. HUDSON was registered in 1915.
(GRO June Q 1915 Wisbeach 3b 722)
(revised 30.05.2006)