There were over 2000 marriages registered as Smither, Smithers or Smythers in England and Wales between 1837 and 1911, I am trying to find the name of the spouse for each and every one of them (without ordering the certificates!)

With the FreeBMD marriage Index now virtually complete for this period it is normally possible to cross-check any entry with the subsequent census and identify the correct spouse; post 1901 marriages are difficult as the 1911 Census is not yet available and any marriage prior to 1852 yields four potential spouses as each page contains four marriages as opposed to the two thereafter.

What follows is a list of the Grooms for which the above method has not worked, I would be very grateful to hear from anyone who could identify any of the missing spouses.

If you have a query about any marriage not on the list please get in touch as I may have some information that may be of use. I hope to post a similar list for Brides shortly.

Best Wishes,

Michael J. Smither
Vienne, France

SMITHER
1838 Jun Richard Stepney II 344
1839 Jun William Reading XI 319
1839 Sep John St Geo Han Sq I 12
1839 Sep John St Geo Han Sq IV 420
1842 Dec George William Shoreditch II 331
1843 Sep John S Stoneham VII 253
1844 Jun William G Lambeth IV 268
1845 Mar David Guildford IV 148
1846 Dec Stephen Strand I 382
1848 Sep Christopher Stoke On trent XVII 205
1849 Sep Henry Edmonton III 130
1852 Sep Thomas Bethnal Green 1c 682
1853 Sep Henry Milson Exeter 5b 206
1854 Sep Alfred Gottliebe St Luke 1b 755
1855 Mar Robert Guisbro 9d 555
1859 Dec Charles Wisbeach 3b 1421
1901 Dec Percy Croydon 2a 651
1903 Jun Walter Winchester 2c 254
1904 Jun Bernard John Wantage 2c 701
1906 Jun William Marylebone 1a 1291
1909 Dec George Godstone 2a 443
1911 Sep Harry J Southampton 2c 94

SMITHERS
1838 Sep James Stepney II 386
1838 Dec George Marylebone I 175
1838 Dec John St Geo East II 27
1839 Jun Henry Hayfield XVIIII 453
1839 Sep George Newington IV 325
1840 Mar John Frederick Romney Marsh V 473
1840 Jun James Rochdale XXI 370
1840 Dec James Kensington III 188
1841 Sep William Blackburn XXI 26
1843 Mar Anthony Radford XV 705
1843 Mar William Pickering XXIV 400
1843 Jun John Lambeth IV 230
1844 Jun Henry Hambledon IV 175
1844 Jun Henry Lambeth IV 268
1844 Dec William Portsea VII 289
1845 Mar John Kensington III A214
1845 Mar Joseph Liverpool XX 242
1846 Mar Joseph George Lewisham V 323
1846 Sep James Liverpool XX 208
1847 Mar John Newington IV 320
1847 Mar Thomas Richard Lambeth IV 264
1847 Jun Thomas John St Giles I 101
1847 Dec Thomas Pickering XXIV 550
1848 Dec William Doncaster XXII 76
1849 Mar Edward St George E II 67
1849 Sep Alfred Lambeth IV 322
1850 Jun John Newington IV 429
1851 Jun Christopher Ulverstone XXV 197
1851 Sep Charles Guildford IV 196
1851 Sep Henry James Camberwell IV 57
1851 Dec Charles Edward St Geo East II 206
1852 Sep Richard Lambeth 1d 372
1856 Mar William Whitechapel 1c 630
1856 Dec Thomas Hambledon 2a 1000
1857 Mar James Hambledon 2a 105
1857 Sep George Islington 1b 331
1859 Dec Thomas Lambeth 1d 562
1862 Jun John Green St Geo East 1c 849
1862 Jun William Hackney 1b 434
1862 Sep William St George S 1d 151
1863 Mar John Shoreditch 1c 334
1863 Mar William Guildford 2a 60
1863 Jun Alfred Shoreditch 1c 326
1865 Mar George John Windsor 2c 585
1865 Jun Benjamin Poplar 1c 1132
1865 Sep William George E London 1c 7
1868 Dec George Bethnal Green 1c 583
1870 Jun William Mile End 1c 1124
1875 Sep Thomas Islington 1b 628
1877 Jun Henry West Ham 4a 122
1880 Jun William Barton 8c 690
1881 Sep Frederick Hackney 1b 775
1883 Dec David Guildford 2a 160
1886 Mar Arthur Augustus Kingston 2a 356
1887 Jun Albert Edward Winchester 2c 192
1887 Jun George Isle of Wight 2b 937
1887 Jun Richard Guildford 2a 137
1892 Mar Henry Strand 1b 722
1894 Mar James Woolwich 1d 1468
1896 Jun Alfred Guildford 2a 167
1899 Sep Frank Henry Christchurch 2b 1438
1901 Jun Harry Sevenoaks 2a 1397
1901 Jun William Frederick Kingston 2a 741
1901 Jun William Frederick Chertsey 2a 128
1901 Sep Harry East Grinstead 2b 284
1901 Sep James John Marylebone 1a 1283
1901 Sep Richard Richmond S 2a 954
1901 Sep William Edmonton 3a 665
1901 Dec Edward Mile End 1c 733
1901 Dec Richard St Olave 1d 505
1902 Mar Fred Brentford 3a 120
1902 Mar Henry George Bromley 2a 699
1902 Jun George Frederick St Olave 1d 308
1902 Jun Harry Robert Hambledon 2a 249
1902 Sep John William Reading 2c 797
1902 Sep William Henry Farnham 2a 249
1902 Dec Dan Stenning Hambledon 2a 331
1903 Mar Edward Samuel Camberwell 1d 935
1903 Mar James St Olave 1d 275
1903 Mar Thomas James Hackney 1b 497
1903 Jun Edwin Tunbridge 2a 1589
1903 Sep George Henry Chertsey 2a 95
1903 Sep Harry Ernest Medway 2a 1466
1903 Sep Henry James Croydon 2a 639
1903 Sep Walter Thomas Sevenoaks 2a 1577
1903 Sep Wilfred Wycombe 8a 1695
1903 Dec Albert Hambledon 2a 315
1903 Dec Frederick Thomas Colchester 4a 1234
1903 Dec James Kingston 2a 791
1903 Dec Joseph Patrick Wandsworth 1d 1158
1903 Dec Leonard Wallace Brighton 2b 459
1903 Dec William Dan Farnham 2a 255
1904 Jun Walter James S Medway 2a 1391
1904 Jun William Frederick West Ham 4a 214
1904 Sep George kingston 2a 806
1904 Sep Walter Charles Edmonton 3a 798
1904 Dec Albert Edward Fulham 1a 557
1904 Dec Arthur Windsor 2c 1035
1904 Dec Frederick William L Camberwell 1d 1443
1904 Dec William Eton 3a 1369
1904 Dec William John Portsmouth 2b 1151
1905 Jun Frederick William Hampstead 1a 1298
1905 Jun Henry Newport M 11a 491
1905 Sep Frank Reigate 2a 411
1905 Sep Frederick Charles Wandsworth 1d 977
1905 Sep George Frederick Wandsworth 1d 999
1905 Dec Mark Chertsey 2a 78
1905 Dec Walter Eli Dorking 2a 384
1906 Jun Cornelius Bromley 2a 1059
1906 Jun Walter Hambledon 2a 328
1906 Sep William Marylebone 1a 1344
1906 Dec Albert Alfred West Ham 4a 77
1906 Dec William Southwark 1d 299
1907 Mar Charles Alfred Chichester 2b 595
1907 Jun George James Paddington 1a 155
1907 Sep Alfred George Marylebone 1a 1474
1907 Sep George Poplar 1c 950
1907 Sep William George Staines 3a 6
1907 Dec Charles George Sevenoaks 2a 1481
1908 Mar William John Lambeth 1d 509
1908 Jun Charles Frederick Brighton 2b 402
1908 Sep Alfred Archibald Paddington 1a 98
1908 Sep William Farnham 2a 267
1909 Dec Edward Henry Dover 2a 2200
1910 Mar Arthur Guildford 2a 135
1910 Mar Henry Sevenoaks 2a 1221
1910 Mar William Croydon 2a 491
1911 Mar Robert W Lewes 2b 277
1911 Sep Harold Birkenhead 8a 1088
1911 Dec Frederick J Islington 1b 711
1911 Dec John Kings N 6c 888

SMYTHERS
1846 Sep Robert Isle of Wight VIII 344
1909 Sep Ernest Robert Lewisham 1d 2289