SMITH, Emily Clara
b.1879 - d.1917 This lady seems to have spent much of her life needing support. 1870s Emily was born on 6th August 1879 in Bethnal Green, to William James Smith,...
The glove maker
The young bookkeeper and the Silk Merchant
Additional difficulty of not speaking English
The Yale graduate and published author
The boisterous, Victorian star of the stage
Famous Flamenco dancer and Picasso’s muse
The mysterious case of the Widow and the Decorator – The mystery of a lady who left home and was never seen again. Only years later was she found to have died in Epsom with a different name.
Found wandering the streets by the Police, aged 3 years old. Sylvester was taken to the workhouse.