Alexander Smart

Alexander Smart, coal merchant, lived at No. 5 from 1891 to 1895. He was born at Hawick on 27 November 1838, son of Alexander Smart, a baker, and Agnes Prest.¹ He served in the Royal Navy before settling in Edinburgh as a coal merchant. Alexander Smart served as an engineer between May 1859 and July 1879.² In the 1881 census his occupation was recorded as ‘Engineer Retired List RN’.³ In 1901, he was described as a retired engineer and coal merchant.⁴ He died at Dollar, Clackmannan on 19 October 1911.⁵

Alexander Smart married Helen Parr in London on 24 December 1860.⁶ She was born in London in 1841,⁷ the daughter of Richard Parr, a publican and former butler, and Helen Rutherford,⁸ and died after 1911. Five of their seven children were living at No. 5 in 1891. They were:

• Helen Smart, born 21 December 1868 at Waterford, Ireland,⁹ was a governess in 1891.¹⁰
• Alfred Campbell Smart, born in Hampshire in 1871,¹¹ was a chemist’s assistant in 1891.¹² He died at Wandsworth, London in 1938.¹³
• John Ernest Smart, born in Hampshire in 1876,¹⁴ was a chemist’s apprentice in 1891.¹⁵
• Agnes Smart was born in Hampshire in 1878.¹⁶ She was unmarried in 1911, living with her parents at Fernbank, Dollar, Clackmannan.¹⁷
• Jeanie Smart was born in Edinburgh on 03 July 1881.¹⁸ She was unmarried in 1911, living with her parents at Fernbank, Dollar, Clackmannan.¹⁹

1. Baptisms (OPR) Scotland. Hawick, Roxburghshire. 28 December 1838. SMART, Alexander. 789/ 50 461. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 22 August 2021.
2. Admiralty. Officers’ Service Records. 03 May 1859. SMART, Alexander. ADM 196/24/30. National Archives. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
3. Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 03 April 1881. SMART, Alexander (Head). 685/4 86/ 01. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
4. Census records. Scotland. Leith North, Edinburgh. 31 March 1901. SMART, Alexander (Head). 692/1 21/ 19. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
5. Testamentary records. Scotland. 04 December 1911. SMART, Alexander. Confirmation. Alloa. National Probate Calendar. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
6. Marriages (PR) England. St Dunstan in the West, London. 24 December 1860. SMART, Alexander and PARR, Helen. P69/DUN2/A/01/MS 10354/9. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
7. Births index (CR) England. St Pancras, London. 3rd Q., 1841. PARR, Helen. vol. 1, p. 281. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 24 August 2021.
8. Census records. England. Emberton, Buckinghamshire. 30 March 1851. PARR, Richard (Head). HO107/1723/670/18. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 24 August 2021.
9. Births (CR) Ireland. Waterford. 21 December 1868. SMART, Helen. 7592944. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie: accessed 25 August 2021.
10. Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. SMART, Alexander (Head). 685A/2 13/ 08. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
11. Births index (CR) England. Portsea Island, Hampshire. Q1, 1871. SMART, Alfred Campbell. vol. 2b, p. 428. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 05 October 2024.
12. Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. SMART, Alexander (Head). 685A/2 13/ 08. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
13. Deaths index (CR). England. Wandsworth, London. 4th Q., 1938. SMART, Alfred Campbell (aged 66). vol. 1d, p. 543. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
14. Births index (CR) England. Portsea Island, Hampshire. Q4, 1876. SMART, John Ernest. vol. 2b, p. 457. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 05 October 2024.
15. Census records. Scotland. St Cuthbert’s, Edinburgh. 05 April 1891. SMART, Alexander (Head). 685A/2 13/ 08. https://ancestry.co.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
16. Births index (CR). England. Portsea Island, Hampshire. 1st Q., 1878. SMART, Agnes. vol. 2b, p. 536. https://gro.gov.uk: accessed 23 August 2021.
17. Census records. Scotland. Dollar, Clackmannan. 02 April 1911. SMART, Jeanie. 467/ 02/ 01. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 05 October 2024.
18. Births (SR) Scotland. St George, Edinburgh. 03 July 1881. SMART, Jeanie. 685/1 1232. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 22 August 2021.
19. Census records. Scotland. Dollar, Clackmannan. 02 April 1911. SMART, Jeanie. 467/ 02/ 01. https://scotlandspeople.gov.uk: accessed 05 October 2024.