Person:Jessie Smith (48)

Jessie SMITH was b. abt 1874 at Singapore (1901 census). Jessie marr (6aug1894 Singapore) William George Henry MORELL (M. Jones). William George Henry Morrell, chief officer Eastern Extension Telegraph Company's steamer Recorder, and 2nd son of Commander George T. Morrell, RN, Belvedere Kent, marr Jessie, 5th dau of W. Buchanan Smith, 6aug1894 at Singapore (Morning Post, findmypast). Jessie Buchanan Smith (1874 Singapore) marr William George Henry Morrell (1863 Kent) (ancestry.com tree). William was b. 2sep1863 at Belvedere, Kent and d. 16jun1939. William (a 1st officer) was son of Capt Morrell, RN (M. Jones). William George Henry Morrell was b. 3rd qtr 1863 at Medway, Kent (bmd).

William G.H. Morrell (1863) d. 2nd qtr 1939 at Barnstaple, Devon; Jessie B. Morrell (1874) d. 1st qtr 1961 at Barnstaple (bmd). William George Henry Morrell (1863-16jun1939) and wife, Jessie Buchanan (1874-feb1961) were buried at Ilfracome, Devon (findagrave). Will of William George Henry Morrell (d. 16jun1939) of South View Ilfracombe Devon; will of Jessie Buchanan Morrell (d. 15feb1961) of 1 South View Upper Torrs Ilfracombe widow; admin to George Truman Morrell (Nat. Probate Calendar). Capt William George Henry Morrell of South View, Ilfracombe, master mariner, d. 16jun1939; he left money to wife and sons George Truman and Arthur Truman Morrell (Western Morning News, findmypast).

In 1911 Jessie Morrell (1874 Singapore, 3 children, 2 living) and Arthur (1902 Belvedere, Kent) boarded at Wilton and Taunton, Somerset (census). In 1912 Capt Morrell arrived at Singapore (Straits Times); William was in 1913 a Capt with Straits Steamship fleet (Straits Times, obit of father of Jessie).