Individual Details

John SMITH

(Abt 1816 - 14 Jun 1866)

Birth	Abt 1816	England
Emigration	1828	and is believed to have been a stable-boy aboard the "Persian" which arrived in Sydney 6 Feb 1829 with 11 thoroughbred English horses, some of the earliest thoroughbreds imported into the colony. However his name does not appear on the list of passengers arriving
Marriage	14 May 1847	Gegedzerick near Berridale, Cooma, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - Frances KEOGH
Note-shared	1856	(Frances KEOGH) She deserted John about 14 months after the birth of her youngest child Mary Ann, leaving him with the eldest child, John Walter, then aged 7. It seems likely that her other two children, Eliza & James had died by this stage. Nothing more is heard from Frances until 1864 when she bears a child (Robert 1864-1867) to Robert SHARP in Young, NSW
Death	14 Jun 1866	Buckley's Crossing (now Dalgety), Cooma, New South Wales, Australian Colonies
Note	23 Jun 1866	A report of John's death appeared in the Goulburn Herald on the 23 Jun 1866 as follows: "Awfully Sudden Death-We have been informed that on Thursday last, a man named John Smith, for many years in the employ of the late Mr. Charles Wright, of Bobundra, but for some time past occupying a selection at MIittagong, fell from a chair upon which he was sitting, in the house of Mr. Barnes, Buckley's Crossing, and before assistance could be afforded him, expired. Smith was generally known by the nickname of Jacky Sancho, and leaves a wife and family on Monaro. We have not ascertained the actual cause of death"