Individual Details
Alexander SMITH
(6 Apr 1821 - Aft 1875)
Events
| Birth | 6 Apr 1821 | Troqueer, Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom |  | ||
| Baptism | 9 Apr 1821 | Parish Church, Troqueer, Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom | | ||
| Note | 1854 | He served in the Crimea War (1854/6) & was killed in the China War (1856/60) according to Sydney Ross Smith but this is totally unsubstantiated & according to his brother John he was still alive in 1875 when his mother died. Anthony Ivansmith thought he may have emigrated to Australia. Have found a Private Alexander Smith who served in the Crimea (#4036 in the 14th Foot Regiment). This bloke was medically discharged 23 Oct 1856 in Mullingar Barracks, Westmeath, Ireland due to deafness in both ears caused by typhus fever picked up while carrying timber from the ruins of Sebastopol | | ||
| Note | 1863 | A Chelsea Pensioner in NZ, 27th Regiment of Foot, was being paid his pension through to 1878 but I can't see his death anywhere in NZ | |||
| Note | 1871 | An Alexander Smith sailed on the "Lord Ashley" from Auckland arriving Sydney 9 Sep 1871 | | ||
| Note | 1873 | A Chelsea Pensioner in NZ, 58th Regiment of Foot, died 1837 aged 62 (b 1811) so not our Alex | |||
| Note | 1874 | An Alexander Smith sailed on the "Hero" from Auckland arriving Sydney 18 Dec 1874 | | ||
| Death | Aft 1875 | , according to his mother's Death Certificate, | |
Families
| Father | William John SMITH (1791 - 1862) |
| Mother | Margaret IRELAND (1785 - 1875) |
| Sibling | Jannet SMITH (1813 - 1860) |
| Sibling | John SMITH (1815 - 1888) |
| Sibling | Thomas SMITH (1823 - 1882) |
| Sibling | Samuel SMITH (1825 - 1827) |
| Sibling | Joseph SMITH (1827 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Robert SMITH (1828 - 1897) |
| Sibling | Samuel SMITH (1829 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Hannah SMITH (1831 - 1841) |
| Sibling | Adam SMITH (1833 - 1841) |
| Sibling | William SMITH (1835 - 1892) |
Endnotes
1. NSW Death Certificate: Margaret Smith's Death Certificate 969/1875 inlcudes Alexander still living, aged 50
2. Scotlands People, Baptism 882 30/23
3. Scotlands People, Baptism 882 30/23
4. Research by Sydney Ross Smith
5. Military Record, Medical Report 23 Oct 1856 14th Foot Mullingar Barracks, Ireland
6. NSW Unassisted Migration
7. NSW Unassisted Migration
8. NSW Death Certificate: 969/1875 for mother Margaret Smith where he is listed as living & 50 y.o.