Individual Details

Robert SMITH

(Abt 1828 - 1 Dec 1897)

Events

Birth	Abt 1828	although no actual baptism has been found to date. His Death Certificate implies 1829, his mother's Death Cert implies 1828/29 and his immigration record implies 1826/27. Just to add to the confusion his headstone says that he was 72 when he died in 1897 implying that he was born about 1825 - Great Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Emigration (fam)-shared	14 Sep 1840	(William John SMITH and Margaret IRELAND) on board the "Brothers" with wife Margaret and children Jannet, Robert, William & Mary. They arrived in Port Jackson 11 Mar 1841. Jannet & Mary travelled under the Smith name even though their surnames were properly Boland or Bolling - Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Marriage	12 Jul 1851	Dapto, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - Caroline FLEMING
Marriage	26 May 1864	Church of England, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia - Sarah Stoneham HUNT
Occupation	26 May 1864	sawyer
Note	4 Sep 1867	Robert appeared on a list of petitioners requesting the creation of a separate municipality for the Numbaa area
Note	1879	Robert moved his family to Albury in about 1879 and in the 1878-79 NSW state elections at the Hume voting booth, Robert Smith (aged 49) is recorded residing at Guinea St in Albury, NSW. In the 1882-83 NSW election for the division of Albury, Robert (aged 53) is recorded residing at "railway line, Bowna", (Bowna is a short distance north of Albury - his railway workers' cottage was probably located adjacent to Plunkett Rd, which is the only side road at Bowna off the Hume Hwy which crosses the railway line). In the 1888-89 NSW election for the division of Albury, he is recorded residing at "railway line, Albury" & in the 1895-96 NSW election in the Hume Division at the Albury voting booth, Robert Smith railway porter (age about 67) is recorded still residing at "railway line" (presumably in a railway cottage nearby to Albury station). At the time of his death in Albury one year later in 1897 (at the stated age of 68), the informant had noted his occupation as "railway porter". However, many years later at the time of his daughter Sarah's death in 1929, his occupation as noted by the informant had changed to that of "station master" at Albury!
Occupation	1897	railway porter
Death	1 Dec 1897	Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Burial	27 Dec 1897	Albury Pioneer Cemetery, Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Families

Spouse	Caroline FLEMING (1835 - 1859)
Child	Richard SMITH (1852 - )
Child	Thomas SMITH (1853 - 1855)
Child	Margaret Jane SMITH (1854 - 1929)
Child	Robert Donald SMITH (1858 - 1947)

Spouse	Sarah Stoneham HUNT (1845 - 1917)
Child	Jeanette Harriett SMITH (1865 - 1866)
Child	Sarah Stoneham SMITH (1866 - 1929)
Child	William Robert SMITH (1868 - 1873)
Child	Thomas Buchanan SMITH (1870 - 1905)
Child	Janet Harriett SMITH (1872 - 1902)
Child	Rebecca Mary SMITH (1874 - 1909)
Child	Florence Edith SMITH (1877 - 1959)
Child	Minnie Amelia "Emily" SMITH (1879 - 1957)
Child	George Alexander SMITH (1882 - 1959)
Child	Richard Leithworthy SMITH (1885 - 1924)
Child	Thirza Clementine SMITH (1888 - 1926)

Father	William John SMITH (1791 - 1862)
Mother	Margaret IRELAND (1785 - 1875)
Sibling	Jannet SMITH (1813 - 1860)
Sibling	John SMITH (1815 - 1888)
Sibling	Alexander SMITH (1821 - 1875)
Sibling	Thomas SMITH (1823 - 1882)
Sibling	Samuel SMITH (1825 - 1827)
Sibling	Joseph SMITH (1827 - 1841)
Sibling	Samuel SMITH (1829 - 1841)
Sibling	Hannah SMITH (1831 - 1841)
Sibling	Adam SMITH (1833 - 1841)
Sibling	William SMITH (1835 - 1892)

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