Individual Details

William SMITH

(1835 - 28 Aug 1892)

Events

Birth	1835	Great Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Baptism	13 Sep 1835	St Peter's, Bolton le Moors, 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
Living	1847	with his family - Saddleback Mountain, Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia
Note	1853	He was originally engaged to Eliza Barker's best friend, Ann McKinnon of Bulli, according to some notes written in 1940 by Antony Ivansmith's grandfather, George Franklin Smith
Marriage	4 Jul 1855	St Michael's Church of England, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia - Elizabeth "Eliza" BARKER
Living	1856	Nowra, New South Wales, Australia
Note	1859	William Smith & his son William Smith Jnr signed the Berry Petition (The Shoalhaven Municipality was incorporated on the 21 September 1859; however, errors in the Act, highlighted by Alexander Berry's objections to the inclusion of his land in the Municipality, resulted in the Council ceasing to operate after 1865)
Occupation	1861	a farmer
Living	1861	following the floods of 1860 - Cow Creek, Wandandian, New South Wales, Australia
Living	1871	Tomerong, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation	1872	a farmer living in Tomerong according to Greville's 1872 Post Office Directory. The fact that he also appears in his old village at Wandandian implies that he has only recently moved at this time
Occupation	Aug 1892	a well known Road Construction Contractor in the Tomerong area who according to Antony Ivansmith had contracts for the Prince's Highway & the Jervis Bay Lighthouse
Death	28 Aug 1892	of 'mortis cordis' or heart disease - Sydney, New South Wales, Australian Colonies
Note	29 Aug 1892	Although he lived in Tomerong he was taken off the train ill in Sydney. The Death Certificate was witnessed by Peter Manning & George Amos
Burial	30 Aug 1892	and the funeral notice in the "Mercury" 30 Aug 1892 read "The friends of Robert & William Barker are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of their brother-in-law William Smith to move from the residence of Peter Manning, Coomb St, this day at 3 o'clock for the Presbyterian Cemetery". Note that it is believed that the old Presbyterian Wollongong Cemetery just east of the Wollongong Showground was reclaimed by the council & all headstones lost or destroyed & that this was where William was buried - Pres. Cemetery, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australian Colonies
News Pub (ind)	9 Nov 1892	The Shoalhaven Telegraph reported" "The will of the late William Smith of Tomerong has been proved at one hundred and five pounds"

Families

Spouse	Elizabeth "Eliza" BARKER (1833 - 1905)
Child	William Alfred SMITH (1856 - 1924)
Child	Margaret Alison SMITH (1859 - 1869)
Child	John Barker SMITH (1861 - 1926)
Child	Elizabeth SMITH (1862 - 1908)
Child	Thomas Buchanan SMITH (1864 - 1902)
Child	Mary Jane SMITH (1867 - 1923)
Child	Alexander Barker SMITH (1869 - 1937)
Child	Arthur Joseph SMITH (1871 - 1944)
Child	George Francis "Franklin" SMITH (1874 - 1943)
Child	Robert James SMITH (1876 - 1918)

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	Robert SMITH (1828 - 1897)
Sibling	Samuel SMITH (1829 - 1841)
Sibling	Hannah SMITH (1831 - 1841)
Sibling	Adam SMITH (1833 - 1841)

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