| Birth | 1836 | Little Bolton, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom | | | |
| Baptism | 3 Jul 1836 | 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 | |  | |
| Marriage | 9 Sep 1854 | St Phillip's Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian Colonies - | |  | |
| Annulment | 25 Jul 1857 | was in trouble with his marriage to Mary by Jul 1857 around the time daughter Mary was born. Bell's Life 25 Jul 1857 remarked that "In maintenance we have to notice one case (Burgess v Burgess) in which the price realized was reasonable" - | |  | |
| Death | 2 Sep 1858 | of asphyxiation ("smothered during a fit of epilepsy, to which she was subject") - 101 Prince St, Sydney, New South Wales, Australian Colonies | |  | |