Individual Details

John Barker SMITH

(23 Jan 1861 - 9 Jun 1926)

Events

Birth23 Jan 1861(not registered until 15th March 1861) - Wandandian, New South Wales, Australia
Marriage13 Jul 1887C of E School Church, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia - Anne (Annie) MULLEY
Occupation13 Jul 1887labourer
OccupationMay 1892fettler & lived in a house provided by the Railway Dept. His wife Annie tended the gates at the Jasper's Brush level crossing for 10/- per year
Occupation1920ganger on the NSW Government Railways
Note1923He bought an Essex (motor car) around 1923/24 & the family generally believed him to be a "terrible driver"
Death9 Jun 1926of a cerebral haemorrhage & artiosclerosos - David Berry Hospital, Jaspers Brush, New South Wales, Australia
Burial11 Jun 1926Anglican Old Section, Row D, Grave 9 (Thru gate, left-hand side, 4th row from centre, 9th grave from road - double grave with John & Ann on top of each headstone) - Berry General Cemetery, Berry, New South Wales, Australia
News Pub (ind)15 Jun 1926a Death Notice in the Sydney Morning Herald appeared as follows: " SMITH -June 11, at Berry Hospital, John Barker Smith, beloved father of Syd, Alice, Myrt, Vera and Reece, aged 65 years"

Families

SpouseAnne (Annie) MULLEY (1868 - 1925)
ChildJohn Olley "Jack" SMITH (1888 - 1915)
ChildGeorge Robert SMITH (1889 - 1892)
ChildSydney Gordon SMITH (1892 - 1940)
ChildAlice Adelaide SMITH (1894 - 1962)
ChildAnnie Sylvia Myrtle SMITH (1896 - 1981)
ChildVera Victoria SMITH (1899 - 1983)
ChildEllis Reece SMITH (1901 - 1966)
FatherWilliam SMITH (1835 - 1892)
MotherElizabeth "Eliza" BARKER (1833 - 1905)
SiblingWilliam Alfred SMITH (1856 - 1924)
SiblingMargaret Alison SMITH (1859 - 1869)
SiblingElizabeth SMITH (1862 - 1908)
SiblingThomas Buchanan SMITH (1864 - 1902)
SiblingMary Jane SMITH (1867 - 1923)
SiblingAlexander Barker SMITH (1869 - 1937)
SiblingArthur Joseph SMITH (1871 - 1944)
SiblingGeorge Francis "Franklin" SMITH (1874 - 1943)
SiblingRobert James SMITH (1876 - 1918)

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