Individual Details
John SMITH
(1758 - Aft 1840)
Events
| Birth | 1758 | "Upper Craigs" was a large farm just south of Dumfries - "Upper Craigs", Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland, Great Britain |  | ||
| Baptism | 25 Jun 1758 | Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland, Great Britain | | ||
| Marriage | Bef 16 Nov 1790 | & the marriage was listed as "irregular" meaning that it was not performed by reading the banns in church but by either mutual agreement, or a public promise followed by consummation, or by cohabitation and repute. This marriage was recorded in the kirk session records because a fine was imposed on the couple & the actual marriage date would have obviously been before the kirk session date. The precise wording was as follows: "16 November 1790 SMITH , John Trade: labourer Topic: irregularly married to Jean Oliver; rebuked and fined" - Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland, Great Britain - Jean OLIVER | | ||
| Occupation | 17 Apr 1791 | a farm labourer according to his son's birth record, thought to have worked in "Upper Craigs" which would have been a farm then but is now on the edge of a housing estate called Georgetown, just south of Dumfries | | ||
| Death | Aft 1840 | Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom | |
Families
| Spouse | Jean OLIVER (1753 - 1841) |
| Child | William John SMITH (1791 - 1862) |
| Father | William SMITH (1725 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Research by the late Antony Ivansmith
2. Scotlands People, 821/00 0020 0264
3. UK Baptism Record: Scotlands People 821 20/264 1758
4. Dumfries Kirk Session Records, From Dumfries & Galloway Council CH2/537/9 Page 189, Hereinafter cited as Dumfries Kirk Session Records
5. Scotlands People, William's birth record shows John's occupation
6. Research by the late Antony Ivansmith
7. NSW Assisted Migration, Details given by son William says he is alive in early 1841