SMITH

I am fortunate :) to have two lines of SMITH relatives to trace on my family tree.

Family of Absalom SMITH - London ENG & NSW AUS

Absalom SMITH

b. unknown
par. unknown

d. unknown

m.
(1) 1805 St Pancras London ENG - Martha HANKS
(2) 1818 Stepney London ENG - Elizabeth CHAPMAN

Notes: possibly the Absalom SMITH chr 1784 St Giles Cripplegate London to George SMITH and Sarah

Unable to find on 1841 Census - possibly died prior to this date

Children:

(from second marriage)

  1. Tamar (b.1819)
  2. John Absalom (b.1821)

 

Notes: Tamar possibly living with an aunt in the 1851 & 1861 Censuses at Eltham Kent. Listed as James in index although difficult to read on image and gender, age and birthplace all correct.
John Absalom SMITH

b. 1821 London ENG
chr. 1821 Bethnal Green London ENG
par. Absalom SMITH / Elizabeth CHAPMAN

d. after 1891 and before 1901

m. 1842 Lambeth SRY ENG - Sarah Elizabeth ELLIS (b.c.1827 - bef. 1891)

Notes: Mother-in-law ran a blacksmith's business probably after death of her husband. John appears to have been involved in this business as well. John's occupation listed in various censuses as Blacksmith, Manager, Tyre Smith and Tyre Smith Master.

Children:

  1. John (b.1846)
  2. Sarah Ann (b.1848)
  3. Tamar (b.1853)
  4. William (b.c.1855)
  5. Walter (1858-1927)
  6. Mary A E (b.1861)
  7. Harry/Henry A (b.1864)
Walter SMITH

b. 1858 Lambeth London ENG
par. John Absalom SMITH / Sarah Elizabeth ELLIS

d. 1927 Paddington NSW AUS
bur. Botany Cemetery NSW AUS

m.1892 Glebe NSW AUS - Elizabeth Frazer SCOTT

Notes: Uncertain exactly when Walter arrived in Australia. Family has photo taken in England c.1882/3 and he was married in Sydney in 1892.

Children:

  1. Walter John (1893-1953)
  2. Elizabeth Isabella (1895-1964)
  3. William Henry (1897-1960)
  4. Edith Grace Bailey (1899-1974)
  5. Margaret Olive (1900-1974)
  6. Alice Irene (1902-1993)
  7. Frederick Norman (1905-1964)
  8. Arthur E (b.1908)
  9. Robert Leslie (1911-1922)
Alice Irene SMITH

b. 1902 Sydney NSW AUS
par. Walter SMITH / Elizabeth Frazer SCOTT

d. 1993 Sydney NSW AUS
bur. Cremated Woronora Cemetery NSW AUS

m.
(1) 1921 Sydney NSW AUS - George Walter SMITH
(2) 1947 Sydney NSW AUS - Keith Oscar MASON

Children:

4 children

Secondary Lines

Tamar SMITH

b.c.1853 London ENG
par. John Absalom SMITH / Sarah Elizabeth ELLIS

d. unknown

m. 1877 Wandsworth SRY ENG - Herbert Alfred Owen LOCK

Notes: On 1891 UK Census living with father and has two daughters with her. Children born at Clapham / Battersea Rise and Morden. Another child Ethel (b.c.1885) is also living in household and listed as John's granddaughter but not sure whose daughter she is (surname listed as SMITH).

Children:

  1. Minne (b.c.1879)
  2. Madge (b.c.1885)
William SMITH

b.c. 1855 Mousely Surrey ENG
par. John Absalom SMITH / Sarah Elizabeth ELLIS

d. unknown (Canada?)

m. 1877 Wandsworth SRY ENG - Lucy Sarah EVERITT

Notes: Occupation clerk/accountant and farmer. Emigrated to Canada with wife and daugher Muriel Ivy in 1909 to join sons Arthur (emigrated 1906) and William (emigrated c1904).

Children:

  1. William A (b.c.1880)
  2. Arthur Ernest (b.c. 1881)
  3. Helen M (b.c. 1885)
  4. Muriel Ivy (b.1899)
Sarah Ann SMITH

b.c.1848 London ENG
par. John Absalom SMITH / Sarah Elizabeth ELLIS

d. unknown

m. 1869 Lambeth LDN ENG - James OAKES (d. bet. 1871 and 1881)

Notes: Listed as a widow living with her parents on the 1881 Census. Son James listed as born in Wimbledon. On 1871 Census living with husband and son.

Children:

  1. James (b.c.1870)

 

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