Smith MCCRACKEN

• Born: 1833, Rasharkin, Antrim., Belfast, Ireland
• Marriage: Lavinia TAGGETT in 1868 in Eltham, Victoria, Australia
• Died: 1903, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia at age 70

Smith married Lavinia TAGGETT, daughter of Henry TAGGETT and Eliza FRANCIS, in 1868 in Eltham, Victoria, Australia. (Lavinia TAGGETT was born in 1849 in Redruth, Cornwall, England and died in 1941 in Eltham, Victoria, Australia.)

 Research Notes:

Public Record Office Victoria - 22 Oct 1857 - Unassisted Immigration to Victoria
Index of Inward Passenger Lists for British and Foreign Ports 1852-1923Passengers aboard the "Mindoro" arriving at Port B - (Port Phillip), Victoria, Australia included Smith MCCRACKEN age 21, Margaret MCCRACKEN age 22 and Thomas MCCRACKEN age 23. Public Record Office Victoria (PROV) Fiche 136, Page 4, and Page 5
http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/

Certificate of Death:
John Smith MCCRACKEN died at the age of 70 years at Daylesford, Victoria, Australia. His parents were listed as being John Smith MCCRACKEN and Mary Ann. Death Certificate No. 9367. Source: Robyn Arkinstall

Acknowledgement:

Paul Dixon has extensively researched the descendents of Henry Taggett and Eliza Francis. Please visit the following address:
First Families 2001
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/10421/20041220/www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/search.html

Smith McCracken date of birth appears at 1836 on the Shipping Records, 1838 on the Marriage Certificate and 1839 on Emma's Birth Certificate. Therefore, he was born in the range of July - Nov 1838. Smith McCracken's occupation's were listed as Storekeeper/Miner during 1868 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia.
Source: Paul Dixon