Dorothea was born 3 June 1904 at Boisdale, Victoria, Australia. She was the eldest child of Thomas Smith and Louisa May Clyne[1]. Dorothea grew up in the Maffra area of Gippsland, and later the family moved to Winlaton[2]. The Electoral rolls show from 1925 to 1929 Dorothea Isabella Sinclair Smith was living at Winlaton Mystic… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #20 Dorothea Isabella Sinclair Smith
For today’s 52 Ancestors post, I am setting out the information I have about my ex-husband’s 2x great grandfather James Smith, and how I have come to the conclusion that he was born 8 April 1841 in Pennsylvania, United States. The first record I had for James was a family history compiled by one of… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #11 James Smith
The first ancestor in my tree with this surname was my ex-husband’s grandmother, Dorothea Isabella Sinclair Smith. Dorothea Isabella Sinclair Smith was born 3 June 1904 at Boisdale, Victoria, Australia. She was the daughter of Thomas Smith and Louisa May Clyne. She married Thomas Arthur Willis on 3 June 1929 at the Eaglehawk East Methodist… Continue reading Surname Saturday – Smith
Mary had appeared with her parents on the 1851 and 1861 censuses, but not on the 1871 census. She could have possibly married or died, but there was no marriage or death found in the Jersey records. I therefore decided to search for any records for a Mary Jane Prout, born about 1848 at St… Continue reading Mary Jane Prout
In preparing my post, Blogging from A to Z - V is for Valencia Creek, I came across some family notices for the family for events that didn't actually occur in Valencia Creek, so I decided to use these for my Trove Tuesday post this week. The first is the death notice for James Smith. James… Continue reading Trove Tuesday – the Smith family of Valencia Creek
Since 1996, since I first started using a personal computer,l I have been transcribing all my genealogy documents into Microsoft Word. For some time now, I have noticed the Amaneunsis Monday posts on Randy Seaver’s Genea-musings blog. Since I wanted to start new series of posts this year, I decided to read up more about what Amaneunsis… Continue reading Amaneunsis Monday – Obituary of Thomas Smith
Amy Johnson Crow introduced the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge on her No Story Too Small blog in 2014. This year she continued the challenge, but also added a weekly theme. This week’s topic was “Heirloom”. What heirloom do you treasure? Who gave it to you? What heirloom do you wish you had? There was one family heirloom… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2015) #24 Dorothea Isabella Sinclair Smith
This week, I have chosen one of my husband’s ancestors, Thomas Mansfield Smith. Nearly all the records I have found for him list him simply as Thomas Smith. Thomas was born 9 November 1873 at Avonshire, in the colony of Victoria. Avon Shire was an area between Sale and Bairnsdale, and the main town… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2014) #48 Thomas Mansfield Smith
This week’s theme is Luck of the Irish. This week, I have decided to use one of my husband’s Irish ancestors, Dora Mansfield. Dora Mansfield married James Smith on 26 February 1873 at Nuntin in the colony of Victoria. Her marriage certificate showed she was 24 years old, and had been born in Tralee, Ireland,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2015) #11 Dora Mansfield
This week’s topic is “stormy weather”. When thinking of stormy weather in Australia, we don’t think of blizzards and tornados (in fact, we get very little snow at all). In fact, we don’t really think so much of stormy weather, but of extreme weather – droughts, floods, bush fires – but we do get an… Continue reading 52 Ancestors #10 Anthony William Smith
