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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Monday 14 June 10 07:33 BST (UK)  »
Reply to Cando 58
 Yes thanks  I must have reached the wrong spot. I will  be  more careful next time. I find some of these sites very difficult to negotiate, but I am learning ;) :)

I am looking forward to seeing if Patrick was married but suspect that he was not.

It only remains now for me to find where John is buried. I  am going to try The lilydale  cemetery as suggested in am earlier post. I do not think he left the area but that is only surmise. No evidence.

Strange so few of them married. My grandfather seems to be the exception. He married twice and had 7 children. That is James of the photo3161

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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Sunday 13 June 10 03:53 BST (UK)  »
That will be him. I have applied for the certificate. Somehow did not find the spot where certificates are emailed so they are sending it and it cost $28  Oh well!. Only problem now I have to wait to view it. Cant wait as it will show if he married.

I inquired about marriage certificates and there were none. Maybe he married in Vic before he left for NSW.

the possibility is that there is a branch of the family in NSW that we never knew existed? :)
  Norag

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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Saturday 12 June 10 13:15 BST (UK)  »

Death in NSW - right area
1004/1945     
SMITH  Patrick Daniel
Father Michael
District Bellingen   Do you know an address for getting  images of certificates for NSW such as the one I have been using for Vic?  and is the 1004 the Ref number?

 dementia/senility.  Edward by then would have been suffering both. The farmer reported him to my dad as being incapable of looking after himself.
I will try to get his certificate and follow up at springvale.
Thanks as always grateful  Norag


   


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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Saturday 12 June 10 13:05 BST (UK)  »



 I think probably  the term Orphans may have been used to generate sympathy at obviously a very emotional time. As we read in an earlier report the whole community  of Brushy Creek was shocked at the death
I wonder who took the photo and why and who wrote the inscription. Newspaper? local church community?

I find the photo so moving and very excited to find out so much about them, to know their names etc  Norag

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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Saturday 12 June 10 06:38 BST (UK)  »
This the photo that triggered off the enquiry. I had no idea of the names of any of them, the widow or her children , but knew One of the children was my grandfather.  I am so grateful and amazed at all you have been able to discover  maybe I can get your team to restore it.  Norag

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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Saturday 12 June 10 01:07 BST (UK)  »
Opps Dorrigo is in NSW

Mary died in Melbourne West. There was a postmortem.  It showed fatty degeneration of the Heart and Bright's disease of the liver.the fact that there was a postmortem maybe indicates that she was alone. I have no idea of  her living situation.

 Informant on death cert?  John O Rorke, an authorised agent of 50 Pitt st Carlton..so not family or carer

Edward lived in hut later in life.I Very probable he never married . There was a section of Kew that admitted "old people" with nowhere to go.He was not insane. I remember vaguely from childhood, my father trying to look after him and effect the best solution . Maybe it was not kew but some other old people's home as they were called in those days, ie the 50's

  Sorry about adding new information within hours. I guess I have been so excited about
finding out all this information and it has triggered some memories for me. Also have tried to involve my two brothers. The snippet about Dorrigo was from one of them

I am extremely grateful for the assistance I have received and realise that my inexperience at using this tool has caused some frustration for you. I will try to understand the system better and work within guidelines and assemble all the facts before reply.

I guess the more information within hours was to say.. hey and here is another clue.

To summarise the inquiry on the Michael smith family.  There is  only John Smith#2946 and Patrick Daniel Smith#24215 to be accounted for. And maybe one of them went to Dorrigo, NSW
  Norag

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Australia / Re: registration numbers
« on: Friday 11 June 10 06:34 BST (UK)  »
Lonebones
Ni need to apologise. I made it a separate thread for that very reason. I knew there would be others with the same query. Glad you are getting it sorted. It is all like learning  a new language. Good for the brain cells. Norag

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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Friday 11 June 10 03:40 BST (UK)  »
The writing  goes over the edge of the column and says something like :Unknown years  24 about

Edward would  in fact would have been 34 ish but how come his brothers know nothing about that. Of course i do not know who was filling the certificate but strange that the three older sons' ages were known and not the younger three.

My brother has just told me that he thinks my father had a cousin ( or maybe uncle)in Dorrigo Vic.

That is something I have not explored at all yet. If it is a cousin it could only be a child of John or Patrick
We are fairly certain Edward did not marry. He ended living in an old hut on a farmer's property in Gippsland.When he became too old he was brought to Kew , He ran away and died soon after. Poor old fella.  Norag

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Australia / Re: Michael SMITH Brushy Creek
« on: Friday 11 June 10 03:25 BST (UK)  »
Census info I think you sent me or maybe LoganL. did  from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

Thank you re Edward. Now it is only John Smith  ::) ::)      the puzzling Patrick Daniel

I seem to remember that John was referred to as Uncle Jack, but never heard mention of patrick. maybe he was the black sheep

can i send the birth cert personally to you in an email. i can handle that technology but can't seem to get photos etc onto the Rootschat site. i did read all the assistance but i seem to have a mental block there. i did try. norag

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