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Just an update everyone. I received the death certificate for Richard Hill Smith - all of the information that everyone had found on his birth, death and family is all correct. I really appreciate all of your help. It has put another piece into my very large jigsaw puzzle - I now know more about Richard Hill Smith which helps understand more background of the families I am trying to do research on in NZ. I will continue on another Smith line in the hope that I'll find that crucial piece that will marry everything up.
Thank you for all of your help everyone - you have been really wonderful - thank you!
Take care and enjoy your day.
Kind regards,
kwaussie

Thank you rosie99, thank you very much for finding that. Yes, maybe their first son passed away and he was named after him.

Thank you everyone for all of your help in finding this information on Richard Smith, I am very grateful to you all, thank you.

Just a question. Because he was a Dr would it be easy to find out where he would have received his training or would that very difficult?

Thank you!

Hi Girl Guide,

Yes, Smyth is his surname judging from the records I have found - I was worried about it being Smith too, but it is Smyth, however in saying that I have seen it as Smith a few times. Having it as Smyth has made it easier to find him though thankfully.

Unfortunately no, I haven't found his marriage to Kaweora, but I have seen whakapapa of Rihari Mete (Richard Smith) of Kohukohu who has his mother as Kaweora (they may not have been married but I can't confirm/deny this as of yet). I did go through the Methodist and Anglican church records in Auckland some years back but I ran out of time to have a good look at them - I was very slowly sifting through them (I live in Australia and time wasn't on my side).

When Richard arrived in the Hokianga he is mentioned in the early books as being a Dr. Smyth/Smith, and when he went to Honolulu he was a Dr. there too practicing medicine under the surname of Smyth.

Wow, I've just seen the rest of the postings by rossie99 and Gibel - it looks like that has to be the Richard Hill Smyth that I have been after, and his surname was Smith, that's interesting. I also saw that Charlotte's surname was Hill, that's even better.

When Richard arrived in Sydney in 1835 on the 'Emma Eugenia', the newspaper article had his name as Richard Hill Smyth (his profession was merchant); some of the newspaper articles that I have found has his name as Richard Hill Smyth (from advertisements that he had placed in the Honolulu newspapers); the ones that he has been a witness to something it is just plain R. H. Smyth, and newspaper articles that mention his name had it as Smith/Smyth. So it looks like it has to be him, and judging from the notice in the 'Morning Advertiser' it definitely has to be him.

Thank you very, very much for finding that Girl Guide, Gibel and rosie99, I really appreciate your help in finding that. If it's too much to ask are you able to send me a digital copy of the newspaper articles please if that's okay? I can message you my email address. Thank you! I have access to Find My Past but not to the newspapers.

Yes, I will definitely order a copy of his death certificate and see what else it mentions there.

Now I have to try and see if Richard links up with another Smith that I am researching on in the Hokianga, a Henari Mete (Henry Smith) who could be the son of Dr Richard Hill Smith. That is another challenge, one I have been working on for many years.

Thank you so, so much for all of your help everyone, I really, really appreciate it, thank you! This is a great help and means a great deal to me, thank you!

Hi Bookbox,

Yes, that is correct, that is the one.

Oh, I see, so that's all there is available - it doesn't really help out too much, which is a shame, I thought it may lead onto something else that contained further information. That's all good, at least I know that I can't follow that lead.

Thank you very much to you all for your help on that one - I've never had to search for a passport issued before, but now I know and unless there's comments in the register I can't really get too much out of them.

But thank you very much to you all that have helped me out in this query, I really appreciate it, thank you!

Hi there,

I am unsure which board to ask this question on so I thought I'd ask here first.

I live in Australia and I was looking on the British National Archives website for the 'Entry Book of Passports issues Nos.3201-10282' and I was wondering if someone would be able (if possible) to look up a passport that was issued in 1859. I know passports weren't necessary during that time but I was hoping that there might be additional information that will help in my research. I have all of the details but I thought I'd ask first which particular board I need to post it on as there's so many.
Thank you!