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Hi Attached is the marriage of James Smith to Maria Jane Bond. It shows father as Richard Smith and mother as Mary Ann Cooper. I am inclined to start looking for why he changed his name what went wrong. I had been told a story about the Heaney family (hence the link to working out James' original name) by my grandmother as she knew my grandfathers sister (my great aunt) as Muriel Jane Heaney McCann. She said what she new of the family they had originated from Sydney but she didn't know if it was Charlotte's parents or grandparents. My grandmother lived with Charlotte in the early years of her marriage to my grandfather. So I am guessing she new a little bit about the family. She use to say the where a bit dodgy lol. So I am trying to see if he got into any trouble in Tasmania and that is why he came to Victoria and changed his name so he wouldn't be found.
Take what you want from this as I know that some don't agree with my theory on all this but my nan and I did not know about the change of name at the time so the information from her would have been what she knew.
If you have any questions am happy to help with what I have.