Smith & Jones

[Possum 26]

Still running into a blank can someone help me :
Nicol  Smith, the son of Nicholas Smith and Louisa Jones,  was born in Italy circa 1835 and arrived at Port Chalmers, N.Z. from Melbourne Australia  in 1861 . In January 1864 he married Mary Coleman at Dunedin He died 1894 in Port Chalmers
I'm trying to find his elusive parents and I don't know where to look as all the Italian sources say Smith is not Italian
Could he have been born on board a ship then was registered at some port ?? Where do i begin to look The smith's were involved in shipping right down the generations  thanks for any help this has been ongoing for years

[bret512]

Hello Possum 26

I am searching for the same information I am assuming we are 2nd or 3rd cousins.

My Grand father was Coleman Percy Smith and I am thinking yours was Bertie?

Anyway I hope you can get in touch so as we can share info

Regards

Brent

[Possum26]

Hi Brent Yes my gdfather was Bertie wow another family member
I just spent $'s on Ancestor cloud without success in finding the elusive Nichol and wife Louisa
Do you have much on the family I have quite a lot and am willing to share what i have with a 'family ' member Do you know if it was correct that Nichol was an Officer??

[bret512]

Hello
No I did not know of the officer and I only know what I have read on the net which is probably about the same as you.

[sarah]

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Regards

Sarah

[Possum26]

Hi Brent no I have not gotton a lot off the net actually Ive been tracing my NZ roots now for almost
lets see close to 40 years now  [gee thats makes me sound old] and some of the family took me and another family member years to sort out because of another cousin sending me on a wild goose chase only after her death i found she had link our family'
s in Ireland purely on the spelling of a name!!
Can u tell me about your side of the smith family ?? I did get a shock Bertie had brothers I only thought he had one sister!!! then slowly moving back finally found Marys death cert so her body was found from the shipwreck and lots more i could tell you
Im in the middle of a crisis in the family here at the moment so if im slack replying i do hope you can understand Id love to help you if i can as well