Seeking information on Henry John Smith

Question

I am looking for a Henry John Smith.  We think he was Jane's younger brother but not sure.  We know that the Henry John Smith we are looking for was born 1867 and died in 1915 in Townsville, Queensland.  Could you please let us know if we are on the right track or if this is the wrong line altogether.  The John Henry Smith we are looking for had a daughter named Ruby (Sarah) Smith.  Any help you can give us to help us on the right track would be appreciated.

Answer 1

On Jane's profile, the emigration record says she traveled with a Henry, aged 10 in 1877.  It is interesting that the children listed on the profile do not match the children listed on the emigration record.  Something to check...

Of course Smith is a too common name, but they should be in the 1871 England Census, and some in the Australian census after 1877.

Answer 2

I have found Jane's birth registration if you would like it. Also her Find A Grave page

Comments

That would be helpful. Thank you

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I'll paste them at the top of the profile and you can move them to suit

Answer 3

As her birth reg confirms, Jane Ann Smith’s mother’s maiden name was Goodwin.  

By looking at GRO birth registrations with the last name Smith and mmn Goodwin, I was able to identify the birth registrations for the siblings who appear with Jane on English census returns in 1861 and 1871.  There is no John Henry / Henry John / Henry / John on the census returns, and no birth registration for any of those names with a last name of Smith and mmn Goodwin in 1866/7/8.  

She did have a brother called Harry Frederick, who the profile manager thinks is the Henry in the immigration record (in which case they were probably understating his age for a cheaper passage). But he died in 1948. 

I don't know anything about Australian records, but I noticed that Jane Ann's QLD death registration gave the names of her parents, including her mother's maiden name.  Might that also be the case for John Henry? 

Answer 4

Ruby Sarah Bush findagrave ID 48913098

Answer 5

Do you have any more information about the Henry John Smith / John Henry Smith that you're looking for? Or his sister, Jane? What makes you believe he's related to Jane Ann Smith (Coomber)? Is there any other clues you can give that may help us find something for him?

Do you know his parent's names?

Was Ruby a nickname and Sarah her name at birth? Do you know her birth and death dates and places? Did she get married, if so, who to?

Where did you get those dates for Henry's birth and death, and the death place as Townsville? Knowing where your info came from could help us discover more.

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We have determined that this was not the right family line.  Ruby was the daughter of Henry John...