Thomas Smith (1881 - 1946)

Born 21 Dec 1881 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 6 Nov 1946 at age 64 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1881. He was the son of John Smith and Margaret Adam.

The Smith family left Scotland for Australia

Thomas Smith his parents Margaret Smith, John Smith and his sibling Margaret Smith, left Scotland for Australia on the Ship "Oban Bay". The ship left Glasgow on March 1883 and arrived, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, on July 1883. ^[1] Whilst on the voyage Margaret Smith gave birth to their 3 child John Ross Smith. ^[2]

HIs father John Smith died 1897 in New South Wales, Australia. ^[3]

His mother and siblings left Australia and headed back to Scotland.

Note: Still to locate the voyage details and exact dates, it would be between 1897 and before 1899, departure port possibly Sydney NSW.

Thomas Smith married Sarah Ethel Shorthouse in 1908, marriage registered in the district of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire.

Births:

b. 1908 : Margaret Smith
b. 1909 : Elizabeth Armstrong Smith
b. 1910 : Jane Smith
b. 1912 : George Smith
b. 1917 : Thomas Smith
b. 1919 : David Smith

1921 his wife Sarah Ethel Smith age 31 years died. Death register in the district of Cadder, Lanarkshire.

1921 Thomas Smith married Charlotte Elizabeth Browne, marriage registered in the district of Stevenston, North Ayrshire.

Births:

b. ( ? ) : Ray Oliver Browne Rutherford Smith
b. 1927 : Robert Browne Rutherford Smith

Thomas and Charlotte E. Smith may have migrated to South Africa or visited.

Thomas Smith in his 67th year a retired Baker passed away in 1946, at the Morton Nursing Home Loop Street, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa

Sources

1. ↑ Immigration - Ship "Oban Bay , Year 1883, Glasgow, Scotland to Townsville, QLD, Australia - Citation -Queensland State Archives Item ID18480, Passenger lists. Description Register of passengers on immigrant ships arriving in Queensland - No. 5, Digital Image ID : 38971 - Assisted immigration 1848–1912—Passenger lists of immigrant ships with departure and arrival dates / chrome-extension://oemmndcbldboiebfnladdacbdfmadadm/ http://www.archivessearch.qld.gov.au/Image/DigitalImageDisplay.aspx?ImageId=38971#page=10&view=Fit&ispdf=true /
2. ↑ John Ross Smith. birth. 12 June 1883 at sea - Oban Bay ref; QLD Bdm - 1883/M1271 / https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
3. ↑ Death Registration No: 4323/1897 - Name: SMITH John, Parents : Thomas & Jane < Place: Burwood, New South Wales, Australia / https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au /

• Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTX6-VCM : 12 February 2020), Thomas Smith, 1881

• Civil Marriage Scotland Index : Name Thomas Smith, Spouse Name Sarah Ethel Shorthouse Year 1908, Ref 652 / 2 / 112, District Coatbridge or Old Monkland. https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotlands People

• South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR2-224S : 17 March 2018), Tom Smith in entry for MM9.1.1/QLR2-22W1:, 1924; citing Probate, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

• South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCS-LMHF : 22 August 2019), Thomas Smith, 1946; citing Probate, Pietermaritzburg Archives (Formerly Natal State Archives), South Africa.

• South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6N4B-Z2MG : 24 July 2022), Thomas Rutherford or Rutherford-Smith, 1946.

Notes:

Children: 1st Marriage

SMITH MARGARET Mothers Maiden Name SHORTHOUSE Sex F Year 1908 Ref 668 / 93 District LINLITHGOW

SMITH ELIZABETH ARMS Mothers Maiden Name SHORTHOUSE Sex F Year 1909 Ref 644 / 2 / 26 District CAMLACHIE

SMITH JANE Mothers Maiden Name SHORTHOUSE Sex F Year 1910 Ref 571 / 2 / 9 District NEWTON MEARNS

SMITH GEORGE Mothers Maiden Name SHORTHOUSE Sex M Year 1912 Ref 571 / 2 / 9 District NEWTON MEARNS

SMITH THOMAS Mothers Maiden Name SHORTHOUSE Sex M Year 1917 Ref 626 / A2 / 10 District CADDER (EASTERN)

SMITH DAVID Mothers Maiden Name SHORTHOUSE Sex M Year 1919 Ref 626 / A2 / 174 District CADDER (EASTERN)

https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Scotlands People