John Duncan Ernest Smith

John Duncan Ernest Smith

Male 1882 - 1937  (55 years)

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  • Name John Duncan Ernest Smith  [1
    Birth 21 Jan 1882  Hoyleton, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Birth Registration Transcription, John Duncan Ernest Smith
    Birth Registration Transcription, John Duncan Ernest Smith
    John Duncan Ernest Smith born 21 Jan 1882, Hoyleton, South Australia. father Duncan Smith, Mother Lucy Kent Tucker.

    Gender Male 
    Death 24 Jun 1937  20 Bowen Street,Hawthorn Victoria Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Death Registration John Duncan Ernest Smith
    Death Registration John Duncan Ernest Smith
    John Duncan Ernest Smith died 1937, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. Death registration 5247/1937


    Death Notice - John Duncan Ernest Smith
    Death Notice - John Duncan Ernest Smith
    John Duncan Ernest Smith, died 245h June 1937 at his residence, 20 Bowen Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia. This notice was published in the Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Victoria, Friday, 25th June 1937, page 1.
    Address 25 Jun 1937  20 Bowen Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Address:
    At the time of his death, Duncan Ernest smith lived at 20 Bowen  
    Funeral 25 Jun 1937  20 Bowen Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • John Duncan Ernest Smith's funeral departed his late residence, 20 Bowen Street, Hawthorn, Friday 25th June 1937 at 10am for the Burwood General Cemetery.

    Burial 25 Jun 1937  Burwood Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6
    Burial Registration - John Duncan Ernest Smith
    Burial Registration - John Duncan Ernest Smith
    John Duncan Ernest Smith is buried at the Burwood Cemetery, Victoria Australia. His wife, Eliza Jane shares the grave with him.

    Person ID I2506  Tucker Family Tree | The descendants of James Tucker
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2016 

    Father Duncan Smith,   b. Abt 1852, Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1900, Nhill, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Mother Lucy Kent Tucker,   b. 29 Jul 1857, Callington, Inman Valley,South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Dec 1921, Dimboola, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years) 
    Marriage 25 May 1875  Wesleyan Parsonage Pirie St Adelaide South Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eliza Jane Semple,   b. 28 Oct 1888, Dimboola, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1956 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jan 1905  Jeparit, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 8

    Marriage Registration Transcription - John Duncan Ernest Smith and Eliza Jane Semple
    Marriage Registration Transcription - John Duncan Ernest Smith and Eliza Jane Semple
    John Duncan Ernest Smith Married eliza Jane Semple 1905, in Victoria.
    Children 
    +1. Margaret Brittania Rosedew Smith,   b. 21 Sep 1905, Jeparit, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1961 (Age 55 years)
    +2. Alice Melvina Pearl Smith,   b. 9 Jan 1908, Jeparit, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Robert William John Smith,   b. 11 Mar 1911, Jeparit, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1990 (Age 78 years)
    +4. Duncan Edmond Kent Smith,   b. 21 May 1912, Jeparit, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1979 (Age 66 years)
    +5. N.D. Smith
    Family ID F1709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2022 

  • Notes 
    • John's birth details were obtained from South Australian Births 1842-1906 Book 276 page 245 District code UpW.

      John met Eliza when she was 15 and married her when she was 16. They had their first baby when she was 16. Eliza's mother had died soon after she was born. She lived with her Grandmother Gray. She was very lonely and often wrote letters to herself and posted them so she would receive letters in the mail. Her Grandmother Gray accidentally set the house on fire while looking for papers with a candle. The family bible was on an oak table. The table was burned but the bible fell to the stone floor and although singed was not burned.

      John was a builder, building schools for the government, and houses. he was also a wheelwright and a fully trained butcher and slaughterman. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cynthis Henley-Smith, The Tucker Family in Australia, (Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd Adelaide, South Australia), 1992, 441 (Reliability: 3).
      See page 441

    2. [S447] South Australian Births Registrations 1842 to 1906, 21 Jan 1882, Upw/276/245 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Birth Registration for John Duncan Ernest Smith.

    3. [S16] Department of Justice, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Death Index Victoria 1921 - 1985, (Macbeth Genealogical Services Pty Ltd), 1937, 5247/1937 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached death registration for John Duncan Ernest Smith

    4. [S206] The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 Jun 1937, 1 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Death notice published in The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Friday 25th June 1937, page 1.

    5. [S206] The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 Jun 1937, 1 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached funeral notice published in The Age Newspaper, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Friday 25th June 1937, page 1.

    6. [S204] The Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust, 1937 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached burial registration for John Duncan Ernest Smith

    7. [S1] Cynthis Henley-Smith, The Tucker Family in Australia, (Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd Adelaide, South Australia), Jun 1992, 441 (Reliability: 3).
      Married 31 Jan 1905, Jeparit, Vic.

    8. [S14] Department of Justice, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Victoria, Edwardian Index, Victoria 1902 - 1913, (Macbeth Genealogical Services Pty Ltd), 1905, 438/1905 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Marriage registration transcription for John and Eliza Smith.


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