tenterfieldjulie
25-11-12, 09:15
Name: Robert Smith
Date and place of birth: 30 March 1805 Bidborough, Kent
Names of parents: Richard Smith and Lucy Avery
Date and place of baptism: 23 April 1805 Bidborough, Kent
Marriage: Henrietta Driver 26 October, 1826 Tonbridge, Kent
Occupation(s): Agricultural labourer, green grocer,
Addresses where they lived: Bidborough and Tunbridge Wells, Kent;
Robert, Henrietta, George, Harry & Lucy Mary sailed from London via Plymouth on the “Coromandel” on the 14 June 1838 and after 110 days sailing, arrived Sydney on 2 October 1838
Assigned servant to the Ogilvies for 12 months at “Merton”, near Jerrys Plains in Hunter River area, Robert and boys moved stock to “Yugilbar” (Ref. “Squatters Castle” by George Farwell) and Fairfield, in the Clarence River area of NSW
Date, place and cause of death: 18 October, 1858 Fairfield/Drake, NSW of Asthma
Date and place of burial: October 1858 across the creek on land they would have owned at Fairfield.
In year 2000 the headstones were across the creek from where Lawrence’s brick house is at Drake, NSW.
Details of will / administration of their estate: Need to find
Memorial inscription: Need to find
Children: Baptised - Holy Trinity Tunbridge Wells, Kent – William 1829-1830, George 1830, Harry 1833, Lucy Mary Ann 1836, Merton NSW – Merton 1840, William Robert (haven’t found probably Jerry’s Plains), Reg. Jerry’s Plains, NSW : Henrietta 1844, Andrew 1845, Eliza 1848
Date and place of birth: 30 March 1805 Bidborough, Kent
Names of parents: Richard Smith and Lucy Avery
Date and place of baptism: 23 April 1805 Bidborough, Kent
Marriage: Henrietta Driver 26 October, 1826 Tonbridge, Kent
Occupation(s): Agricultural labourer, green grocer,
Addresses where they lived: Bidborough and Tunbridge Wells, Kent;
Robert, Henrietta, George, Harry & Lucy Mary sailed from London via Plymouth on the “Coromandel” on the 14 June 1838 and after 110 days sailing, arrived Sydney on 2 October 1838
Assigned servant to the Ogilvies for 12 months at “Merton”, near Jerrys Plains in Hunter River area, Robert and boys moved stock to “Yugilbar” (Ref. “Squatters Castle” by George Farwell) and Fairfield, in the Clarence River area of NSW
Date, place and cause of death: 18 October, 1858 Fairfield/Drake, NSW of Asthma
Date and place of burial: October 1858 across the creek on land they would have owned at Fairfield.
In year 2000 the headstones were across the creek from where Lawrence’s brick house is at Drake, NSW.
Details of will / administration of their estate: Need to find
Memorial inscription: Need to find
Children: Baptised - Holy Trinity Tunbridge Wells, Kent – William 1829-1830, George 1830, Harry 1833, Lucy Mary Ann 1836, Merton NSW – Merton 1840, William Robert (haven’t found probably Jerry’s Plains), Reg. Jerry’s Plains, NSW : Henrietta 1844, Andrew 1845, Eliza 1848