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Accountant, solicitors, farmers

Fishponds, Gloucestershire
The Smiths relocate to Melbourne Australia
Children of Edward Herbert Smith and Elizabeth Powell
Edward Herbert Powell Smith
Elizabeth Smith
Mary Ruth Smith
Henry Vincent Smith
Anna Grieves Smith

Fishponds, Gloucestershire
Edward Herbert Smith (1802 Stratford, England - 1876 Kew, Victoria) was the son of Edward Smith and Mary Adams.
    Edward Herbert Smith married Elizabeth Powell at Westminster, London in 1821. In all Edward Herbert and Elizabeth had the following children, all born in England:
Edward Herbert (~1825-1893)
Thomas Benjamin (~1825-)
Elizabeth (ca1826-1895)
Mary Ruth (ca1828-)
Henry Vincent (ca1830-1898)
Rebecca (ca1832-)
Amelia (ca1834-)
William (ca1836-)
Caroline (ca1838-)
Susan (ca1841-1915)
Lydia Yallowley (ca1841-)
William (~1841-)
George Jay (~1841-)
Anna Grieves (1843-1910)
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The Smiths relocate to Melbourne Australia
Edward Herbert Smith with his wife Elizabeth immigrated to Melbourne aboard the "Try", a 774 ton ship carrying 254 passengers that had departed Bristol on 11 October 1852 and arrived Port Phillip 12 January 1853. Accompanying them were their children: Elizabeth, Mary, Henry, Rebecca, Amelia, William, Caroline, Susan and Anna Graves.
    Their son Edward Herbert Smith, who had married Anne Elizabeth Rose Townsend in 1851, was also aboard the "Try".
    Edward Herbert, noted as an accountant at the marriage of his daughter Anne Greives (1867), died circa 1857 ? Elizabeth died on 17 February 1871 at Buckingham St, Richmond.
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Children of Edward Herbert Smith and Elizabeth Powell
Edward Herbert Powell Smith
Edward Herbert Smith (1825-1893), the eldest son of Edward and Elizabeth, married Annie Elizabeth Rose Townsend, daughter of James Townsend and Elizabeth Rose. Edward Herbert was also the brother of Anna Grieves Smith who married John Robert Townsend.
    Edward Herbert Smith was a solicitor who at some time practiced at Drouin and Richmond, Victoria. At his death in 1893 he resided at Baker Street, Richmond. Anne Elizabeth Rose Smith died on 1 August 1900 at 13 Baker Street, Richmond.
    Edward and Anne had the following children:
Annie Elizabeth (1852-1829)
Edward Herbert (1856-1857)
Mary Jane (1859-1860)
Edward Herbert Geo (1861-)
George Herbert Townsend (1855-1920)
John Alfred James Townsend (1864-1929)
William Hy (1866-1867)
Margaret Mary Townsend (1869-)
James H (>1869-)
Apsley Townsend (1870-1871)
Mary May Townsend (?)
    A newspaper item notes the death of George Herbert Townsend Smith on the 30th August, at his late residence, 23 Hawthorn Road, Northcote "George Herbert beloved husband of Alice Helen and loving father of Ivy (Mrs Fowler), Ruby, Vera, Alan, Harold, Roy, and Olive, aged 59 years (private interment August 31)". An earlier birth record listed the birth of a daughter on 17 August 1885 at Hamburgh Cottage, North Richmond.
   John Alfred Townsend Smith (1864-1929) married Martha Gill and they had at least four children:
Alice Blanche Townsend,
Herbert James ( -1898),
George Alfred ( - 1899); and
Lilian ( - 1896).
    Alice Blanch Townsend Smith married Gerald Crisp. A line descendant from Alice Bland and Gerald Crisp now resides in Western Australia
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Elizabeth Smith
Elizabeth Smith married Alan Grant
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Mary Ruth Smith
Mary Ruth Smith married William Allen
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Henry Vincent Smith
Henry Vincent Smith was noted as a gentleman, farmer, inventor married twice.
    The first marriage was to Mary Gauder circa 1866. Henry Vincent and Mary had the following children:
* Albert (1867-)
* Clara Isabel (1871-1878)
* Mary Lydia (1878-1878)
* Henry Vincent
* Eva Blanche (-<1878)
* Edward (-1869)
    Mary died on 25 August 1878 at Albert Terrace, Cunnningham Street, South Yarra died 2 weeks after giving birth to Mary Lydia on 13 August 1878.
    On the 20th July (1896), at St Brigid's R C Church, North Fitzroy Henry Vincent Smith, second son of Henry Vincent Smith, of Yarago, Gippsland married Annie Priscilla, youngest daughter of James Doherty, late S S teacher.
    The second marriage of Henry Vincent Smith was to Mary Vesco on the 16th April, at All Saint's' Church, St Kilda. Mary was the eldest daughter of Joseph Versco, formerly of Dublin. Henry Vincent and Mary had he following children:
* Susie Verso (1880-)
* Ernest Garfield (1881-1955)
* Frederick Elkington (1883-)
* Syd Powell Patrick (1886-)
* Charles Stuart (1887-1964)
* Archibald Brunker (1889-)
    In 1910 Ernest Garfield Smith, carpenter, married Emma Fanny Bridgland, widower. Emma had the following children:
* Dorethia Irene 42 born 1913
* Iris Jean 35 born 1920
    Ernest Garfield died 6 September 1955 at 75 Park Rd, Glen Iris.
    Charles Stuart Smith, mechanic, died 26 May 1964 at 25 Queen St, Seaholme having married twice. The first at West Melbourne in 1909 to Ivy Edith Evylyn Grant with the following children:
* Hazel Jean deceased
* Raymond Charles deceased
* Doreen Lorraine 48 born 1916
* Alice May deceased
* Alan Glen 43 born 1921.
    The second marriage in 1939 was to Minnie Lewis (no issue).
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Anna Grieves Smith

Anna Grieves Smith, the youngest daughter of Edward Herbert and Elizabeth, married John Robert Townsend, the youngest brother of Anne Elizabeth Rose Smith (Townsend) in 1867, 13 years after arriving in Melbourne.

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8 November 2005