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Joshua Smyth 1852 – 1918 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 SEP 1852

Birth Location: at Sea

Death Date: 7 NOV 1918

Death Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Father: George Smyth

Mother: Harriet Levi

Spouse(s): Elizabeth Cann

Children(s): William Smyth, Harriet Smyth, Albert Smyth, Eva Smyth, Joshua Smyth, Ada Smyth

Joshua Smyth was born in 1852 in at Sea, the child of George Smyth and Harriet Immi Levi. Joshua Smyth married Elizabeth Jane Cann, and had children including William Joshua Henry Smyth, Harriet Ann Smyth, Albert Cann Smyth, Eva Jane Smyth, Joshua Smyth, Ada Elizabeth Smyth. Joshua Smyth passed away in 1918 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

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Biography

  • Joshua Smyth was born in 1852 in at Sea, the child of George Smyth and Harriet Immi Levi.
  • Joshua Smyth married Elizabeth Jane Cann, and had children including William Joshua Henry Smyth, Harriet Ann Smyth, Albert Cann Smyth, Eva Jane Smyth, Joshua Smyth, Ada Elizabeth Smyth.
  • Joshua Smyth passed away in 1918 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

George Smyth
1816 – 1894
Birth Location: St Austell, Cornwall, England
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Harriet Levi
1824 – 1858
Birth Location: St Austell, Cornwall, England
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Spouses(s)

Elizabeth Cann
1859 – 1932
Birth Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Children(s)

William Smyth
1875 – 1945
Birth Location: Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
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Harriet Smyth
1876 – 1916
Birth Location: Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia
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Albert Smyth
1882 – 1923
Birth Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Eva Smyth
1887 – 1955
Birth Location: (South Australia), (Australia)
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Joshua Smyth
1888 – 1945
Birth Location: Carlton, New South Wales, Australia
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Ada Smyth
1890 – 1950
Birth Location: Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Joshua Smyth's Ancestors

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Joshua Smyth
1852 – 1918
Birth Place: at Sea
Parents
George Smyth
1816 – 1894
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Harriet (Immi) Levi
1824 – 1858
St Austell, Cornwall, England
Grandparents
George Smyth
1786 – 1866
St Stephen, Brannell, Cornwall, England
Mary Crowle
1791 – 1844
St Stephen, Brannell, Cornwall, England
Great-Grandparents
William Crowle
1766 – 1832
Ann Cundy
1770 – 1831
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cundy
1733 – 1785
Jane Treneman
1742 – 1787

Joshua Smyth's Descendants

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Joshua Smyth (10 SEP 1852 – 7 NOV 1918) m. Elizabeth (Jane) Cann (11 FEB 1859 – 17 JUN 1932)
  1. 1. William (Joshua Henry) Smyth (15 JUN 1875 – 26 SEP 1945) m. Amelia Saunders (1872 – 7 JUL 1954)
    1. 1. George (Horace) Smyth (30 JAN 1897 – 10 MAY 1920)
    2. 2. William (Ambrose) Smyth (25 MAY 1899 – 20 OCT 1984) m. Dorothy (Elizabeth) Slade (5 MAR 1900 – 23 JUN 1995)
      1. 1. William (Harold) Smyth (23 DEC 1929 – 9 APR 2002)
    3. 3. Janet (Amelia) Smyth (17 SEP 1901 – 9 JUN 1979) m. William (Henry) Johnson (1896 – 1975)
    4. 4. Frank (Stewart) Smyth (27 MAY 1909 – 30 MAY 1967)
  2. 2. Harriet (Ann) Smyth (25 DEC 1876 – 9 SEP 1916) m. Phillip Benari (1865 – 12 APR 1928)
    1. 1. Phillip Benari (1910 – 6 MAR 1910)
    2. 2. Sylvia Benari (1911 – 8 DEC 1993) m. Edwin (Vernon) Turner (1911 – 30 APR 1997)
      1. 1. Edwin Turner (AFT 1931 – )
    3. 3. Dorothy (Ada) Benari (1914 – BEF 2014)
  3. 3. Albert (Cann) Smyth (17 MAY 1882 – 27 DEC 1923) m. Alethia (Jane) Hood (1886 – 18 NOV 1975)
    1. 1. Alma (Alethia) Smyth (18 SEP 1905 – 23 JUN 1995) m. Jack (Thorpe) Sandow (29 JUN 1904 – 18 FEB 1975)
    2. 2. Mavis (Myrtle) Smyth (17 MAR 1907 – 5 MAR 1997) m. Edward (Harry) Hurn (27 MAR 1898 – 7 JUL 1983)
    3. 3. Gwendoline (Audrey) Smyth (31 MAR 1909 – 1995) m. Edward (Henry Burroughs) Colwill (1907 – 1997)
      1. 1. Helen Colwill (AFT 1929 – )
      2. 2. Christine Colwill (AFT 1930 – )
    4. 4. Albert (Clarence) Smyth (26 AUG 1910 – 12 MAY 1992) m. Agnes Gemmell (28 MAY 1910 – 30 AUG 1998)
      1. 1. Jennifer Smyth (AFT 1935 – BEF 1998)
      2. 2. Geoffrey Smyth (AFT 1936 – )
      3. 3. Marilyn Smyth (AFT 1937 – )
      4. 4. James (Albert) Smyth (23 DEC 1938 – )
  4. 4. Eva (Jane) Smyth (1887 – 14 JUN 1955) m. Albert (George) Griggs (1887 – 5 SEP 1962)
    1. 1. Nellie (Edith) Griggs (AFT 1908 – BEF 2008) m. D________] (Graham) Brown (ABT 1908 – BEF 2008)
    2. 2. Ray Griggs (AFT 1909 – BEF 2009)
    3. 3. Laurel Griggs (AFT 1910 – BEF 2010)
    4. 4. Alma (Marjorie) Griggs (AFT 1911 – BEF 2011) m. Lawrence Stewart (AFT 1911 – BEF 2011)
    5. 5. Joan Griggs (AFT 1912 – BEF 2012)
  5. 5. Joshua Smyth (1888 – 1945) m. Louisa (Margarite) Kamph (1885 – 3 JAN 1912) m. Johanna (Clara) Hage (6 FEB 1879 – 29 MAY 1938)
    1. 1. John (Joshua) Smyth (11 FEB 1907 – 2 OCT 1977) m. Marion (Edna) Spooner (1906 – 26 MAR 1973)
      1. 1. Maxwell (John) Smyth (AFT 1927 – )
      2. 2. Shirley Smyth (AFT 1928 – )
  6. 6. Ada (Elizabeth) Smyth (1890 – 7 JUN 1950) m. Charles (Colin) Mason (28 FEB 1890 – 28 MAY 1968)
    1. 1. Frank (Charles) Mason (5 OCT 1908 – 15 FEB 1975) m. Lila (Irene) Hewitt (25 OCT 1908 – 5 JAN 1973)
      1. 1. Ross (Frank) Mason (1938 – 23 MAR 1954)
    2. 2. Allan (Albert Murray) Mason (18 JUN 1910 – 3 SEP 1983) m. Elsie (Kate) Moseley-Greatwich (1910 – BEF 2010) m. Ruth (Mary) [________] (ABT 1912 – 4 AUG 1997)
    3. 3. Kenneth (Theodore George) Mason (4 OCT 1911 – 1974) m. Gladys (Doreen) Aistrope (14 FEB 1909 – 1 MAR 1974)

Joshua Smyth's Timeline

2 Records

1852
10 SEP 1852
Birth of Joshua Smyth in at Sea
at Sea
1918
7 NOV 1918
Age 66
Death of Joshua Smyth in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 SEP 1852
    Event Place: at Sea

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 7 NOV 1918
    Event Place: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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