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Kate Smith 1825–1894 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 15 Jun 1825

Birth Location: Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland

Death Date: 10 Nov 1894

Death Location: Taieri Beach, New Zealand

Father: John Smith

Mother: Janet Simpson

Spouse(s): James Heggie

Children(s): Janet Higgie, James Higgie, Catherine Higgie, Mary Heggie, Elizabeth Heggie, Andrew Higgie, Isabella HIGGIE, Elizabeth Higgie, Helen Heggie, Alex Higgie, John Higgie, Elizabeth Higgie

Kate Smith was born in 1825 in Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Smith And Janet Simpson. In 1841, Kate Smith resided in Duddingston and South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland. In 1851, Kate Smith resided in Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland. Kate Smith married James Heggie, and had children including Alex Higgie, Andrew Higgie, Catherine Higgie, Elizabeth Heggie, Elizabeth Higgie, Helen Hay Heggie, Isabella Higgie, James Suter Higgie, Janet Jessie Higgie, John Higgie, Mary Heggie. Kate Smith passed away in 1894 in Taieri Beach, New Zealand.

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Biography

  • Kate Smith was born in 1825 in Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland, the child of John Smith And Janet Simpson.
  • In 1841, Kate Smith resided in Duddingston and South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.
  • In 1851, Kate Smith resided in Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland.
  • Kate Smith married James Heggie, and had children including Alex Higgie, Andrew Higgie, Catherine Higgie, Elizabeth Heggie, Elizabeth Higgie, Helen Hay Heggie, Isabella Higgie, James Suter Higgie, Janet Jessie Higgie, John Higgie, Mary Heggie.
  • Kate Smith passed away in 1894 in Taieri Beach, New Zealand.

Immediate Family

Parents

John Smith
1802–1844
Birth Location: Errol, Perthshire
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Janet Simpson
1801–1829
Birth Location: Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
JS

Spouses(s)

James Heggie
1824–1878
Birth Location: Ferry-Port-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland
JH

Children(s)

Janet Higgie
1849–1888
Birth Location: Ferryport-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland
JH
James Higgie
1848–1924
Birth Location: Ferry Port On Craig, Fifeshire
JH
Catherine Higgie
1860–1894
Birth Location: Forgan, Fife, Scotland
CH
Mary Heggie
1842–
Birth Location: Scotland, United Kingdom
MH
Elizabeth Heggie
1851–1855
Birth Location: Ferryport-on-Craig, Fife, Scotland
EH
Andrew Higgie
1862–1935
Birth Location: Ferry-Port-on-Craig, Fife, , Scotland
AH
Isabella HIGGIE
1865–1946
Birth Location: Tairei Beach, Waihola, Tokomairiro, New Zealand
IH
Elizabeth Higgie
1867–1942
Birth Location: Milton, Clutha, Otago, New Zealand
EH
Helen Heggie
1857–1883
Birth Location: Forgan, Fife, Scotland
HH
Alex Higgie
1855–1910
Birth Location: Forgan, Fife, Scotland
AH
John Higgie
1853–1924
Birth Location: Ferry Port On Craig, fifeshire
JH
Elizabeth Higgie
1867–1924
Birth Location: New Zealand
EH

Kate Smith's Ancestors

Self
Kate Smith
1825–1894
Birth Place: Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland
Parents
John Smith
1802–1844
Errol, Perthshire
Janet Simpson
1801–1829
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Grandparents
David Smith
1767–1844
Auchtermuchty, Fife, Scotland
Katharine Hendersone
1767–1816
Forgan, Fife, Scotland
William Simson
1763–1820
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Agnes Rind
1769–1813
Leuchars, Fife, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
David Smith
1742–1815
Catharine Symson
1747–
William Hendersone
1733–1805
Katharine Just
1738–1805
George Simpson
1726–
Mary Smith
1725–
James Rhynd
1745–1819
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Kate Smith's Descendants

1.
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Kate Smith (15 Jun 1825–10 Nov 1894) m. James Heggie (6 Jan 1824–3 Apr 1878)
  1. 1. Janet ((Jessie)) Higgie 1849–1888 m. James (SMITH *** 2) GGF 1843–1909
    1. 1. Andrew Smith 1885–1960 m. Violet (Eileen May) Smith 1900–1992
      1. 1. Violet (Rebecca May) Smith 1922–2006 m. Cyril (COSFORD) Leslie 1926–2014
        1. 1. Lynette (Leslie) Cosford 1948–2019
      2. 2. Jean (Rose) Smith 1929–2007 m. Robert Maisey 1926–1994
      3. 3. George (Andrew) Smith 1925–1995
      4. 4. Stanley (Gordon) Smith 1936–2020
      5. 5. Valerie (May) Smith 1934–2017 m. Brian (ARMSTRONG) Shields 1933–2014
      6. 6. James (Alexander) Smith 1926–1989
    2. 2. Jessie Smith 1872–1935 m. William Robbie 1868–1956
    3. 3. Thomas (Lambert) Smith 1875–1957 m. Mabel (Violet) Whale 1887–1979
      1. 1. Gwendoline (May) Smith 1912–2006 m. Leslie (Claude) Gardner 1910–2001
        1. 1. Thomas (Milton Leslie) Gardner 1936–1992 m. Glennis (Natalie Wallace) SMITH 1938–2007
      2. 2. Albert (Thomas) Smith 1907–1978
      3. 3. Eileen (Mabel) Smith 1911–1980 m. Alfred (James) Grandfield 1912–1972
      4. 4. Myrtle (Catherine) Smith 1912–1990 m. Harold (Victor) Hamilton 1907–1975
    4. 4. John (William) Smith 1881–1948 m. Irene Coomer 1886–1964
      1. 1. Coral (Maureen) Smith 1916–2002 m. Robert (Mason) Collingwood 1913–2005
        1. 1. Coral (Robin) Collingwood 1939–2005
      2. 2. Harold (Marcus Simpson) Smith 1909–1967 m. Dorothy (Pearl) Shuttleworth 1908–1991
        1. 1. Dorothy (Pearl) Smith 1936–2001
        2. 2. John ("Jack" Robert) SMITH 1932–1983
        3. 3. Keith (Alexander) Smith 1941–2000
      3. 3. Daphne (Helen Irene) Smith 1908–1980 m. Frederic (Felstead) Thomas 1910–1990
      4. 4. Ulric (Rupert) Smith 1910–1988
        1. 1. Natalie (Berrington) Smith 1945–2002
      5. 5. Lester (Walker) Smith 1917–2012
      6. 6. Yvonne (June) Smith 1920–2003 m. Vernon (Alexander) Williamson 1907–1996
    5. 5. Elizabeth (Jane) Smith 1888–1970
    6. 6. Catherine Smith 1870–1947
    7. 7. Helen (Hay) Broad 1873–1918
    8. 8. James Smith 1877–1949
    9. 9. Alexander Smith 1879–1954 m. Arabella (Mercer) Sharp 1879–1903
      1. 1. Jessie (Robbie) Smith 1902–1981 m. Andrew (Bunting) Dodds 1902–1974
        1. 1. Alan (George) Dodds 1923–1964
      2. 2. Arbella (Mercer) Smith 1903– m. James (Smyth) Dripps 1873–
      3. 3. Jeannie (Monteith) Smith 1906–1985 m. Victor (George) Holland 1906–1987
      4. 4. James (Robert Sharp) Smith 1904–1968 m. Catherine (Ann) Kennedy 1906–1981
        1. 1. Norman (McKinnon) Smith 1938–2005
        2. 2. Margaret Smith 1938–2003
  2. 2. James (Suter) Higgie 1848–1924
  3. 3. Catherine Higgie 1860–1894
  4. 4. Mary Heggie 1842–
  5. 5. Elizabeth Heggie 1851–1855
  6. 6. Andrew Higgie 1862–1935 m. Mary (Jane) Fairbairn 1870–1942
    1. 1. Ellen Higgie 1895–1950 m. James Liddell 1889–1958
  7. 7. Isabella HIGGIE 1865–1946 m. Henry (Alexander) Wicks 1838–1911
    1. 1. Marjorie (Catherine) Wicks 1894–1961
      1. 1. Serge (Basil) Photios 1916–1988 m. Beverley (Iris) Broad –2006
      2. 2. Katina Photios 1918–2011
  8. 8. Elizabeth Higgie 1867–1942
  9. 9. Helen (Hay) Heggie 1857–1883 m. William (Bartlett) Ellis 1846–1914
    1. 1. William (Hargreaves) Ellis 1876–1953 m. Martha (Eliza) Tucker 1874–1947
      1. 1. Ernest (Alexander) Ellis 1911–1981 m. Edna (Miriam) Eade 1914–1977
        1. 1. Robert (William) Ellis 1935–1992
        2. 2. Marion (Joan) Ellis 1936–2013
        3. 3. Gerald Ellis 1938–1973
        4. 4. Alexander (Ernest "Jim") Ellis 1933–1976
      2. 2. Norman Ellis 1913–2005
      3. 3. Hazel (Agnes) Russell 1917–1978
      4. 4. Alma (Susan) Ellis 1915–1992 m. Gilbert Still 1911–1973
      5. 5. Winifred (Mary) Ellis 1903–1995
      6. 6. Annie (Rubina) Ellis 1909–1976
      7. 7. Frederick Ellis 1904–1968
      8. 8. William (Kelso) Ellis 1906–1942 m. Myrtle (Eliza) Duncan 1909–1950
      9. 9. Elsie (Victoria) Ellis 1907–1965 m. Arthur (Clifford) Still 1907–1965
        1. 1. Frederick (John) Still 1943–1943
        2. 2. Douglas (Owen) Still 1941–1987
        3. 3. Gordon (James) STILL –2003
        4. 4. Kenneth (Bruce) Still 1936–2014
    2. 2. Catherine ELLIS 1877–1945
      1. 1. David (William) Wilson 1923–1986
      2. 2. Marjorie (Josephine May) Dowse 1903–1962
        1. 1. Leslie (Jacob) Keen 1930–2013
    3. 3. Alexander Ellis 1880–1961 m. Sarah (Ann) Bevin 1878–1960 m. Jessie (Ellen) Sheed 1878–1963
      1. 1. Mary (Rubina) Ellis 1906–1991
      2. 2. Violet (Ellen) Ellis 1904–1999 m. Henry (James Ellis) Reid 1902–1988
      3. 3. Lillian (Myrtle) Ellis 1907–1983
      4. 4. Eileen (Ethel) Knowles 1916–2017 m. Francis (Harris) Knowles 1913–1989
    4. 4. Bartlet Higgie 1879–1953
    5. 5. Francis (Alfred) Ellis 1882–1958
    6. 6. James Ellis 1878–1880
    7. 7. George Ellis 1883–1952
    8. 8. Helen Ellis 1878–1963 m. John (William) Thorp 1877–1959
      1. 1. Norma (Kathleen) Thorp 1917–2005 m. Grant 1917–1983
      2. 2. Mavis (Ellen) Thorp 1911–1995 m. Henry (William) Stanaway 1909–1964
      3. 3. Eric (John) Thorp 1907–1993
  10. 10. Alex Higgie 1855–1910 m. Barbara (Clarke) Brown 1866–1952
    1. 1. William (Carmichael) Higgie 1895–1982 m. Martha Litchfield 1892–1982
      1. 1. William (Alexander) Higgie 1923–2015
    2. 2. Alexander (James) Higgie 1888–1933
  11. 11. John Higgie 1853–1924 m. Agnes (Hannah) Thomson 1867–1936
  12. 12. Elizabeth Higgie 1867–1924

Kate Smith's Timeline

6 Records

1825
15 Jun 1825
Birth of Kate Smith in Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland
Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland
1841
1841
Age 16
Kate Smith resided here in Duddingston and South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
Duddingston and South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
1851
1851
Age 26
Kate Smith resided here in Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
1861
1861
Age 36
Kate Smith resided here in Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
1876
26 Mar 1876
Age 51
Kate Smith was baptized in England
England
1894
10 Nov 1894
Age 69
Death of Kate Smith in Taieri Beach, New Zealand
Taieri Beach, New Zealand

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 15 Jun 1825
    Event Place: Ferryport on Craig, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Ferry Port on Craig; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_57
    [2] 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Ferry Port on Craig; ED: 1; Page: 23; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_89; Year: 1851
    [3] 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Duddingston and South Leith; ED: 1; Page: 11; Line: 1200; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 26 Mar 1876
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: P69BOT2A01Ms 9231/8

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1841
    Event Place: Duddingston and South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1841 Scotland Census, Parish: Duddingston and South Leith; ED: 1; Page: 11; Line: 1200; Year: 1841

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1851
    Event Place: Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1851 Scotland Census, Parish: Ferry Port on Craig; ED: 1; Page: 23; Line: 8; Roll: CSSCT1851_89; Year: 1851

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: Ferry Port on Craig, Fife, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: Ferry Port on Craig; ED: 2; Page: 8; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_57

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Kuri Bush, New Zealand
    Record Source: New Zealand, Notices of Deceased Estates

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Nov 1894
    Event Place: Taieri Beach, New Zealand
    Record Source:
    [1] New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1966
    [2] New Zealand, Notices of Deceased Estates
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