Hello List I am searching for the burial of MARTHA SMITH who died 28th May 1877 age 82 in Sorell, I would like the burial date, location of grave, photo of headstone if available please. MARTHA SMTH (nee Fagan) was a Convict She was my 5th Great Grandmother, she was married Thomas Smith (Convict) in 1817 Any information would be gratefully accepted, thank you. Regards Sue Sent from Windows Mail

Hi Sue, Sorell C of E burial register (NS432/1/17) -presumably St Georges in Sorell proper. Name - Margaret Smith #793 Abode - Bream Creek Buried - May 18 1877 Age - 82 Quality or Prof. - Widow Officiating Minister - C J Bramell If you search Gravesites of Tasmania there is no headstone photograph for he at St Georges, so she probably never had one. The only Martha Smith in the Sorell area shown is this one and she's not a Fagan - http://www.gravesoftas.com.au/municipalities/Sorell/Sorell%20Henry%20Street%20Anglican/5/Smith%20Martha.jpg Cheers, Peter On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:27 AM, barnsy.sue via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello List > > > I am searching for the burial of MARTHA SMITH who died 28th May 1877 age > 82 in Sorell, > > I would like the burial date, location of grave, photo of headstone if > available please. > > > MARTHA SMTH (nee Fagan) was a Convict > > She was my 5th Great Grandmother, she was married Thomas Smith (Convict) > in 1817 > > > Any information would be gratefully accepted, thank you. > > > Regards Sue > > > > > > > Sent from Windows Mail > ------------------------------- > AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ > Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com > Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Conundrum here?? It appears the headstone photo of William Sale Smith and Martha Sheldrick Smith was the Martha Smith that died in 1877. Appears the descendants of this couple have claimed her as their own?? So either they've claimed the wrong Martha Smith or Martha Fagan Smith is buried elsewhere? cheers, Peter On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:25 PM, Peter Oakley <pete.j.oakley@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sue, > > Sorell C of E burial register (NS432/1/17) -presumably St Georges in > Sorell proper. > > Name - Margaret Smith #793 > Abode - Bream Creek > Buried - May 18 1877 > Age - 82 > Quality or Prof. - Widow > Officiating Minister - C J Bramell > > If you search Gravesites of Tasmania there is no headstone photograph for > he at St Georges, so she probably never had one. The only Martha Smith in > the Sorell area shown is this one and she's not a Fagan - > > > http://www.gravesoftas.com.au/municipalities/Sorell/Sorell%20Henry%20Street%20Anglican/5/Smith%20Martha.jpg > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 5:27 AM, barnsy.sue via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com > > wrote: > >> Hello List >> >> >> I am searching for the burial of MARTHA SMITH who died 28th May 1877 age >> 82 in Sorell, >> >> I would like the burial date, location of grave, photo of headstone if >> available please. >> >> >> MARTHA SMTH (nee Fagan) was a Convict >> >> She was my 5th Great Grandmother, she was married Thomas Smith (Convict) >> in 1817 >> >> >> Any information would be gratefully accepted, thank you. >> >> >> Regards Sue >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent from Windows Mail >> ------------------------------- >> AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ >> Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com >> Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) >> http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >

Hi Sue and the list, I am a descendant of William Sale and Martha SMITH nee SHELDRICK. In the 1970s members of the family erected the headstone at the Henry St Anglican cemetery. The date of death displayed for William and Martha was based on private family records. The family records aolso showed that the couple were buried at Henry St but there is no record of the exact location of the grave or of any surviving headstone. The death certificate for the only Martha SMITH to die in 1877 gives the death date as 18th May 1877. Martha is shown as a widow and the local minister JC Bramwell was the informant. Martha's burial is recorded in the Sorell Burial Register (NS 432/13 - 17 film SLT X/AO/EP/380 page 793 ) This source was a microfilm held by the then State Library in the early 1980s, when I found it. The Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office should be able to convert it to the current film numbers. The above information is alsao recorded in the book, A Seamless Web, Part 1, the first 150 years. By Freda Gray, another descendant of William Sale and Martha SMITH. There is no sign of newspaper notices for the death of Martha. I would be interested to see what record gave you the details of your Martha's death date? It seems odd that there was only 10 days between the deaths of the two Martha's. There was only one Martha SMITH recorded as dying in the Tasmanian Death & Burial Registers in 1877. There were only 3 recorded on the TPI for 1803 - 1899. Regards Karlena -----Original Message----- From: barnsy.sue via Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2014 5:27 AM To: AUS-Tasmania@rootsweb.com Subject: [AUS-Tas] Sorell Cemeteries Hello List I am searching for the burial of MARTHA SMITH who died 28th May 1877 age 82 in Sorell, I would like the burial date, location of grave, photo of headstone if available please. MARTHA SMTH (nee Fagan) was a Convict She was my 5th Great Grandmother, she was married Thomas Smith (Convict) in 1817 Any information would be gratefully accepted, thank you. Regards Sue Sent from Windows Mail ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message