I have a John Smith who died in Port Fairy, Victoria on 30 April 1859. According to his death certificate he was 29 years of age and was born in Kent, England. He has been in Victoria for 12 years. No parents are listed. He was married to Mary Anne Hoey and she was pregnant with their fourth daughter when he died in an accidental death. I have his death certificate, burial records and "Letters of Intestate". I have five possible John Smith's born in Kent in this time period but with a name like John Smith I have hit a brick wall. Am I overlooking any other record in Victoria which may provide me with his parents names. I can't identify which John Smith he was arriving in 1847. Any suggestions from anyone of another source I can try. Heather ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Heather and Kevin Bray 28 Milburn Street Corstorphine Dunedin 9012 New Zealand kandh.bray@xtra.co.nz ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hi Heather, I would make contact with the Port Fairy Genealogy Society http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~auspfgs/index.html They would have their finger on the pulse re which John Smith was which. Although there will be a research fee it would be worth your while to find out. They may have a newspaper item about the accidental death of John. I have checked TROVE and couldn't find anything, but maybe the particular newspaper is not on TROVE. Cheers Sally Flynn On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Heather Bray <kandh.bray@xtra.co.nz> wrote: > I have a John Smith who died in Port Fairy, Victoria on 30 April 1859. > According to his death certificate he was 29 years of age and was born in > Kent, England. He has been in Victoria for 12 years. No parents are listed. > > He was married to Mary Anne Hoey and she was pregnant with their fourth > daughter when he died in an accidental death. > > I have his death certificate, burial records and "Letters of Intestate". > > I have five possible John Smith's born in Kent in this time period but with > a name like John Smith I have hit a brick wall. > > Am I overlooking any other record in Victoria which may provide me with his > parents names. > > I can't identify which John Smith he was arriving in 1847. > > Any suggestions from anyone of another source I can try. > > Heather > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Heather and Kevin Bray > 28 Milburn Street > Corstorphine > Dunedin 9012 > New Zealand > kandh.bray@xtra.co.nz > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-VIC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >