This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: nicholls29 Surnames: Smith Brown Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/11698.3/mb.ashx Message Board Post: HI Jane, Others searching need to read the other thread.... http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/11682.2.1.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx "They married on 5 March, 1895, in Melbourne. She is down as a spinster and he is down as a bachelor. I have a copy of the marriage certificate and the same witnesses signed for three in a row, so don't think they were friends. Joseph's occupation was Iron Worker, Mary's "machinist". Mary has her father down as John Brown, station manager and mother's maiden name as Annie Boyd. Present and usual residence Richmond for Mary and South Melbourne for Joseph. Joseph died in 1897 at Rutherglen and Mary remarried, John Foote, in 1900 - I have a copy of that certificate too. Joseph and Mary had a son, my grandfather, William Alexander Smith, born 1893, so before they were married." Do you have the birth certificate: Name: William Alex Brown Father's Name: Brown Mother's name: Mary Brown Birth Place: Carlton, Victoria Registration Year: 1893 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 20531 OK, so all babies born to Mary BROWN, prior to her marriage, to Joseph Ambrose SMITH. Is that correct? Mary Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. <br>