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Alexander Grainger SMITH (1870 - 1929)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Kelvin Hopkins SMITH (1903 - ) Vivian Alec SMITH (1906 - )	Alexander Grainger SMITH (1870 - 1929) + Annie Matilda HOPKINS	James Cassie SMITH ( - 1900)
		Elizabeth GRAINGER

b. 1870 at Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia

m. 1900 Annie Matilda HOPKINS at Footscray, Victoria, Australia

d. 1929 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 59

Near Relatives of Alexander Grainger SMITH (1870 - 1929)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father	James Cassie SMITH			bef 1900
Mother	Elizabeth GRAINGER
Self	Alexander Grainger SMITH	1870	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1929	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	59
Wife	Annie Matilda HOPKINS
Son	Kelvin Hopkins SMITH	1903	Queensland, Australia
Son	Vivian Alec SMITH	1906	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Sister	Elizabeth Cassie SMITH	1858	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Brother	William Hamilton SMITH	1860	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia
Sister	Margaret Cassie SMITH	1861	Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia	20 Nov 1944	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	83
Brother	James Hamilton SMITH	1863	Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia	1927	Mansfield, Victoria, Australia	64
Brother	Charles Henry SMITH	1866	Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia
Sister	Rachael Morrison SMITH	1868	Bally Bally, Victoria, Australia	1934	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	66
Niece	Eleanor May SNADDEN	1884	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1973	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Nephew	George Patterson SNADDEN	1885	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1966	Croydon, Victoria, Australia	81
Niece	Jessie Allison SNADDEN	1887	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1974	Kew, Victoria, Australia	87
Niece	Marguerita (Rita) Grainger SNADDEN	21 Jan 1896	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	1959	Victoria, Australia	63
Brother in Law	Walter SNADDEN	14 Sep 1849	Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland	13 Aug 1928	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	78
Brother in Law	John Edwin WRIGHT

Events in Alexander Grainger SMITH (1870 - 1929)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1870		Alexander Grainger SMITH was born	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1900	30	Married Annie Matilda HOPKINS	Footscray, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60
bef 1900	30	Death of father James Cassie SMITH		Note 3
1903	33	Birth of son Kelvin Hopkins SMITH	Queensland, Australia	Note 4	18
1906	36	Birth of son Vivian Alec SMITH	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 5	18
1929	59	Alexander Grainger SMITH died	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
		Death of mother Elizabeth GRAINGER		Note 7

Note 1: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Alexander Smith Name: Alexander Smith Father's Name: James Smith Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grainger Birth Place: Ballarat East, Victoria Registration Year: 1870 Registration Place: Victoria Registration number: 351

Note 2: Independent (Footscray) 12 May 1900 WEDDING BELLS. . SMITH-HOPKINS. - THE Wesleyan Church, Hyde-street, was the scene of an interesting wedding last Tuesday evening, when Miss Annie Matilda Hopkins, second daughter of Mrs. Cecilia Hopkins, of Bleak House, Ryan-street, Footscray Was wedded to Mr Alexander Grainger Smith, second son of the- late Mr. Smith, of Whitehall-street, Footscray.

Note 3: see marriage of son Alexander in 1900 - son of the late Mr Smith of Footscray Ancestry trees -b 1825 - Aberdeen, Scotland - parents John Smith and elizabeth Cassie

Note 4: see funeral notice for father 1903/C3318 Kelvin Hopkins Grainger Smith Alexander Grainger Annie Matilda Hopkins

Note 5: see funeral notice for father 1906/B11836 Vivian Alec Grainger Smith Alexander Grainger Annie Matilda Hopkins

Note 6: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Alexander Grainger Smith Name: Alexander Grainger Smith Death Date: 16 Dec 1929 Death Place: Queensland Father's Name: James Smith Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grainger Registration Year: 1929 Registration Place: Queensland Registration number: B009840 Page Number: 1631 Brisbane Courier 17 Dec 1929 Grainger-Smith -The Friends of Mrs A Grainger-Smith and Messrs Kelvin and Vivian Grainger-Smith are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral of her deceased Husband and their Father (Rev Alexander Grainger-Smith) to move from the Albert-street Methodist Church on conclusion of service commencing at 2 o clock Tomorrow (Wednesday) Afternoon to the Toowong Cemetery Cairns Post 24 Dec 1929 REV, À. GRAINGER SMITH, Thus, the Brisbane "Daily Mail": The announcement last night of the death of the Rev. Alexander Grainger Smith, of the New Farm Methodist Church came as a distinct shock to his friends throughout the Church. He had been in ill health for a considerable time past, but, except for intervals of weakness, he continued in the discharge of his ministerial duties until, last week, he was stricken down with an attack of pleurisy, to which he succumbed, after 34 years' ministry, the whole of which was spent in this State. Mr. Smith came to Queensland from Victoria in 1895, and a year later was accepted as a candidate for the ministry, his first appointment being to Croydon, North Queensland. In subsequent years he served the Church faithfully as superintendent minister in many of the leading circuits of the State, including Ipswich, Laidley, Warwick, Toowoomba, Wooloowin, and Sandgate. In 1922 he was elected to the secretary- ship of the Queensland Conference, and in the following year he succeeded to the highest position in the Church, that of President. At last conference he was appointed to New Farm circuit, after three years' ministry at Sandgate, but owing to ill health he was not able to give of his full strength to the work. In his earlier years, Mr. Smith was regarded as one of the outstanding preachers of the denomination in this State, and as a successful circuit administrator. He has left a widow and two sons, the elder of whom is a school teacher at Mount Surprise and the other a bank official at Narandera, New South Wales.

Note 7: Ancestry trees - b 1832 - Glasgow, Scotland - parents James Grainger and Elizabeth Pollock

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 about Annie Matda Hopkins Name: Annie Matda Hopkins Spouse Name: Alex Grainger Smith Marriage Place: Victoria Registration Place: Victoria Registration Year: 1900 Registration number: 2481

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Alexander Grainger Smith Name: Alexander Grainger Smith Death Date: 16 Dec 1929 Death Place: Queensland Father's Name: James Smith Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grainger Registration Year: 1929 Registration Place: Queensland Registration number: B009840 Page Number: 1631

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Alexander Smith Name: Alexander Smith Father's Name: James Smith Mother's Name: Elizabeth Grainger Birth Place: Ballarat East, Victoria Registration Year: 1870 Registration Place: Victoria Registration number: 351

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Brisbane Courier 17 Dec 1929 Grainger-Smith -The Friends of Mrs A Grainger-Smith and Messrs Kelvin and Vivian Grainger-Smith are respectfully Invited to attend the Funeral of her deceased Husband and their Father (Rev Alexander Grainger-Smith) to move from the Albert-street Methodist Church on conclusion of service commencing at 2 o clock Tomorrow (Wednesday) Afternoon to the Toowong Cemetery Cairns Post 24 Dec 1929 REV, À. GRAINGER SMITH, Thus, the Brisbane "Daily Mail": The announcement last night of the death of the Rev. Alexander Grainger Smith, of the New Farm Methodist Church came as a distinct shock to his friends throughout the Church. He had been in ill health for a considerable time past, but, except for intervals of weakness, he continued in the discharge of his ministerial duties until, last week, he was stricken down with an attack of pleurisy, to which he succumbed, after 34 years' ministry, the whole of which was spent in this State. Mr. Smith came to Queensland from Victoria in 1895, and a year later was accepted as a candidate for the ministry, his first appointment being to Croydon, North Queensland. In subsequent years he served the Church faithfully as superintendent minister in many of the leading circuits of the State, including Ipswich, Laidley, Warwick, Toowoomba, Wooloowin, and Sandgate. In 1922 he was elected to the secretary- ship of the Queensland Conference, and in the following year he succeeded to the highest position in the Church, that of President. At last conference he was appointed to New Farm circuit, after three years' ministry at Sandgate, but owing to ill health he was not able to give of his full strength to the work. In his earlier years, Mr. Smith was regarded as one of the outstanding preachers of the denomination in this State, and as a successful circuit administrator. He has left a widow and two sons, the elder of whom is a school teacher at Mount Surprise and the other a bank official at Narandera, New South Wales.

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Independent (Footscray) 12 May 1900 WEDDING BELLS. . SMITH-HOPKINS. - THE Wesleyan Church, Hyde-street, was the scene of an interesting wedding last Tuesday evening, when Miss Annie Matilda Hopkins, second daughter of Mrs. Cecilia Hopkins, of Bleak House, Ryan-street, Footscray Was wedded to Mr Alexander Grainger Smith, second son of the- late Mr. Smith, of Whitehall-street, Footscray.

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