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John McPherson SMITH (1870 - )

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Ian Scott SMITH (1903 - ) Ailsa Cathcart SMITH (1906 - ) Gordon McPherson SMITH (1911 - ) Kenneth Hew SMITH (1917 - )	John McPherson SMITH (1870 - ) + Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT (1875 - 1950)	James SMITH
		Unknown MCPHERSON

b. 1870 at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

m. 1903 Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT (1875 - 1950) at Warnambool, Victoria, Australia

Near Relatives of John McPherson SMITH (1870 - )
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	James SCOTT	1831	Girvan, Ayr, Scotland	1905	Perth, WA, Australia	74
Mother in Law	Jessie Cummings LAMBIE	1844	Southend, Argyle, Scotland	1886	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia	42
Father	James SMITH
Mother	Unknown MCPHERSON
Self	John McPherson SMITH	1870	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wife	Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT	1875	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1950	Tunbridge Wells, England	75
Son	Ian Scott SMITH	1903	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Daughter	Ailsa Cathcart SMITH	1906	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Son	Gordon McPherson SMITH	abt 1911
Son	Kenneth Hew SMITH	1917
Son in Law	John Gordon MURRAY
Nephew	Albert Edward OFFICER	1901	Victoria, Australia	1958	Fremantle, WA, Australia	57
Nephew	Robert OFFICER			1958	Victoria, Australia
Niece	Margaret OFFICER	1905	Perth, WA, Australia	1950	Victoria, Australia	45
Nephew	James OFFICER	1909	Perth, WA, Australia
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Buchanan SCOTT	1870	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia	1941	Perth, WA, Australia	71
Brother in Law	Mathew Lang SCOTT	1873	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	1876	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	3
Brother in Law	James Lambie SCOTT	1877	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1879	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	2
Brother in Law	Robert Johnstone SCOTT	1879	Echuca, Victoria, Australia	1885	Ivanhoe Lodge, Ivanhoe, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	6
Brother in Law	Walter Buchanan SCOTT	1881	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	1916	Villers Bretonneux, France	35
Brother in Law	Alexander Paterson SCOTT	1884	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	1918	Villers Bretonneux, France	34

Events in John McPherson SMITH (1870 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1870		John McPherson SMITH was born	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1903	33	Birth of son Ian Scott SMITH	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1903	33	Married Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT (aged 28)	Warnambool, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52, 60
1906	36	Birth of daughter Ailsa Cathcart SMITH	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
abt 1911	41	Birth of son Gordon McPherson SMITH		Boat records
1917	47	Birth of son Kenneth Hew SMITH		Boat records in 1929
Jan 1929	59	Immigration	"Saxon Castle" Durban to Southampton	Note 5
1950	80	Death of wife Alexandrina Margaret Cathcart SCOTT (aged 75)	Tunbridge Wells, England	Note 6

Note 1: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name John Macpherson Smith Birth Date Abt 1870 Birth Place Melbourne, Victoria Registration Year 1870 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father William Smith Mother Chrl?? Macpherson Registration Number 17662

Note 2: Ian Scott Smith in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ian Scott Smith Birth Date: Abt 1903 Birth Place: St Kilda, Victoria Registration Year: 1903 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Jno McPherson Smith Mother: Margt Alexandrina Scott Registration Number: 29009

Note 3: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name Margt Adrena Catheart Scott Spouse Name Jno McPherson Smith Marriage Place Victoria Registration Place Victoria Registration Year 1903 Registration Number 975 Table Talk (Melbourne) 15 Jan 1903 Marriage. Smith—Scott. The marriage of Miss Margaret Cathcart Scott, second daughter of Mr. James Scott, of Ashton, Warnambool, to Mr. John McPherson Smith, oldest son of the late Mr. William Smith, of Ravenswood, East St. Kilda, was celebrated by the Rev. Donald A. Cameron, M.A., on January 7, at 1.30 o'clock, at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Warambool. Mr James Scott - her father Herbert Purves Smith - his brother Bridesmaids - Miss Alexa Scott (cousin of bride) & Miss Allison Smith (sister of groom)

Note 4: Ailsa Cathcart Smith in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Ailsa Cathcart Smith Birth Date: Abt 1906 Birth Place: St Kilda, Victoria Registration Year: 1906 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Jno McPherson Smith Mother: Margt Alexandrina Scott Registration Number: 14192

Note 5: SMITH Gordon McPherson (57) - Barrister Gordon McPherson (18) Kenneth Hew (12) Permanent residence in Scotland returning to Scotland

Note 6: Possibly Tunbridge Wells, England

Source References:

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

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name John Macpherson Smith Birth Date Abt 1870 Birth Place Melbourne, Victoria Registration Year 1870 Registration Place Victoria, Australia Father William Smith Mother Chrl?? Macpherson Registration Number 17662

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name Margt Adrena Catheart Scott Spouse Name Jno McPherson Smith Marriage Place Victoria Registration Place Victoria Registration Year 1903 Registration Number 975

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

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Table Talk (Melbourne) 15 Jan 1903 Marriage. Smith—Scott. The marriage of Miss Margaret Cathcart Scott, second daughter of Mr. James Scott, of Ashton, Warnambool, to Mr. John McPherson Smith, oldest son of the late Mr. William Smith, of Ravenswood, East St. Kilda, was celebrated by the Rev. Donald A. Cameron, M.A., on January 7, at 1.30 o'clock, at St. John's Presbyterian Church, Warambool. Mr James Scott - her father Herbert Purves Smith - his brother Bridesmaids - Miss Alexa Scott (cousin of bride) & Miss Allison Smith (sister of groom)

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