Joanna (Elder) Smith (1835 - 1919)

Born 11 Oct 1835 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland

Wife of Robert Barr Smith — married 15 Apr 1856 (to about 1915) in Victoria

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1919 at age 84 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Joanna Elder was born on 11 Oct 1835 and baptized on 3 Nov 1835 at Kirkaldy, Fife, in Scotland as "Joanna Elder". She was a daughter of George Elder and Joanna Hadow Lang.

Joanna married Robert Barr Smith (1824-1915) in 1856^[1]. The marriage record showed her name as "Joanna Lang" which was actually her mother's maiden name. Did someone get confused between mother and daughter, both named Joanna? (Oddly, too, www.familysearch.org doesn't show the place of marriage but says one must go to an LDS Family History Center in order to see the "marriage notice".)

Joanna and Robert had thirteen children, six of whom died in infancy ^[2].

The couple migrated to South Australia, the date not found.

Joanna died in 1919 at Adelaide and was buried at Mitcham City, South Australia^[3] in a shared grave with her late husband Robert^[4].

Sources

1. ↑ Victorian Births, Deaths & Marriages: Marriage Registration no. 1856 1825/1856
2. ↑ https://adelaidia.history.sa.gov.au/people/robert-barr-smith
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #209263016 : accessed 05 October 2021), memorial page for Joanna Barr-Smith (11 Oct 1835–23 Oct 1919), Find a Grave Memorial ID 209263016, citing Mitcham Anglican Cemetery, Mitcham, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by nettlyne (contributor 47486944) .
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #127646430 : accessed 05 October 2021), memorial page for Robert Barr-Smith (4 Feb 1824–20 Nov 1915), Find a Grave Memorial ID 127646430, citing Mitcham Anglican Cemetery, Mitcham, Mitcham City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by nettlyne (contributor 47486944) .

• Marriage registration (Victoria BDM):
  Robert Barr SMITH and Joanna Lang ELDER (1856); reg. 1825/1856
• Death Citation

SA BDM (Secondary evidence) Page: Ade 432 491 Text: Given Name(s): Joanna Last Name: BARR-SMITH Death Date: 23 Oct 1919 Gender: F Age: 81y Approx. Birth Year: 1838 Marital Status: W Relative 1: Robert BARR SMITH [DH] Relative 2: Residence: Adelaide Death Place: Adelaide District: Adelaide Symbol: Book/Page: 432/491

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