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Elizabeth (Smith) De Meur (1833 - 1916)

Elizabeth De Meur formerly Smith
Born in Croft, Lincolnshire, Englandmap
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Wife of — married 1859 in Sydney, NSW, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 83 in Hurstville, New South Wales, Australiamap
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  • Arrived free to NSW 1844 aboard "Briton" Parents and siblings aboard ship




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The marriage to John Dark ended after approx 5 months and Elizabeth went back to live with her mother.

Source: Statement made by Elizabeth during the Bigamy case brought against her second husband Theodore Arthur De Meur in c1882 and recorded in Newspapers at the time of his Trial.

posted 24 Jun 2016 by Susan x   [thank Susan]
Elizabeth's first marriage was to John Dark at Paterson NSW.

-PRESBYTERIAN MARRIAGES 1847-1848 -21 JUN 1847 -PATERSON

-JOHN DARK (HIS X MARK) -BACHELOR, MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF SCOTLAND - -NATIVE OF WORCESTERSHIRE; RESIDENCE: PATERSON NSW

-ELIZABETH SMITH (HER X MARK) -SPINSTER, MEMBER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH -NATIVE OF LINCOLNSHIRE; RESIDENCE: PATERSON

-ARCHIBALD LAMONT, OF PATERSON; JAMES M GIBB (SEE NOTE**), OF PATERSON -WILLIAM ROSS -PRESBYTERIAN

-**TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: THE RECORD OF THE SIGNATURES OF THE WITNESSES ARE CLEARLY "ARCHA LAMONT" AND "JAMES M GIBBS" IN THIS REGISTER - THIS REGISTER IS A TYPED COPY OF THE ORIGINAL

posted 23 Jun 2016 by Susan x   [thank Susan]
Elizabeth arrived free to NSW aboard the "Briton" in June 1844 with her parents, Richard & Charlotte Smith and siblings, George, Stephen, Elizabeth and Jane.

Also aboard this ship was her half brother, William Powdrill/Powdrell, Powdrile, Poudrile aged 21 and his wife Hannah.

posted 23 Jun 2016 by Susan x   [thank Susan]
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Categories: Briton, Arrived 26 Jun 1844