Margaret Annie (Brickell) Smyth (1873 - 1965)

Born 10 Aug 1873 in Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Patrick Smyth — married about 1889 in New Zealand

Descendants

Died 19 May 1965 at age 91 in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand

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Biography

Margaret was born in Taupo, New Zealand in 1873 ^[1], the youngest daughter of Ben and Ellen Brickell. Her father was drowned in the Petane River, Hawkes Bay, when she was only nine months old, and she was then raised by her grandmother Thompson in Howick, Auckland. Margaret married Patrick Smyth 11 August 1889 ^[2] and went to live in Moore Street, Howick. Auckland. Margaret refused to have the water or power put on to her house, and considered herself well off because she was never bothered by power cuts. In the latter years of her life, however, when she was living with her daughters, she became very attached to her radio and loved to listen to parliament. The small house in Moore St was Margaret's home for 38 years of marriage and another 26 years as a widow. The last years of her life were spent in the homes of her daughters, Mary, Connie and Clarice^[3]. She died aged 92 on 19 May 1965 ^[4]

• Fact: Burial (3 January 1965) Our Lady Star Of The Sea Catholic Church, Howick, Auckland, New Zealand
• Fact: had 9 children

Sources

1. ↑ “Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Births 1873/31190 Annie Brickell, Ellen and Benjamin
2. ↑ “Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Marriages 1889/1869
3. ↑ The Smyth Family - Howick 1847-1987, Privately Published by Pat Grace, Wellsford, New Zealand.1987. Copy held by several Smyth descendants
4. ↑ “Births, Deaths & Marriages Online", [digital index], New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz Deaths 1965/27552

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 June 2020, 03:01), entry for Margaret Annie Brickell(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LVN3-YJR); contributed by various users.
• "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-8TZK : 4 October 2016), Patrick Smyth and Margaret Brickell, 1889; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1889/1869, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SY-7NTF : 1 August 2017), Margaret Ann Brickell Smyth, died 19 May 1965; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Our Lady Star Of The Sea Catholic Church, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.