Born in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
Ancestors 
Daughter of George Frederick Watkins Kershaw
and Eliza Byard
Sister of
Sarah Lucretia Kershaw, Annie Maria Kershaw, Joseph Hyrum Watkins Kershaw, Samuel Frederick Kershaw and George Jabez Kershaw
Wife of
Henry Smith Jr.
— married
3 Aug 1874 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Mary Viola Smith, Willard H. Smith, Ernest Smith, Gertrude L. Smith, Henry Watkins Smith, Harriet Lillian Smith, Lula May Smith, Ellen Louise Smith, Eva Olive Smith, Susan Smith, [private son (1890s - 1980s)], George Francis Smith, Charles Edmund Smith and Algenia Mildred Smith
Died
at age 76
in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Lydia, daughter of George F.W. Kershaw and Eliza B. Byard was born in 1857.
Lydia (Age 7) emigrated with her family from Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa onboard the vessel "Mexicana" on 12 April 1865. She arrived with her family at New York City, New York, United States on 20 June 1865.[1]
Lydia (Age 7) departed with her family from Wyoming, Holt County, Nebraska, United States on the Mormon Trail with the William S.S. Willes Company on 15 August 1865. She arrived with her family to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States on 29 November 1865.[2]
Lydia (Age 16) married Henry Smith (Age 33) on 03 August 1874 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.
Lydia (Age 22) lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States on 07 June 1880.[3]
Lydia (Age 42) lived in Vernon, Fremont County, Idaho, United States on 29 June 1900.[4]
Lydia (Age 52) lived in Ashton, Fremont County, Idaho, United States on 23 April 1910.[5]
Lydia (Age 62) lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States on 23 January 1920.[6]
Lydia (Age 72) lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States on 12 April 1930.[7]
Lydia (Age 76) passed away on 17 April 1934 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.[8] She is buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States.[9][10]
- Fact: Immigration (1864)
- Fact: Census (1880) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Fact: Census (1900) Dubois, Kilgore, Vernon Precincts, Fremont, Idaho, United States
- Fact: Burial (1934) Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America
Sources
- ↑ Migration: "New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957". Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Record Group 36. Ancestry.com, Online Database ; Year: 1865, Arrival: New York, New York, Microfilm Serial #M237, Microfilm Roll: 253, Line 37, List #532.
- ↑ Mormon Pioneer: Ancestry.com. Utah, U.S., Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Records, 1847-1868 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022.
- ↑ 1880 U.S. Census: "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSV-TJG : 15 July 2017), Lydia Smith in household of Henry Smith, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 40, sheet 12C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1337; FHL microfilm 1,255,337.
- ↑ 1900 U.S. Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5P-6S5 : accessed 13 February 2018), Lydia Smith in household of Henry Smith, Dubois, Kilgore, Vernon Precincts, Fremont, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 52, sheet 9A, family 148, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,232.
- ↑ 1910 U.S. Census: Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Year: 1910; Census Place: Ashton, Fremont, Idaho; Roll: T624_224; Page: 8a; Enumeration District: 0124; FHL microfilm: 1374237
- ↑ 1920 U.S. Census: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1920; Census Place: Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah; Roll: T625_1864; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 29
- ↑ 1930 U.S. Census: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Year: 1930; Census Place: Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah; Page: 21A; Enumeration District: 0058; FHL microfilm: 2342155
- ↑ Death: "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPL-W7N : 11 September 2015), Lydia Eliza Smith, 1934.
- ↑ Burial: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVH-VZBZ : 11 July 2016), Lydia Eliza Kershaw Smith, 1934; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Salt Lake City Cemetery; citing record ID 5317829, Find A Grave: Memorial #5317829.
- ↑ Burial: Ancestry.com. Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1848-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.
- Genealogy: "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 11 January 2018, 20:05), entry for Lydia Eliza Kershaw(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KWZG-G76); contributed by various users.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Lydia by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Lydia:
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