Place: Stobwood, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Note: Not obvious in NZ BDM index so assumed to have been born in Scotland, and so it turned out. Affidavit in probate files for mother's estate show her as born Stobwood, Scotland.[1][2][3]
Note: dd/mm from igi which says Carnwath Par. Year confirmed by death cert. igi has 3 unnamed children. Bruce S has 23 Jun, Robert's occupation ploughman, Margaret's, spinster, and witnessed by James SMITH.[8][9]
Census
Date: 1871
Place: Stobwood, Par. of Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Note: SMITH: Robert 30 Collary Pitheadman b Biggar, LKS; wife Margaret 32 b St Ninians, STI; Children: Ernestin 8 (surely this is Amelia) scholar, Robert 6, Marion 6, James 2 all b Carnwath[10]
↑ Source: #S57 : Births to Robert & Margaret SMITH, rechecked Oct 2013
↑ Source #S56: Birth 16 Jul 1878 Williamina d/o Robert SMITH & Margaret HENDERSON, Stobwood, Par. of Carnwath, LKS, 632/00 #187, copy d/loaded Jan 2015
↑ Source: #S207 Stobwood, Carnwath, Lanarkshire, Reg. 632 ED 6 Sched 12, hsehld of Robert & Margaret SMITH, extracted Jul 2013
Source: S141 Title: CEM.FICHE: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, Record Type: fiche, Location: Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand, Volume: S01.15, 488-495. Publication: NZ Gen. Soc., Auckland
Source: S1691 Title: FT SMITH, Robert ex Bruce S, Compiler Address: Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand Author: Bruce SMITH
Source: S1955 Title: Matching Brides and Grooms Index ex Bill TURNER, Record Type: Marriage index Abbreviation: Matching Brides/Grooms - Otaki
Source: S471 Title: FAM.TREE: Marion SMITH family tree, Compiler Address: Pleasant Point, Canterbury, New Zealand Author: Clive Callow Publication: 1994
Source: S56 Scottish BDM certificates 1855+ ex ScotlandsPeople
Source: S93 Family History: James Henderson and his family Author: Isabella Chittock nee Howden Publication: Otago Daily Times, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand, aft 1915
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Lorna Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Smith-52755 through the import of SMITHMarionYOUNGSONPlusSibs4WikiTreeOct2013.ged on Oct 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lorna and others.
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