Hi Jason
Looks like you making some progress there which great
Regarding which of the Smith brothers travelled over to Australia, hard to be definitive at this stage, specially when all I can see is an indexed entry rather than the original image which may or may not include additonal info. (a/try which has been mentioned above, refers to Ancestry.com).
Was it definitively a brother of Jean's that went over to Australia and then came back? Just that the clip I added above from one of the family's genealogy sites mentioned '
and travelled with her 20 yo brother in law, James, who was a goldminer who returned to Orkneys later' not that I could see another Flett on that manifest of the Black Swan.
That is not say that one or more of Jean's brother's didn't go back and forth to Australia.
For example, Simon born in 1834 - an easy one to search for as the name Simon is not that common in Scotland v. Smith
. I cannot see him on the Scottish censuses so far for 1861 (he may well be there but I just can't see him!). He shows on the Scottish censuses between 1871-91 living at Garth, Harray Orkney. Sisters Elizabeth and Amelia show as living with him most years. Possible death for him in 1895 in Harray (from a general search here
www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk).
I did see an index entry showing for a possible crossing to Australia:
Simon Smith, 19 (born c. 1835 which fits) arrived at Port Phillip Bay, Australia in Dec. 1854 on the Stebonheath.
Uk incoming passenger lists don't start until after 1878. Hard therefore to be more definitive than that for now. It could also be that other Smith brothers also went to Australia perhaps?
Monica