Smoothy family - Tasmania to Victoria

[sparrett]

I have found another child of Mary Ann Jane

Here is his death.

Name Wm Edwd BONYTHON
Aged   59
Death Place St Kilda, 
Father  Wm BONYTHON
Mother Mary Ann Jane   SMCOTHBY (sic)
Year 1928/17383

He married
BONYTHEN, Wm Edward (born Ararat)
REED Ctiana
1897/2444

Here is a description of the marriage with some details including the mention of the bridegroom's sister Miss BONYTHAN.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88973459


Sue

[sparrett]

It is my great great grandmother born in Geelong around 1870. The DNA match to my grandmother's cousin seems to indicate a Smoothy connection.

What was her name?

Sue

[majm]

Just for clarity ... Harriet Emily SMOOTHY and Robert MATSON married in New Zealand in 1901.  #2395
 

JM

[sparrett]

Yes, and had many chn there too.

The grandmother seems to have been both born and fostered in Geelong.

Sue

[GeorgiyH]

Great great grandmother was known as Maud Shipway (foster family surname) . On some documents she used McDonald as her maiden name.

[sparrett]

Am I right in saying you think a SMOOTHY male or female was the parent of this child, Maud, born around 1870 in Geelong?
But you have been unable to locate any useful records to establish this one way or the other?

Do you have any other information at all about her and where did you discover what you do know.
Do you have her death certificate for instance?
On which specific documents do you see the name McDONALD.?


Sue

[GeorgiyH]

Hi Sue, yes based on DNA it seems probable that a Smoothy is a parent of Maud. But no documented proof. Have Maud's marriage and death certs. McDonald recorded on the birth of her eldest child Eva.

[majm]

Eva was not the first born but her older brother had succumbed before her birth      See Jas SMITH’s birth #32829 and death #15911 both registered 1890, Vic BDM.  Both with parents as Jas and Maud and with McDonald as Maud’s former surname. 

JM

[GeorgiyH]

Thanks,
 I had forgotten about the infant that died.