I will try and attach the death printout record - just in case I'm missing clues.
Hi again...
Thanks for that. So John SMITH was approximately 18 when he arrived in approximately 1876 at most likely a South Island port, quite possibly Port Chalmers. I guess that's a start :-)
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I've seen the WWI file and a Mrs Carrie Smith is mentioned. No-one can verify that was his wife - in fact it's almost certainly not true and has been a red herring for historians researching our family.
For the record, the Army Service file says that John SMITH married a Carrie KENDALL in 1906 in Wanganui. They had a son Erich born 1906 in New Plymouth.
This Carrie KENDALL might be the Carrie CHRISTENSEN who married Thomas William KENDAL in 1896. They had a son Eric Claude KENDALL in 1904. They were officially divorced in 1919.
Supreme Court - Divorcehttp://www.rootschat.com/links/0197j/It may pay to do a Births fiche look-up to find out if Eric b.1904 was born in New Plymouth. If so, it's possible that he is the "Erich born 1906" mentioned in John SMITH's Army Service record. It looks like this Eric died in 1968 and is buried in Palmerston North.
If you can find the age of Carrie CHRISTENSEN when she married in 1896 you can then compare it to the Carrie SMITH buried at Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth. She died in 1930 aged 61 so was born c.1861
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Charles Eberhard SUISTED (b 1810) did have a sister apparently called Mary
Do you have any further info on Mary, the sister of Charles SUISTED / Carl SJÖSTEDT. I've looked at the Household Register where she would most likely be mentioned...
Fryksände kyrkoarkiv, Husförhörslängder, A I:14 1812-1821, page 132... and although there are three sisters mentioned none of them is a Mary. And it's likely that this is the entire family as apparently the father died in 1821, although I can't find a record of his death.
Regards
Beg