An apparent descendant of Arthur has compiled a fairly detailed profile of him on her tree. Very kindly, she has also uploaded a copy of his death registration from 1926.
Unfortunately, the informant (his wife, Lola) either did not know or deliberately omitted the names of his parents. Both his mother and father are entered as 'not known.'
His age is not particularly clear; it could be 50, but there is a small mark over the '0' which could indicate that there is a missing part of the stroke that made up a '6'. Either way, he was allegedly born sometime in the 1870s.
He gives his birth place as Yass in NSW, as you state, but there are only 3 births registered in NSW in the period 1865-1885:
SMART ARTHUR W 11856/ 1871 ARTHUR, AUGUSTA A, LIVERPOOL - Died in infancy.
SMART ARTHUR DAVID 2080/ 1874 ARTHUR, ELIZABETH, SYDNEY - Married Emma Juliet Shepherd in 1898 in Sydney.
SMART ARTHUR H 5441/ 1875 HENRY, ELLEN, WATERLOO - Married Alice Mary Rochford in 1899 in Sydney.
Was he not born in NSW, not registered at birth, or registered under a different name?
I also cannot find a marriage between him and Lola and neither can the person with the well-researched tree. Having said that, I'm not that knowledgable about family history research in Australia.
Have you considered doing DNA? Unless someone who has more expert knowledge that I can dig some more information up, I don't know how far you can really get without it. I'm assuming you are a direct descendant or are researching on behalf of someone who is?
Queenie
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