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William Edward SMILES (1813 - 1872)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
William John SMILES (1846 - 1904)
James SMILES (1848 - 1925)
Thomas SMILES (1850 - 1939)
Charles SMILES (1852 - 1921)
Edward SMILES (1855 - 1909)
George SMILES (1857 - 1936)
Frederick SMILES (1859 - 1939)
Charlotte SMILES (1861 - 1942)
Richard Joseph SMILES (1863 - 1900)
Alfred SMILES (1865 - 1949)
Harrington SMILES (1865 - 1893)
Samuel SMILES (1870 - 1930)
 William Edward SMILES (1813 - 1872)

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Ann Maria DAVIS (1828 - 1894)
 James SMILES (1787 - 1851)











Mary ERRINGTON (1798 - 1879)











William Edward SMILES William Edward SMILES William Edward SMILES
William Edward SMILES William Edward SMILES William Edward SMILES
b. 25 Jul 1813 at Longbenton, Northumberland, England
m. 12 May 1845 Ann Maria DAVIS (1828 - 1894) at Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
d. 12 Feb 1872 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 58
Parents:
James SMILES (1787 - 1851)
Mary ERRINGTON (1798 - 1879)
Siblings (1):
James SMILES (1823 - 1880)
Children (12):
William John SMILES (1846 - 1904)
James SMILES (1848 - 1925)
Thomas SMILES (1850 - 1939)
Charles SMILES (1852 - 1921)
Edward SMILES (1855 - 1909)
George SMILES (1857 - 1936)
Frederick SMILES (1859 - 1939)
Charlotte SMILES (1861 - 1942)
Richard Joseph SMILES (1863 - 1900)
Alfred SMILES (1865 - 1949)
Harrington SMILES (1865 - 1893)
Samuel SMILES (1870 - 1930)
Grandchildren (13):
Ernest Middleton SMILES (1874 - 1933), Selina Victoria SMILES (1875 - 1940), Amelia Caroline SMILES (1879 - 1963), Wallace Edgar SMILES (1881 - 1956), Harry Ivor SMILES (1887 - 1925), Julia Ann Mary Josephine SMILES (1875 - 1955), Elizabeth Jane SMILES (1878 - 1954), Martha Rosanna SMILES (1881 - 1968), Selina Maria SMILES (1883 - ), Charles SMILES (1886 - ), Margaret Clara SMILES (1889 - ), Emily Eva SMILES (1892 - 1958), Myrtle A SMILES (1895 - 1970)
Events in William Edward SMILES (1813 - 1872)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
25 Jul 1813 William Edward SMILES was born Longbenton, Northumberland, England
12 May 1845 31 Married Ann Maria DAVIS (aged 17) Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia 73
14 Jun 1846 32 Birth of son William John SMILES
10 Jun 1848 34 Birth of son James SMILES Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 73
23 Jun 1850 36 Birth of son Thomas SMILES 73
1851 38 Death of father James SMILES (aged 64) Tumut, New South Wales, Australia
19 Jun 1852 38 Birth of son Charles SMILES Gundaroo, New South Wales, Australia 73
19 Jan 1855 41 Birth of son Edward SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
16 Aug 1857 44 Birth of son George SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1859 46 Birth of son Frederick SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1861 48 Birth of daughter Charlotte SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1863 50 Birth of son Richard Joseph SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1865 52 Birth of son Alfred SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1865 52 Birth of daughter Harrington SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
1870 57 Birth of son Samuel SMILES Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
12 Feb 1872 58 William Edward SMILES died Tumut, New South Wales, Australia 73
Personal Notes:
William Smiles came to the district with his brother James in 1840. They were the original owners of Jeremiah Station which adjoins Gobarralong. At this time William also became associated with William Lowther in grazing pursuits.

About 1842 William Smiles went to live at Gilmore. He married Ann Maria Davis (at St Lukes, Liverpool NSW, 12 May 1845). William then secured the property known as Rose Vale on the Gilmore Creek in the Parish of Gadara.

In his Will dated February 1872, William Smiles bequeathed his estate to his Wife and his daughter, and his ten sons.
Source References:
73. Type: Book, Abbr: Pioneers of Tumut Valley, Title: Pioneers of the Tumult Valley , The History of Early Settlement, Auth: H.E. Snowden, Publ: Tumut & District Historical Society Incorporated, Date: 2004
- Reference = 44 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 44 (Death)
- Reference = 44 (Marriage)
This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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