| [Index] |
| Elizabeth MCFARLANE (1845 - 1898) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Elizabeth MCFARLANE (1845 - 1898) + Thomas SMITH (1843 - ) |
Charles MCFARLANE (1809 - 1880) | James MCFARLANE | ||
| Elizabeth HONOR | ||||
| Elizabeth WELSH (1820 - 1884) | Robert WELSH | |||
| Ellen RYAN | ||||
| b. 07 Oct 1845 at Maitland, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. abt 1860 Thomas SMITH (1843 - ) |
| d. 13 Oct 1898 aged 53 |
| Parents: |
| Charles MCFARLANE (1809 - 1880) |
| Elizabeth WELSH (1820 - 1884) |
| Events in Elizabeth MCFARLANE (1845 - 1898)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 07 Oct 1845 | Elizabeth MCFARLANE was born | Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | ||
| abt 1860 | 15 | Married Thomas SMITH (aged 17) | 18 | ||
| 16 Jul 1880 | 34 | Death of father Charles MCFARLANE (aged 71) | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia | 9789/1880 | 6 |
| 28 Mar 1884 | 38 | Death of mother Elizabeth WELSH (aged 64) | Foxlow, New South Wales, Australia | 6 | |
| 13 Oct 1898 | 53 | Elizabeth MCFARLANE died | 18 | ||
| Personal Notes: |
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my husband Philip is related to the McFarlane’s through his father Reginald Gordon Smith. We talked to Reg about the family before he passed away so I can maybe fill you in on a few gaps. Our family comes down from Charles and Elizabeth McFarlane’s third child Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born 07/10/1845 and died 13/10/1898. She, along with other McFarlane’s, is buried at St Thomas church of England Cemetery at Carwoola. We have been there and photographed a number of the headstones. At the age of 15 Elizabeth eloped to Braidwood and married Thomas Smith at the Roman Catholic Church Braidwood. He was only about 17 so they were very young. The witnesses at their wedding were Frederick William Cole and Ellen Cole, her sister. Elizabeth & Thomas went on to have 13 children. I can supply their names and date of birth if you want to go that far. We are descended from their fifth child Thomas Samuel born 1870. He married Eliza Draper 08/03/1894 and we descend from their seventh child Reginald Gordon Smith. I can’t supply any information on Thomas Smith because on their marriage certificate he states that his parents are unknown. Try tracing a Smith without any lineage. We have a few very fragile clues which we hope to follow now that we have retired. We think he may have been raised at the Orphan School Parramatta.
When we first started researching The McFarlane’s we went to the State Archives in Canberra. That was pre internet and ancestry searches on line. It was quite interesting as we found records of Charles McFarlane working as a shepherd at Gidley Station. The family seemed to have lived at a place called Foxlow which is where Elizabeth Smith (nee McFarlane) died. Reg talked about the family holidays to the McFarlane farm and Philip remembers going there as a young boy. Reg gave us the names of his cousins. They were Jim, Harry (probably Henry Charles), Reuben (Arthur Reuben), Frank (John Frances), and Allan Stewart and May, twins born about 1892. Reuben died 29/02/1928 aged 33 of pneumonia in Queanbyan Hospital. It was Allan and May’s farm which the Smith’s visited & Philip describes it as just an old slab hut. They had a tame kangaroo which came in of a winters evening and slept in front of the fire. Aunty May was very put out when her brother Allan bought her a fuel stove. This new fangled thing just didn’t cook sponges properly, so she went back to baking them over the open fire. Philip swears they were the best sponges he’s ever had. I remember meeting Aunty May when Philip & I were courting. She was very ill and so came to Earlwood so that Reg & Edna could look after her. Frank disappeared and wasn’t heard of again. The story goes that as his wife rode up to the front door of Allan & May’s house with a loaded shotgun, Frank took off out the back door and rode off on his horse never to be seen again. Reg said that Frank’s wife’s name was Gladys Soutter. It was believed that Frank went to Galahgenbone to his mate Jack Thompson who used to live at Captains Flat. I don’t think that clue to his final whereabouts has ever been persued. I hope that the info on Elizabeth McFarlane and the missing twins (Allan & May) helps. Dad also mentioned a Jim. That is a hard one to trace because they don’t seem to use their given name. If you haven’t already been then a visit to St Thomas cemetery at Carwoola is worth the trip if you live in NSW. We stayed at a motel in Canberra. The church is no longer used and just sits in the middle of nowhere but is maintained. We visited the graves and photographed them which was fortunate because a few years later his brother went for a visit and a number of the headstones had been vandalised. What processes people. |
| Source References: |
| 6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001 |
| - Reference = 204 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 204 (Name, Notes) |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Kathy Smith 27 July 2016 (Marriage) |
| - Reference = Kathy Smith 27 July 2016 (Death) |