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Jane Ann (13) TRESISE (1867 - 1918)
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Jane Ann (13) TRESISE (1867 - 1918)

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William John SMITH (1863 - 1940)
 Richard Joseph TRESISE (1826 - 1903) Jno TRESISE



Ann WALLACE



Diana (Dinah) POLLARD (1827 - 1899) William POLLARD (1800 - 1876)



Patience MANN (1800 - 1876) Edward MANN


Jane Ann (13) TRESISE William John SMITH
Jane Ann (13) TRESISE Jane Ann (13) TRESISE
Pic P1. http://martynsmith.info/famweb/janegrav.htm
The Tresise-Pollard Collection

Pic S1. http://martynsmith.info/famweb/janegrav.htm
The Tresise-Pollard Collection

Pic 1. http://martynsmith.info/famweb/janegrav.htm
The Tresise-Pollard Collection

b. 1867 at Oxford, Victoria, Australia
m. 12 Jun 1890 William John SMITH (1863 - 1940) at Egerton, Victoria, Australia
d. 09 May 1918 at Oxford, Victoria, Australia aged 51
Near Relatives of Jane Ann (13) TRESISE (1867 - 1918)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Jno TRESISE
Grandmother Ann WALLACE
Grandfather William POLLARD abt 1800 Kenwyn, Cornwall, England 1876 Penzance, Cornwall, England 76
Grandmother Patience MANN abt 1800 Morvah, Cornwall, England 1876 Penzance, Cornwall, England 76

Father in Law William SMITH 29 Dec 1833 Ashover, Derbyshire, England 11 Jun 1896 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 62
Mother in Law Ann BULLAS abt 1836 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England 14 Jul 1926 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 90

Father Richard Joseph TRESISE abt 1826 Penzance, Cornwall, England 24 Jun 1903 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 77
Mother Diana (Dinah) POLLARD abt 1827 Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall, England 04 Dec 1899 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 72

Self Jane Ann (13) TRESISE 1867 Oxford, Victoria, Australia 09 May 1918 Oxford, Victoria, Australia 51

Husband William John SMITH 04 May 1863 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 17 Jun 1940 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 77

Brother Richard William (1) TRESISE abt 1847 bef 1863 16
Sister Catherine (2) TRESISE abt 1848 bef 1863 15
Brother Richard William (3) TRESISE abt 1849 bef 1863 14
Sister Mary TRESISE 31 Oct 1849 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Brother William Pollard TRESISE 24 Feb 1851 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Sister Mary Catherine (4) TRESISE abt 1853 1863 Victoria, Australia 10
Brother Richard William (5) TRESISE abt 1855 bef 1863 8
Sister Emma (7) TRESISE abt 1858 bef 1863 5
Sister Evangeline (6) TRESISE abt 1858 Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia 1894 Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 36
Sister Ellen (Ella) Maude (8) TRESISE abt 1859 Mt Egerton, Victoria, Australia 1908 Hotham East, Victoria, Australia 49
Brother William Wallis (9) TRESISE abt 1860 Gordon, Mt Edgerton, Victoria, Australia 04 Jul 1924 Prahran, Victoria, Australia 64
Sister Emma (10) TRESISE abt 1861 1862 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1
Sister Dinah (11) TRESISE 1863 Smythesdale, Victoria, Australia 1864 Victoria, Australia 1
Sister Mary Catherine (12) TRESISE 1866 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1943 Glen Iris, Victoria, Australia 77
Brother Richard John (14) TRESISE 1869 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1870 Victoria, Australia 1

Aunt Mary Ann POLLARD 16 Feb 1823 Gulval, Penzance, Cornwall, England 1876 Geelong, Victoria, Australia 53
Uncle Joseph HOCKING abt 1820
Uncle William POLLARD abt 1826 Cornwall, England 1893 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 67
Uncle John POLLARD abt 1828 Cornwall, England
Aunt Jane POLLARD abt 1831 Cornwall, England
Aunt Elizabeth POLLARD abt 1835 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England 1898 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 63
Uncle Christopher Oates JAMES abt 1831 Uny Lelant, Cornwall, England 22 Mar 1909 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 78
Uncle Thomas POLLARD abt 1837 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Aunt Alice (Alicensa) POLLARD abt 1838 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Aunt Johanna POLLARD abt 1845 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Aunt Emma POLLARD abt 1846 Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Cousin William Henry HOCKING 31 Aug 1845 Penzance, Cornwall, England 24 Nov 1913 Gawler South, Port Gawler, SA, Australia 68
Cousin Samuel HOCKING 1847 Penzance, Cornwall, England 1918 Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia 71
Cousin Edward Berkshire King HOCKING 1848 At Sea - 'Berkshire' 1918 70
Cousin Christopher JAMES 1858 Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia 1859 Victoria, Australia 1
Cousin Emma JAMES 1860 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 26 Feb 1925 Berwick, Victoria, Australia 65
Cousin Richard JAMES 1862 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia aft 1919 57
Cousin Christopher JAMES 1864 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1919 Victoria, Australia 55
Cousin William John JAMES 1866 Deptford, ?Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 28 Jul 1941 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia 75
Cousin Benjamin JAMES 1868 Deptford, ?Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1932 North Sydney, NSW, Australia 64
Cousin Thomas Pollard JAMES 1870 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1938 Belgrave, Victoria, Australia 68
Cousin Albert James (Ern) JAMES 1873 Deptford, ?Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Cousin Charles Henry JAMES 1875 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 08 Sep 1919 Williams, WA, Australia 44

Niece Ella Mabel HANLEY 1882 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1959 Preston, Victoria, Australia 77
Niece Olive May HANLEY 1884 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1964 Preston, Victoria, Australia 80
Niece Ruby Daphne HANLEY 1886 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1931 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 45
Niece Lilian HANLEY 1888 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1888 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 0
Nephew Charles (FOX) HANLEY 1889 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1968 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 79
Nephew William Wallace HANLEY 1891 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1968 Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia 77
Nephew Richard Christopher HANLEY 1893 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1894 Hotham, Victoria, Australia 1
Niece Violet Dinah HANLEY abt 1895 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 1950 P Ville, Victoria, Australia 55
Nephew Wallis Phillip TRESISE 1902 Zeehan, Tasmania 1960 Victoria, Australia 58
Nephew Reginald Alfred TRESISE 1903 New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia 1965 Malvern, Victoria, Australia 62
Niece Edna Louise TRESISE 1904 Zeehan, Tasmania 1984 Croydon, Victoria, Australia 80
Nephew William Richard TRESISE 1907 15 Jun 1975 Lismore, NSW, Australia 68
Nephew Clarence TRESISE abt 1910 1980 Quee?????, Victoria 70
Niece Doris Diana WEBB 14 Feb 1891 Queensland, Australia 1977 Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia 86
Nephew John Norman WEBB 15 Jun 1894 Queensland, Australia 1975 NSW, Australia 81
Nephew William Roy WEBB abt 1897 1915 St Kilda, Victoria, Australia 18
Niece Sedwell Joan WEBB 03 Mar 1898 Queensland, Australia
Niece Elizabeth Patience WEBB abt 1910 1935 St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia 25
Niece Emily May WOOD 1883 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1941 Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia 58
Niece Elsie Ellen WOOD 1885 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1949 Maryborough, Victoria, Australia 64
Nephew Charles William WOOD 1887 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1967 Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 80
Nephew John David WOOD 1889 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1902 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 13
Niece Dorothy Annie WOOD 1895 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1959 Victoria, Australia 64
Nephew Percy WOOD 1901 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1901 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 0
Niece Evelyn Winifred WOOD 1904 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
Nephew William Charles SMITH 25 Mar 1891 Footscray, Victoria, Australia 14 Jun 1977 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 86
Niece Ethel Agnes SMITH 03 Aug 1892 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 11 Feb 1984 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 91
Nephew Harold George SMITH 08 Jan 1894 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 14 May 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey 21
Nephew Herbert Frank SMITH 14 Jun 1896 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 20 Feb 1963 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 66
Nephew Roy Snadden SMITH 06 Aug 1898 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 16 Jan 1969 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 70
Nephew Percy James SMITH 30 Mar 1904 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 22 Oct 1959 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 55
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew Richard Herbert SMITH 14 Apr 1904 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 31 May 1988 84
Nephew Claude Stanley SMITH 20 Feb 1906 Queensland, Australia 09 Jan 1982 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 75
Nephew Ernest Alfred SMITH 10 Dec 1907 Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia 06 Jun 1985 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 77
Niece Olive Agnes SMITH 13 Jun 1910 Queensland, Australia 09 Oct 1992 82
Niece Florence SMITH 19 Aug 1919 16 Jul 1959 39
Nephew Francis William SMITH 31 Dec 1897 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 02 May 1961 Victoria, Australia 63
Nephew Howard Henry SMITH 15 May 1899 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 27 May 1970 Seymour, Victoria, Australia 71
Nephew Arthur Alexander SMITH 11 Aug 1900 Tourello, Clunes, Victoria, Australia 08 Jun 1973 Canberra, ACT, Australia 72
Niece Florence Una SMITH 23 Apr 1902 Tourello, Clunes, Victoria, Australia 10 Feb 1994 Kilsyth, Victoria, Australia 91
Niece Linda Lillian SMITH 09 Apr 1904 Tourello, Clunes, Victoria, Australia 02 Jun 1992 Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia 88
Nephew Sidney David SMITH 09 Aug 1905 Raywood, Victoria, Australia
Niece Emily Esther SMITH 27 Mar 1907 Raywood, Victoria, Australia 05 Dec 1932 Regent, Victoria 25
Nephew Joseph Herbert SMITH 01 Jun 1909 Long Gully, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 04 Jun 1989 Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia 80
Nephew Aquilla Charles Ernest SMITH 23 Feb 1912 Long Gully, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 2006 Carrum Downs, Victoria, Australia 94
Nephew Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased
Niece Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Emily SMITH 26 Feb 1859 Spring Hill, Victoria, Australia 1895 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 36
Sister in Law Annie SMITH 06 Jun 1861 Creswick, Victoria, Australia 1956 Clayton, Victoria, Australia 95
Brother in Law David Enoch SMITH 26 Apr 1865 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 07 Feb 1921 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 55
Brother in Law George Henry SMITH 09 Aug 1867 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 11 Nov 1928 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia 61
Brother in Law Richard Herbert SMITH 22 Jun 1869 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 07 Mar 1928 Ayr, Queensland, Australia 58
Brother in Law Frank Ernest SMITH 08 Nov 1871 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 30 Apr 1954 Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia 82
Sister in Law Florence Seymour SMITH 01 Sep 1873 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 13 Dec 1947 Regent, Victoria 74
Brother in Law Joseph Albert SMITH 03 Sep 1875 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1937 Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 62
Brother in Law Charles Howard SMITH 19 Jul 1877 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 19 Mar 1963 Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia 85
Sister in Law Agnes Evelyn (May) SMITH 29 Nov 1879 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 1961 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia 82
Brother in Law John Harris WILLIAMS
Brother in Law Joseph Patrick HANLEY
Sister in Law Annie Rosina (SILBERCISAN) SILBEREISEN abt 1866 02 Aug 1941 East Melbourne, Vic, Australia 75
Brother in Law John Henry WEBB abt 1863 1940 Belgrave, Victoria, Australia 77
Events in Jane Ann (13) TRESISE (1867 - 1918)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1867 Jane Ann (13) TRESISE was born Oxford, Victoria, Australia Note 1 52
12 Jun 1890 23 Married William John SMITH (aged 27) Egerton, Victoria, Australia Note 2 8, 52
04 Dec 1899 32 Death of mother Diana (Dinah) POLLARD (aged 72) Daylesford, Victoria, Australia Note 3 52
1903 36 Residence East St, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia Note 4 37
24 Jun 1903 36 Death of father Richard Joseph TRESISE (aged 77) Daylesford, Victoria, Australia Note 5 52
1909 42 Residence East St, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia Note 6 37
1914 47 Residence Raglan St, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia Note 7 37
09 May 1918 51 Jane Ann (13) TRESISE died Oxford, Victoria, Australia Note 8 52, 60
10 May 1918 51 Burial Daylesford Cemetery, Daylesford, Victoria
Burial Daylesford Cemetery, Daylesford, Victoria see pictures
Note 1: Reg No 21391 - parents Richard Joseph Tresize and Dinah Pollard
Note 2: Reg No 2845 - Jane Ann Tresise and Jno Wm Smith
from Betty Smith tree

http://martynsmith.info/famweb/jatsign.htm
Jane's signature on the registration of her marriage to William John Smith, 12th June, 1890 in the "Wesleyan Parsonage, Egerton"
The groom's uncle, Rev Moses Bullas, officiated.
Note 3: Reg No 13407 - Diana TRESISE - age 72 (born c 1827) - parents Pollard Wm Tresise and Patience Mann

Ancestry - Trezise_pollard tree: 4 Dec 1899 - Daylesford

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The Daylesford Herald's 6th December, 1899 report of Dinah's death
Some journalistic inaccuracies are evident when this account is compared to the Magisterial Inquiry.
Deputy Coroner Sainsbury found that Dinah died on 4th December. He heard during his Inquiry that the instrument used was a small pocket knife.

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Transcript of Deputy Coroner Sainsbury, inquiring into Dinah's death in Dec 1899
"A MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY on behalf of Our Sovereign Lady the Queen. Taken at Smiths Creek Daylesford in the Midland Bailiwick of Victoria, this Seventh day of December in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine before the undersigned Henry H Sainsbury Esquire, one of Her Majesty’s Justices of the Peace in and for the said Bailiwick, upon view of the body of Diana Trisise then and there lying dead.
Having duly inquired when, where, how, and by what means the said Diana Tresise came by her death, I say that the said Diana Tresise died at Daylesford in the said Bailiwick on the Fourth day of December 1899 from a wound in the throat – self-inflicted – whilst temporaly insane
As witness my hand this Seventh day of December 1899
Henry H Sainsbury JP"
Note 4: SMITH Ann Bullas - hd, Agnes Eveline- hd, Annie Jane - hd, Charles Howard - farmer, David Enoch - farmer, Frank Ernest - farmer, Joseph Albert - farmer, Rowland - miner, William John - farmer
Note 5: Reg No 5405 Richd Jos TRESISE - age 77 (born c 1826) - parents Jno Tresise and Ann Wallace

Ancestry _ Trezise_Pollard tree: died 24 June 1903

http://martynsmith.info/famweb/rjtdeath.htm
The Daylesford Herald's 26th June, 1903 report of Richard's death. The report accounts only three surviving children.
The newspaper may not have been aware of daughter Mary Catherine, 37, married to John Henry Webb and probably living in Queensland. The children of whom it was aware most likely were
Ellen (Ella) Maude, 44, married to Joseph Patrick Hanley and living in Melbourne,
William Wallis, 43, married to Annie Rosina Silbereisen and living in Tasmania, and, of course,
Jane Ann, 35, married to William John Smith and living in nearby Leitche's Creek.
"Another old resident in the person of Mr. Richard Tresise, of Smith's Creek, died yesterday at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr.W.J.Smith, Leitche's Creek. Mr Tresise was associated with mining pursuits in his earlier career here, and followed his avocation of a blacksmith in connection with the mines. The deceased leaves two daughters and one son, as far as we are aware. The interment will take place this morning."
Note 6: SMITH Ann Bullas - hd, Agnes Eveline- hd, Annie Jane - hd, Charles Howard - farmer, David Enoch - farmer, Frank Ernest - farmer, Joseph Albert - farmer, Rowland - miner.
Where is William John - farmer in 1903?
Note 7: SMITH Annie Jane - hd
Is this Annie Jane TRESIZE, wife of William John
Note 8: Reg No 4697 - age 50 - parents Tressise Richard Josh Smith and Dinah Pollard

Funeral Notice for Jane Ann Smith
This notice was published in The Daylesford Advocate on 10th May, 1918. Jane had died, aged fifty, the day before.
She was a daughter of Richard and Dinah Tresise.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The friends of Mr Willliam J. Smith are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved wife from his residence, Leitche's Creek, to the Daylesford Cemetery on Saturday, May 11th. Funeral to move at half past two o'clock

Daylesford Advocate, Yandolt, Glenlyon and Eganstown Chronicle 14 May 1918
SUDDEN DEATH AT
LEITCHE'S CREEK.
The death occurred under tragically sudden circumstances at Leitche's Creek on Thursday morning of Jane Ann Smith, a married woman 50 years of age. When she retired on Wednesday evening the deceased appeared to be well, but on Thursday morning, about seven o'clock, Mabel Hanley, a niece of Mrs Smith, who was staying at the house, heard moaning sounds. On going into the deceased's room she found Mrs Smith gasping for breath. Miss Hanley spoke to her aunt, but did not receive any reply. She immediately informed Mr Smith, but on returning to the room Mrs Smith appeared to be dead.
Dr Ruddle, of Daylesford, was sent for, and when he arrived at the house he pronounced life to be extinct. The deceased had been subject to heart trouble. Death was due to natural causes, and the deputy coroner (Mr R. C. Densem, J.P.) gave an order for burial.

The remains were interred in the local Cemetery on Saturday after noon. There was a large and representative gathering of sorrowing friends from the surrounding districts. The cord-bearers were six relatives of the deceased lady, viz., Messrs D., C., J. and Rex Smith, Mr J. Wood and Mr. Mellor. The coffin bearers were . Messrs W. Curry, C. Sands, W. Kirby, W. Rowe, W. .Main, A. Anderson, T. Ellis and J Jenkin. The Rev. Thomas Collins conducted a very impressive service at the house and grave. Mr. F. Verey had charge of the mortuary arrangements.
Personal Notes:
http://martynsmith.info/famweb/janegrav.htm
The Tresise-Pollard Collection
Jane Ann Smith's grave in the Daylesford Cemetery
A Daylesford milliner in her youth, Jane was the youngest surviving daughter of Richard and Dinah Tresise. She was born in 1867, married neighbouring farmer William John Smith in 1890 and died on 9th May, 1918 at Leitche's Creek.
Jane was buried in this grave on 11th May. Methodist Minister Rev Thomas Collins presided.
Her husband William died in 1940 and is buried here with her.

Funeral Notice for Jane Ann Smith
This notice was published in The Daylesford Advocate on 10th May, 1918. Jane had died, aged fifty, the day before.
She was a daughter of Richard and Dinah Tresise.
FUNERAL NOTICE
The friends of Mr Willliam J. Smith are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved wife from his residence, Leitche's Creek, to the Daylesford Cemetery on Saturday, May 11th. Funeral to move at half past two o'clock

http://martynsmith.info/famweb/janegrav.htm
Jane Ann TRESISE (thirteenth) was born in 1867 at Smith's Creek and died in 1918 at Leitches Creek. A Daylesford milliner, she married twenty-seven year-old neighbouring farmer William John SMITH in the Wesleyan Parsonage at Egerton, to the south, near Ballarat, in 1890. The bridegroom's uncle, Rev Moses BULLAS, officiated. (The Smith family farm was located on the opposite side of East Street to the Tresise home, some 120 metres to the north -- boundary to boundary. However, for courting couple William and Jane, door to door it was just over half a kilometre! The proximity of the Smith's nine-hectare - at least - farm and Smith's Creek suggests that the creek was named after the family. The railway that took some of William POLLARD's land also cut a curved diagonal swathe through the Smith farm. It may have been this that ultimately led William and Jane to commence farming at Leitches Creek.) Jane and William are both recorded, upon their deaths, as having no issue. However, Reginald Tresise SMITH (born c1893) names them as his parents on his 1921 marriage certificate recording his marriage to Florence Cecily OLVER, from whom he divorced in c1925. Also, Reginald received a pecuniary legacy from the estate of William John. In his will, however, William John denotes each executor and all beneficiaries, except Reginald, by blood relationship to himself. Additionally, one of the two notices of William John's death that appeared in 'The Daylesford Advocate' on 18th June, 1940 described William John as Reginald's "kind foster-father". For some time it was thought that Reginald may have been the son of one of Jane Ann's siblings (cf 'Tresise' in his name), but was brought up by William John and Jane. However, recent research (May, 2000) has revealed that Reginald may have been born on 7th March, 1894, at Villiers Street, Hotham, the son of 20 years old Eva HANLEY. Eva gave her baby the name "William Forbes". No father's name is recorded in the Victorian Birth Register. In 1894, Jane Ann SMITH's sister, Ellen Maude HANLEY (nee TRESISE), and her husband Joseph were living at 2 Vale Street, Hotham, just around the corner of Villiers and Vale Streets. Whilst research has found no other details of Eva HANLEY save the record of the birth of her son, she may have been a relative (niece? cousin?) of Joseph HANLEY. This highly circumstantial evidence is supported by the fact that the plaque on Reginald's grave at the Springvale Cemetery, where he was buried in 1962, names him as "Reginald Tresise Smith k/a Forbes". Other evidence suggests that Reginald had adopted the surname 'Forbes' from as early as 1930 although he never changed his name officially. Also, it is clear from a number of official documents, eg his Will, that Reginald also was known as 'Rex'. Could it be that baby William Forbes was taken to Smith's Creek to be fostered by the childless William and Jane SMITH? Was his name changed in order to ensure his inclusion in the family? Did Ellen and Joseph HANLEY's eldest child, Ella Mabel, accompany him to Daylesford as a help for Jane? (Ella, aged seventeen, certainly was in Smith's Creek caring for Jane's mother, Dinah TRESISE, in 1899.) Did Ella tell Reginald of his birth mother and his father's surname (likely 'Forbes')? Certainly there appears to have been an ongoing relationship between Reginald and Ella - the William John SMITH death notice mentioned above appears to have been placed by them together and calls William John Ella's "loved uncle". Did Reginald decide to honour his birth mother and father by adopting the surname 'Forbes'? Evidence suggests that nobody, save Ella Mabel HANLEY possibly and his lawyer, knew Reginald's legal name from about 1930 till after his death in 1962 when his will was discovered. Indeed, it is likely that he was known as 'Rex Forbes' during the last three decades of his life. This puzzle is being investigated further. William and Jane SMITH are buried together in the Daylesford Cemetery.

Daylesford Advocate 24 May 1918
BEREAVEMENT NOTICE
MR W. J. Smith, Mr Rex Smith and Miss Hanley desire to thank their many kind friends and relatives for their expressions of sympathy, letters, cards and telegrams and floral tributes in their recent sad bereavement. "Brooklands," Leitche's Creek.


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Reginald Tresise Smith
Name: Reginald Tresise Smith
Death Place: Nort, Victoria
Age: 69
Registration Year: 1962
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration number: 15780
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893
Source References:
8. Type: Marriage Certificate, Abbr: Marriage Certificate, Title: Marriage Certificate
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37. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: Australian electoral rolls, Title: Australian Electoral Rolls, Auth: Australian government
- Reference = (Other Event)
- Reference = (Other Event)
- Reference = (Census)
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Marriage)
- Reference = (Birth)
- Reference = (Death)
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: Daylesford Advocate, Yandolt, Glenlyon and Eganstown Chronicle 14 May 1918
SUDDEN DEATH AT
LEITCHE'S CREEK.
The death occurred under tragic ally sudden circumstances at Leitche's Creek on Thursday morning of Jane Ann Smith, a married woman 50 years of age. When she retired on Wednesday evening the deceased appeared to be well, but on Thursday morning, about seven o'clock, Mabel Hanley, a niece of Mrs Smith, who was staying at the house, heard moaning sounds. On going into the deceased's room she found Mrs Smith gasping for breath. Miss Hanley spoke to her aunt, but did not receive any reply. She immediately informed Mr Smith, but on returning to the room Mrs Smith appeared to be dead.
Dr Ruddle, of Daylesford, was sent for, and when he arrived at the house he pronounced life to be extinct. The deceased had been subject to heart trouble. Death was due to natural causes, and the deputy coroner (Mr R. C. Densem, J.P.) gave an order for burial.

The remains were interred in the local Cemetery on Saturday after noon. There was a large and representative gathering of sorrowing friends from the surrounding districts. The cord-bearers were six relatives of the deceased lady, viz., Messrs D., C., J. and Rex Smith, Mr J. Wood and Mr. Mellor. The coffin bearers were . Messrs W. Curry, C. Sands, W. Kirby, W. Rowe, W. .Main, A. Anderson, T. Ellis and J Jenkin. The Rev. Thomas Collins conducted a very impressive service at the house and grave. Mr. F. Verey had charge of the mortuary arrangements.
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