Nariddy Cemetery Notes
Compiled by Russell and Liz Smart
Bowman Robert --
born 25-9-1885,
in the Hundred of Narridy to Edward Bowman and Harriet
nee Stanley. Harriet, daughter of Richard Stanley and Edward son of Edward
Bowman, married 2-8-1881 at
the residence of her father who lived at North Adelaide.
Infant Robert Bowman died 26-9-1885.
Edward died 9-8-1929
at Hendon, suburb of Adelaide, but
I have been unable to trace Harriet Bowman’s death. (I don’t believe Edward
Bowman had any connection to the Bowman Family at Crystal Brook.) No headstone
Clements Vivian “George” -- George Clements died at Crystal
Brook Hospital
on
22-9-2006. George was the son of Henry James Clements and
Winifred May nee Oakley, born at Waikerie 24-11-1920.
George trained in the RAAF as a Fitter, moving to several
stations around Australia,
one of these moves to Pt. Pirie where he met and later married Elizabeth “Dawn”
Smart, daughter of Arthur Emanuel Smart and Dora nee Storey.
George and Dawn became the third generation to farm Robert
and Elizabeth Smart’s land taken up in 1879.
In August 1997 George and Dawn retired to 68
Brandis Street Crystal Brook.
George has a black marble headstone.
Clifton Elaine Joyce born
1-7-1929--- died 7-4-1930 at Crystal Brook. Infant of Narridy School Teacher Ivor Clarence Clifton and his wife
Matty nee Green.
Ivor, born 3-3-1902
at Tungkillo, the son of Arthur and Sabina Ann nee Spry, married Matty daughter
of Hurtle Green on 14-5-1926
at St Augustine’s Church, Pt.
Augusta. Elaine was baptised in the Narridy
Methodist Church
on 23-3-1929, with several
other Narridy children.
A white angel adorns the headstone of this infant’s grave.
Crawford John -- died 3-9-1894 aged 60 years at near Georgetown.
No further details and no headstone but can only assume John
Crawford is the father of Alice Crawford who married Joseph Hudson. I cannot
find Alice Crawford’s birth to inform us of her mother. No mention of Crawford
owing land at Narridy in 1890’s
No headstone
Denson John —John
Denson died aged 9 years 6 months 28-5-1895.
John was the son of Joseph and Mary Ann nee Highett. He died at Narridy. No
headstone.
Denson Joseph died at Gladstone
on 19-11-1900 aged 46
years Born at Norwood
30-12-1885 his parents--
Joseph Denson and Mary nee Thomson.
Joseph married Mary Ann Highett, daughter of Thomas Highett
(Junior) and Harriett nee Lines 3-7-1879 at the Narridy Bible Christian
Church. A farmer of Narridy, five children were born here from 1881---1889.
No headstone, he is buried near his son, John.
(Widow Mary Ann Denson married widower John Martin, a farmer
of Narridy
on 16-2-1904 at Methodist Parsonage Pt. Pirie. Mary Ann died
at Hamley Bridge
15-4-1918)
Dixon
John John Dixon
died at Narridy on 12-1-1889
aged 89 years. I have been unable to trace his birth, this being before S A
records began.
John Dixon farmer of Blyth Plains on 29 August 1877 purchased
Sections—20; 92; 93; 94, Hundred of Narridy, a total of 597 Acres, cost one
thousand, one hundred, and ninety-six pounds.
Son of John he married Ann daughter of John McLeod 8-3-1864 at Chambers Church Adelaide.
I notice two children were born at Narridy, the dates before his legal purchase
of land, Amelia Jane Dixon b. 1872 and John Norman Dixon b.1874.
John Dixon was a Councillor for Narridy for one term; he was
also a Trustee of the Narridy Cemetery.
John Dixon has a white marble headstone
When he died in 1889 the informant of his death was a nephew,
Thomas Kemp.
Dixon
Ann --Ann Dixon died at Gladstone
10-8-1920 aged 83 years.
Born in Scotland
she arrived in South Australia
with her parents in 1856. Her father was John McLeod. Ann and John Dixon had a
family of three girls and one son; Ann’s two daughters lived in the Gladstone
district at the time of her death, Mrs Growden and Mrs. Fisher.
Ann and John Dixon’s son John Norman Dixon owed land at
Merriton for a short period. Third daughter Catherine married Edward Lang,
after farming in the mid north they retired to Adelaide.
(A brother of Ann’s, Donald McLeod, farmer of Narridy, had
two infant’s whom died at Narridy in 1876 and 1880. It is possible they are
also buried Narridy Cemetery.)
Highett Thomas died
at Narridy 13-4-1886
In 1881 Narridy Council Assessment books Thomas Highett
occupied Township section 7 consisting of a galvanized home of two
rooms. The owner was William Threadgold.
In 1884 South Australia Directories Thomas Highett is listed
as the Narridy Pound Keeper.
I can only assume he was married before coming to S. A. at
his son Thomas Henry Highett’s birth his wife is listed as Eliza nee Bland.
Thomas Jnr lived at Kooringa Burra and this is where Eliza Highett died on 12-11-1897. She is buried at Burra.
Thomas Highett does not have a headstone.
Hudson
Christopher -- died 12-4-1887 at Narridy aged 4 days. Christopher was
the infant son of Joseph Hudson and Alice nee Crawford daughter of John
Crawford, they married on 30-12-1884 at St Paul’s
Church Pt. Pirie.
I could not find birth registration of any other siblings for
this couple.
Christopher’s father, Joseph Hudson died 19-3-1900 aged 56 years at Pt Pirie.
He had a brother at Nelshaby- - Henry, who married to Hannah
Bishop.
No headstone for this infant, I could not find Alice Hudson’s
death or re-marriage
Lang Infant
-- died 22-7-1893 at
Narridy, presume to have been stillborn,
Child of William Rowley Lang and Catherine
nee Dixon.
William was the son of Edward Lang and Catherine the daughter
of John Dixon and Ann nee McLeod, all farmers of Narridy. William and Catherine
married on
18-9-1891
at the Bible Christian Church, Narridy. No
headstone for this infant
Lang Samuel Bramley --- died 23-2-1903 at Narridy aged 51 years.
Samuel Lang was born 19-5-1853
Adelaide district, the son of
Edward Lang and Martha nee Rowley. On 15-10-1894
at the residence of Mr. A. Robinson of Redhill Samuel Lang married Lydia
Bairstow daughter of Joseph Bairstow a farmer of Redhill. A headstone of white
marble cross within a fence marks the resting place for Mr. Lang, the uncle of
his brother’s infant buried nearby in 1893.
Liddle
John --- died 26-9-1907
at Narridy aged 65 years.
John Liddle left his home on 26th January 1865 to walk and ride to Plymouth,
boarding a ship on February 3rd. The Crystal Brook history group have a copy of Mr Liddle’s diary during this voyage.
“There is a good brease of wind and “Clara” is going very sweetly we saw
2 ships this morning we passed wone going the same way we was very close about
12 clock in the day we are making very fast today.”
On Monday 1st
May 1865 he writes-- “a very nis
steardy brease to come in we laid ancker about 4 or 5 at night” and on
Wednesday --“I came up to Adelaide
6p to get off the bot and 1 shilling for train.”
On Monday 8th
May 1865 -- “start work at Adamson’s”.
Unfortunately Mr. Liddle did not continue his diary however
records tell us he
Married on 18-2-1871 at Marrabel. John Liddle (son of James) married Catherine
O’Halloran the daughter of Patrick (Catherine had two brother’s -- Matthew and
John O’Halloran farming at Narridy)
John and Catherine Liddle and children moved to Narridy 1878
where he began a Blacksmithing business, between the Post Office and the Coach
House.
In 1883 he moved his business to the Section no. 8 where it
remained until closure in 1986, his Grandson John Liddle held a sale on
21-5-1986.
After John Senior’s death in 1907 his three sons carried on
the tradition of Blacksmithing at Narridy and Merriton.
Sadly this Narridy pioneer does not have a headstone.
John Liddle’s wife Catherine (nee O’Halloran) died 22-8-1920 aged 82 years;
She is buried at the Georgetown
Cemetery.
Pittman John died
at Narridy 21-4-1900 aged
55 years. The Georgetown Council burial records list John Pittman as a
destitute person. Both Russell and I have looked at the old death register in
the Clare History room, to no avail.
S A Genealogy Society Unley Road
could find no record of this man.
The late Mr. Colin Smart has written – “no details” --
in his Cemetery notes, we can only assume John Pittman worked for a family
whilst at Narridy. No headstone
Renshaw Desmond James
--
Infant Desmond died 27-8-1922
at Narridy, where he was born 3-6-1922
-- the son of Arthur Edward Renshaw and Mabel Rose Stacey.
Arthur Edward Renshaw was born 30-3-1877, the Hundred of Willochra -- the son of George
Renshaw and Mary Ann nee Heaver.
Mable Rose Stacey was the daughter of Walter James Stacey and
Sarah nee Atkinson, born 30-7-1883
at Bundaleer Springs. Arthur and Mable married on 30-11-1902 at the home of Mrs. J. T. Blood of Narridy.
Arthur died 16-8-1963,
Mabel died 1-7-1967 they are
buried Dublin Cemetery.
(Arthur and Mabel had a large family, but a very sad life,
their first four children did not survive longer than 3 months. Baby Desmond
was no.12 child, the remaining siblings surviving to adults. The other infants
were interred at Yacka and Jamestown Cemeteries.)
Baby Desmond Renshaw does not have a headstone
Roberts
John
John
Roberts was born in Cornwell 4-9-1831
the son of Thomas and Hannah nee
Webb.
He arrived in South Australia
with parents and brother William, in June1839 aboard “Sir
Charles Forbes”. He lived with his parents at – Lot 45 Section
(1
George Street Thebarton) Adelaide from July 1839
to 1854 –then Section 2147 Fifth Creek, Montacute, --- then in 1847 Section
2156 Golden Grove, (Greenwith Farm nowadays, 2007) His father Thomas Roberts
died 1857, so we can only assume John remained at Golden Grove working with his
younger brothers, I have read many years ago of a John Roberts owing land at
Cobbler’s Creek, but as there were so many Roberts families in the area it is
not correct to surmise which J. Roberts.
On
8-8-1871 John married
Elizabeth Charlotte Jane Gilmore at Chambers Church Adelaide, he was 40 years, Elizabeth aged 19years, the daughter of John Gilmore.
Ten
children were born to this couple. John Roberts built the Rocky
River School; the
ruins can be seen across the Rocky River,
north of the family home. The Roberts home served as a Post Office for some
years.
John
Roberts died at home 17-8-1917
aged 87 years
His
property is now owned by John Kirchner and mother Joan, the original Roberts
home is still in use -- a well cared for
Piggery!
John,
his wife Elizabeth Roberts, son Archibald, and daughter Janet Rowe are buried
in the Narridy Cemetery,
all have headstones.
Roberts
Elizabeth Charlotte Jane
Elizabeth
Gilmore was the daughter of John Waterfall Gilmore and Agnes nee Russell, born
on the ship “Charlotte Jane” 1851 on the way to South
Australia from Scotland.
I have not researched her S.A.
life from 1851 to her marriage to John in 1871. Elizabeth
was the mother of ---
Rosina
Agnes (1. James Thomas and 2. Widowed John Nicolson)
Lavinia
Charlotte (Edwin Rowe)
Janet
May (Arthur Rowe, brother of Edwin, farmers of Narridy, Redhill
Rd)
Arnold
John Russell (Emma Wood)
Herbert
Emmanuel (Ada Tucker)
Osmond
Gilmore single
Maggie
Francis (Watson Cuthbertson)
Archibald
Thomas single
Violet
Florence and twin,
Gertrude
“Lillian”. The twins did not marry and were well known for their teaching of
sewing, at their Rocky River home
and in Crystal Brook, they retired to Gawler.
Elizabeth
Roberts died at Adelaide 6-1-1931 I assume she was living with
her family
Roberts
Archibald Thomas was born at home 26-2-1887 son of John Roberts and Elizabeth
Charlotte Jane nee Gilmore. Archibald would have been born in the old Roberts
home, now (2007) the property of John Kirchner’s and mother Joan.
He
attended the Rocky River School
built by his father.
Archibald
Roberts died at Crystal Brook
Hospital 22-3-1930
He
has a solid headstone near his parents and sister
Janet Rowe.
Rowe
Janet May was born 25-2-1876
at Golden Grove the third child of John and Elizabeth Roberts.
Janet
would have attended the Rocky River School
her father built, across the River with her siblings.
On
31-5-1899 at her parents home she married Arthur John Pascoe Rowe, farmer of
Narridy. This home is now the Kirchner family pigs
residence!
I
can only assume Janet and Arthur lived on the land his father purchased, on the
road to Redhill, purchased in later years by Bruce Smart.
Janet
and Arthur John Rowe had one son (whom married Lilly Hurrell), sadly
Janet
died 15-10-1910. aged 34 years.
She
has a headstone near her brother, Archibald and parents John and Elizabeth.
(Arthur
John Pascoe Rowe, son of John Peter Rowe and Lavinia nee Magor born
13-3-1874 at Angle Vale. Parents purchased Section 43; 206 Hundred of
Narridy
17-11-1874 -- total 465 Acres for
one thousand five hundred and fifty nine pounds.
His
brother Edwin Stuart Hamilton Rowe married Janet’s sister Lavinia Charlotte
Roberts 3-9-1896 also at the
“Roberts home on the Rocky”.
Widowed
Arthur Rowe married Florence Elizabeth Kauschke 30-8-1921 (not married previously) at Methodist Parsonage,
Pt Pirie, retiring to 4 Brandis St Crystal
Brook,
Arthur
died 8-4-1954 and Florence
died 7-8-1970 both are
buried at Crystal Brook grave no. 771A row 15 with a headstone)
Roberts
Jonathon Peter -- NOT RELATED TO ABOVE Roberts.
This
infant does not have a headstone. He was born at Narridy 14-6-1880 and died at Narridy 6-9-1880. His parents were Thomas
Roberts and Elizabeth Jane Rowe.
A
twin child Emily Grace Roberts survived. Thomas married Elizabeth
on
15-10-1862 at St George Church Gawler. His father’s name, Thomas
Jonathon Roberts, Elizabeth’s father Peter Rowe, her mother Lavinia nee Magor
-----
SO
---- this family is related on the Rowe connection. Oh Dear!! It is
complicated!
This
Thomas Roberts IS NOT THE Narridy Mill owner, Thomas Roberts.
Too
many Thomas Roberts to actually trace his death, however I did find Elizabeth
Jane Roberts, wife of Thomas died 22-8-1901
at Gawler River.
No headstone
Threadgold
George Edwin --- died 4-1892 aged 38
years.
George
was born 16-11-1853 at Adelaide
son of William and Mary Ann (her maiden name not recorded). He married Rose
Amelia daughter of James Stephens and Mary nee Teague on 17-3-1881 at her father’s residence Moonta Mines.
(Rose was born 18-5-1863 at Kooringa, Burra.) George
Threadgold is not related to the Threadgold family of “Threadgold’s Crossing”.
No Headstone.
Van
Der Klis –Hendrikus Adrianus “Henk” died 23-4-2005 Adelaide.
Henk was born Holland 13-6-1941, he is father of Robyn
Kelly wife of Michael Kelly of Narridy, a bronze plaque on a local rock,
signifies the resting place of Henk.
I
have recorded the SMART family in order of their deaths
Smart Thomas Elliot third
child of John Smart and Sarah Jane Shillabeer nee Smyth. Born at
Narridy 1883 this infant died of Gastric
complications aged twenty months on 1885.
John and Sarah came to Narridy with his parents 1879 (Robert and Elizabeth
nee Roberts). Eight children were born to this couple, the family moved to
Belalie, near Jamestown in1902. No
headstone for baby Thomas
Smart
Robert Bruce died 20-8-1897 at home “Narrimar”
aged 22 years,
He
was the sixth child of Charles Fleming Smart and Jane nee Roberts.
“Bruce”
was born 17-7-1875 at “Ardtornish”
Modbury and moved to Narridy in 1878 with his parents. With brother
Ernest they worked at the Broken Hill Mines, we do not know the date they went
north. The family have an original letter from Bruce to his brothers at home
dated 23-7-1896, he talks
about racing dogs, and hunting kangaroos and that it is “bitterly cold and
damp”. Sadly Bruce suffered the effects of “mining dust” and came home with
this illness.
Bruce
Smart’s headstone is near his parents and niece Freda Smart.
Smart
Charles Fleming Charles died at his home
“Narrimar” 7-9-1898
aged 68
Born
in Scotland 11-6-1830 he arrived in SA 13-8-1839 “Ariadne” with
parents John and Agnes nee Wilson. Young Charles worked for Mr. White caring
for stock at the Reed Beds West of city of Adelaide.
He later managed pastoral land north on “Yerlina Station” before
marrying Jane nee Roberts daughter of Thomas and Hannah nee Webb on 28-2-1866
Wakefield St Adelaide. The
Smart and Roberts families lived near one another at Golden Grove
The
couple lived at Golden Grove for a short period then leased land at “Ardtornish
Farm” Modbury (owned by Angas McLaine who resided in Scotland)
In
March 1878 they purchased Sections 15; 59; 60 and 61 Hundred of Narridy from
Matthew
O’Halloran a total of 392 Acres and paid six hundred and thirty nine pounds
five shillings. Charles and Robert his brother and their sons all helped one
another during busy times, family stories handed down over the many years tell
us of their companionship over the generations.
Charles
Fleming Smart died from a heart condition, he has a white marble headstone.
Smart
Alice “Freda” -- Freda was born 12-12-1907 at the home of her
Grandmother, Jane Smart and died 12-2-1908.
Her death was recorded as at Gulnare. Did this mean the family
were staying with Perce’s brother Ernest and wife Maggie
Smart or sister Ella Thomas? Freda was the first born
of Percival Horace Smart and Lillian Louise nee Rogers.
At the time of her death her father was working for the Narridy Council and
lived in the township - Section 25 on Thomas Street,
opposite
The Narridy Hall. Her headstone is near Charles Emanuel
Smart.
Smart
Robert Robert died at his home 16-8-1915 aged 87 years.
Born
in Glasgow Scotland
3-2-1828 he arrived in S. A.
aboard the ‘Ariadne” with parents John and Agnes Smart on 13-8-1839, -- married 16-4-1854 at Trinity Church North
Terrace to Elizabeth Ann Roberts daughter of Thomas and Hannah Roberts.
Robert
Smart worked as a boy – for Mr. White --caring for stock at the Reed Beds west
of Adelaide, and later at Burra Mines, Forest Creek Gold diggings, in Victoria,
farming at Golden Grove then “Ardtornish” Modbury before bringing his
family north to join brother and neighbour Charles Fleming Smart in 1879,
Sections 11; 12; 67; 69; 70 in the Hundred of Narridy, which he leased from the
Estate of George Neagle and Mrs Catherine Neagle who had moved to reside in
Adelaide. Brown marble headstone
(George
Neagle is buried at Salisbury, he
died 1876, two infant sons died 1874 and 1877, not sure where Catherine lived
after husbands death, somewhere in Adelaide?
I
believe she was a Forrestal of just north of Crystal Brook before her
marriage.)
Smart
Charles Emanual -- died 3-2-1917 aged 50 years.
Charles
was born 20-11-1866, the
first child of Charles Fleming Smart and Jane nee Roberts. He was born at the
home of his Grandparents John and Agnes at their farm “Craig – Lee” Golden
Grove and moved to “Narrimar” 1878 with his parents.
In
1912 Charles and brother Percival Horace Smart purchased land at Washpool where
he was killed by a bolting horse wagon. His headstone remains a memorial to a
pioneering man of Washpool. Charles was engaged to be married, a lady from
Spalding, sadly over the years we have misplaced her name. Charles has a
headstone
Smart Elizabeth Ann -- passed away on 21-10-1917 at her home, Narridy,
Aged 83 years. Born 22-6-1834 in Cornwall England, the fourth child and eldest daughter of Thomas Roberts and Hannah
nee Webb.
The
family arrived in South Australia
aboard “Sir Charles Forbes” in June 1839.
Elizabeth
was the mother of eleven children, a son dying aged 4 years at Golden Grove. He
is buried near his Grandparents John and Agnes Smart, Golden
Grove Cemetery.
A stone memorial has been placed during 1989 for this young child.
Elizabeth’s
home and life would have been busy with ten adult siblings --many of her
children were married at home and several grandchildren born there. Elizabeth
cared for her Mother Hannah Roberts for many years,
she is remembered as a “kind, placid Grandma”. Elizabeth Smart with husband
Robert has a brown stone memorial.
Smart
--- un-named stillborn son of Maxwell “Otto”
Smart and Annie Elizabeth nee Head. The siblings of this infant have erected a
memorial to him in 2006.
Smart
Jane --- Jane died at her home, (the original
homestead) “Narrimar”
On 13-8-1923 aged 81 years.
Jane
nee Roberts was born 28-2-1843
at the Fifth Creek, seventh child of Thomas Roberts and Hannah nee Webb, they
later moved to Golden Grove, where Thomas and his many sons farmed.
When
Charles and Jane moved to Narridy in 1878 they had buried four infants at the
Golden Grove Cemetery.
The Mother of eleven children including twin daughters, sadly
seven reached adulthood, with Charles Emanuel and Robert Bruce also dying
before their mother. Daughter-in-law May Smart wife of Edgar,
cared for Jane in her declining years. Jane (a widow for 25 years) is buried
with husband Charles Fleming Smart. They have a headstone.
Smart
Robert --- Robert died 15-5-1927 in his 70th year.
Born
8-8-1857 at GoldenGrove he
was the third child of Robert and Elizabeth Ann nee Roberts and moved to
Narridy with them in 1879.
In
1891 he married Ida “May” Harris nee Fidock the daughter of George John Harris
Fidock and Hannah nee Roberts.
After
several moves within the farming areas nearby Robert in1923 purchased from the
Satchell family sections 37 and 216 Hundred of Narridy -- “Fairview”,
Perc, the youngest of his six sons working the farm with him.
Robert
is buried with his wife Ida “May’ they have a brown marble headstone
Smart
Kevin Ross --- died 26-8-1939 aged 3 days, he was born at Crystal Brook Kevin
was the infant son of Clarence Roy Smart and Ivy May nee Sandery. (Clarence was
the son of Robert and Ida “May”) A marker has been placed for this infant.
Smart
Ida “May” Harris --- died 17-8-1941 at her home, “Fairview”
Narridy.
May
was born 2-5-1889 at
Currency Creek the daughter of George John Harris Fidock and Hannah nee Roberts
(Sister of John Roberts of the Rocky River,
also Elizabeth Ann and Jane Roberts who had married Robert and Charles Fleming
Smart)
May
lived with Robert and Elizabeth Smart, due to both her parents dying when she
was a child and married their son Robert at their home 1-7-1891.
She
was the mother of six sons, her daughter-in-law Gwen nee Darley, of Narridy,
wife of Percival Henwood Smart the youngest son, caring for her in later years.
Smart
Edgar Fleming --- died 22-11-1943 aged 66 years of “Narrimar” at the Crystal
Brook Hospital.
Edgar was the ninth child of Charles Fleming and Jane nee Roberts, born at “Ardtornish
Farm” 15-10-1877, aged
6 months when his family moved to Narridy. When Edgar’s father died 1898 the
family struggled to keep the farm, four sons moved to Esperence and Broken
Hill, mining, Edgar, his mother, two sisters remained at home.
On
27-2-1907 he married Amelia
“May” Wood, at the Narridy Bible Christian Church. Edgar was the instigator of
the merino sheep stud which his son Ivan continued. His headstone is a memorial
to his wife and seven children.
Smart
John Robert --- died 19-7-1945 at Crystal Brook, aged 44 years. Born
at Redhill 22-1-1901 the fourth son of Robert and Ida “May” Smart, he worked
with his brothers farming at Redhill and Narridy, then Engineering and Water
Supply, laying the Morgan Whyalla pipe line. John, known as Jack, married on 1-9-1920
Lucy “Gwendoline” nee Baker, her father leased the Narridy Hotel, two daughters
were born, Lucy and Lorna both moved to NSW.
John
(Jack) has a headstone; Gwen is not buried at Narridy.
Smart
Amelia “May” --- died at Crystal
Brook Hospital
on 15-8-1980 aged 97years.
Born 10-6-1883 at Dalkey the
daughter of Robert Wood and Emily nee Morrison.
May
travelled by train from Hamley
Bridge to Georgetown
to assist her sister Frances Freebairn when her third child (Robert Lewis) was
born. She met and later married Edgar Fleming Smart at Narridy
Methodist Church
on 27-2-1907. May and Edgar
had seven children, the youngest Ivan born 1921, May now had her mother-in-law,
Jane to care for and the building of the new home “Narrimar” to contend
with, finished for Christmas 1923, the year Jane died. Ivan remained single and
cared for his mother.
Smart
Ivan Fleming -- died at his
home (Brandis Street) 8-12-1990 aged 69 years.
Ivan,
the youngest of seven children, was born at home Narridy, 9-7-1921, the Doctor from Crystal Brook attending,
this was the first birth May had needed a Doctor to be present. His father
Edgar Fleming Smart and mother Amelia “May” nee Wood.
Ivan
carried on the merino sheep stud started by his father he became the much loved
respected “Uncle Ivan” to nephews, nieces and the Narridy district, caring for
his mother who reached her mid nineties.
In
January 1981 he moved to 80 Brandis Street
Crystal Brook.
Ivan’s
headstone is between his parents and brother Colin.
Smart
Colin Fleming --- died 19-6-1999 aged 86 years at Crystal
Brook Hospital
Colin
was the third child of Edgar Fleming Smart and Amelia “May” nee Wood, born at
home 20-10-1912 with
assistance from Mid Wife, Mary Smith of Narridy.
In
1938 Colin purchased land the home on section 202E “Nantoura” south of Narridy
Township and on 22-11-1940 married Euncice Behenna,
daughter of Ernest Isaac Clyma Behenna and Constance nee
Miller at the Crystal Brook
Methodist Church.
Two sons were born, Russell and Graham. In March 1970 Colin and Eunice moved to
live at “Fairview” when
Graham married, from there to 7 Cunningham Street
to a new home on mother’s day, May 1983. Colin has a black marble headstone
Smart
Graham Fleming --- died 18-1-2004 aged 61 years at Moonta
Hospital.
“Jay”
was born Crystal Brook
Hospital on 30-6-1942 second son of Colin Fleming Smart and
Eunice nee Behenna. Jay grew up at “Nantoura” and this became his
property when Russell moved to Gulnare, 1965. Jay married Rosemary Jean Read
daughter of Alexander and Jean nee Ballantyne at Gladstone
Methodist Church,
14-3-1970.
“Nantoura”
was sold by auction on 12-2-1999,
Jay and Rosemary retired to live
8
Rudolf St. Pt. Hughes.
Jay
and Rosemary have two sons, Paul and Lynton. Jay shares a headstone with Colin
Smart
Daniel James Daniel was born still on 28-7-2004 at Crystal
Brook Hospital.
The
second child of James Fleming Smart and Susanne Claire nee Atkinson married at
Holy Trinity Church Crystal Brook 15-3-1997.
James and Susie live on the farm Charles Fleming Smart and Jane occupied from
March 1878. Daniel has a headstone
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HEADSTONES recordings at NARRIDY
CEMETERY
Dixon John In loving
remembrance of John Dixon died 12th
January 1889 aged 56 years -----also
--in loving memory of
Dixon Annie wife
of the above who died 10th
August 1920 aged 83 years
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Roberts
Hannah in loving memory of Hannah died August 17 1890
(her descendants placed a bronze plaque on this headstone at
the centenary of her death – August 1990)
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Smart
Robert Bruce dearly loved son of Charles and Jane died 20 August 1897 aged 22
years
--also-
Smart
Charles dearly loved husband of Jane died 9 September 1898 aged 68 years
-also-
Smart
Jane loved wife of above died 13
August 1923
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Lang
Samuel Bramley in loving memory died 23 February 1903 aged51 years
