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• Biography Notes: Robert William John Smith, b. 11/3/1911, Jeparit, Vic. Married: Ellen Veronica Gill b. 7/4/1914 at Geelong, Vic. Deaths: of Ellen in 1990. of Robert on 13/4/1993 at the age of 82 years. History: Jack was in the air-force during the war, but after many farewells and trips to Sydney he was recalled back to work (he was a panel-beater for City Panels). He left City Panels to set up his own family business at 221 Nepean Highway, Edithvale, Vic, a Neptune Service Station and banel beating works, and also the R.A.C.V. depot. It was known as R.V..J. Smith's Body Works. His wife "Gille" (as she was called to distinguish her from his sister Nellie) managed the books. They lived above the garage for many years before buying a home in Fifth Ave. Aspendale. Jack loved a party and with six children there was always a reason for celebrations. He was involved in the local Rotary Club. Nearing 70 he left his son Raymond with the business at Edithvale and Swanwalk, Chelsea. His son Kevin started his own garage at Hastings. His other son Dennis travelled to America and lived there for many years, coming back to work in Rosebud. His eldest son Raymond had a son Darren who also became a panel-beater and the family tradition continued. Raymond won the apprentice of his year and his son also won it when it was his turn. Darren later left his father's business to become a pilot. In 1990 Raymond still owned the business both at Swanwalk and Edithvale but rented out the Edithvale business and worked from the Chelsea business. Children ....:

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The Smith family bible indicates that his nickname was 'Jack'.

Robert — Ellen Veronicia GILL. Ellen was born 7 Apr 1914, Geelong Vic; died 1990. [Group Sheet]

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• Cause of death: Carcinoma of liver, chronic jaundice, cachexia and heart failure for 2 years.
• Occupation: Butcher

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Birth:
The Smith Family Bible notes that John was born in Jeparit on 31st January 1884.

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John's death certificate states that he was a butcher.

John married Eliza Jane SEMPLE c1905, Jeparit Vic. Eliza (daughter of William SEMPLE and Margaret Ann MCLEAN) was born 28 Oct 1888, Dimboola Vic; died 29 Jun 1956, Melbourne Vic; was buried 2 Jul 1956, Burwood Vic. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography Notes: Eliza Jane Semple, b. 28/10/1888 at Dimboola. Her mother died only two weeks after Eliza was born. So she lived with her grandmother Gray. She was very lonely and often wrote letters to herself and posted them so she would receive letters in the mail. Her grandmother Gray accidentally set the house on fire while looking for papers with a candle. The family Bible was on an oak table. The table was burned but the bible fell to the stone floor and although singed was not burned. Married: at Jeparit John Duncan Ernest Smith, (b. 21/1/1882. North Adelaide). Witnesses were Lucy Smith and Taney Wilkins. Residence: Hawthorn, Vic. History: John met Eliza when she was 15 and married her when she was 16. They had their first baby when she was 16. His occupation: John was a builder, building schools for the government, and houses. He was also a wheelwright and a fully trained butcher and slaughterman. Deaths: John died on 24/6/1937 aged 55 at Hawthorn, Vic. Eliza died aged 67 on 29/6/1956 at Melbourne. Both were interred at Burwood Cemetery, Vic. CHILDREN ......
• Cause of death: The cause of death was myocardial insufficiency for some months and arteriosclerosis for many years.
• Residence: Hawthorn Vic; 20 Bowen St, Hawthorn at the time of death

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She was nicknamed, according to the Smith Family Bible.

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Liza's death certificate states that she was 16 years old when she married John in Jeparit.

According to his death certificate, John was 23 years old when he married Eliza in Jeparit.

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• Occupation: Butcher

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Duncan was a butcher, according to the death certificate of his son, John.

Duncan married Lucy Kent TUCKER 1875, Adelaide SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Occupation: Gold miner (according to the death certificate of his daughter, Eliza)

William married Margaret Ann MCLEAN 27 Oct 1887, Dimboola Vic. Margaret (daughter of John b1816 MCLEAN and Mary b1829 STACEY) was born 8 Apr 1864, Angas Plains SA; died 10 Nov 1888, Dimboola Vic. [Group Sheet]

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• Biography Notes: MARGARET ANN McLEAN, was the 7th daughter, and 9th child, of John and Mary McLean, born at "Waterloo" Angas Plains, on 8/4/1864. She attended the Angas Plains Public School with other members of the family. She is next reported in Dimboola district of Victoria, her sisters, Mary Ann and Christina, and possibly Jemima also living in the area. MARRIAGE: Margaret Ann married William Semple at Dimboola on 27/10/1887 Her daughter, Eliza Jane Semple, was born on the 28/10/1888. Margaret died in Dimboola on 10/11/1888. Thus Margaret died just 2 weeks after the birth of her daughter - and this was just a year after the wedding. John McLean provided a bequest of £50.00 to his granddaughter in his will made on 19/2/1891, naming her as Eliza Jane Semple (not Ann). John McLean died on 14/12/1903, but there is no information on the residence of his grand daughter at that time. ONLY CHILD - Eliza Jane Semple, b. 28/10/1888 at Dimboola

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BORN 'Waterloo', Angas Plains SA

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Possibly her middle name is spelt Anne

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• Biography Notes: Father's Will - see Donald McLean's profile for details in Donald's Will in which John was a beneficiary.
• Biography Notes: For inheritance of part of 57 Hindley St - see E51 in Small Print.
• Biography Notes: 1800's, Strathalbyn SA; John and Allan;typical Highlanders-in old age when they excited they lapsed into Gaelic. John, a great reader,an adherent of the Auld Kirk and strong on doctrine and strict in its observances.
• Biography Notes: Milang SA; P 76 "Belvidere" publicaton by Lance C Wakefield. "A deceased Indian worker of John McLean during his funeral procession was sat astride the hearse during its procession to the cemetery were two of the deceased's children. "
• Biography Notes: c1800s, Belvidere SA; P76 "Belvidere" publicaton by Lance C Wakefield. "Sheep Stealers Camp. In the section 511 Hundred of Bremer there is a large gum tree which has gone by the name of he sheep stealers camp. A group of 2men and a woman named Kangaroo Mary, were the culpits and this tree marked the campsite. Old John Mclean leased most of the surrounding area and had sheepyards to house the sheep overnight near this gum tree. Although close to the sheep stealers, Mr Mclean would not worry about an odd missing sheep. However a local a Mr Richard Jones went to Victoria he left his property unattended...as a result these sheep stealers decided they would like to make more profit by selling his wheat to the Bridgewater flour mill. Unfortunately their horses were very weak, and the wagons were unloaded to continue their journey. The police staked out the location and nabbed them in the process of delivery to the mill after the sale. The belongings of the stealers were sold under that tree by auctioneers. "
• Biography Notes: The biography of John, Mary and Elizabeth can be found through the stories link on the left side of the home page.
• Cause of death: Senile decay
• Biography Notes: 00 Oct 1855, Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT; Extensive,evidence,persuasive narrative in SMALL PRINT MENU on HOME PAGE MENU Homepage menu-SMALL PRINT
• Biography Notes: 19 Dec 1903, Angas Plains SA; Obituary: "On Monday morning Mr John McLean, of Angas Plains, died in his eighty-ninth year. Deceased arrived in the colony early in 1837, and settled on what was then known as the Adelaide Plains. He remained there only a short time before removing to Angas Bank, Strathalbyn, where he successfully opened up a large tract of country. Receiving a remunerative offer from the late Mr John Stark for the property, he sold, and took up the land at Angas Bank upon which he resided until his death. The deceased gentleman was a grand type of Highlander. He hailed from Lochaber, and never forgot his mother tongue (Gaelic). A staunch Presbyterian, he attended the church service regularly until within a year or so ago, when his hearing failed him. He has left a widow (his second wife), three sons and seven daughters." (source: Adelaide Observer, 19th Dec 2017, p44) Note that:- * Age: He died in his 86th year - not 89th year. * Migration: He arrived in late 1837 - not early 1837. * Children: With his first wife, he had 13 children (9 girls, & 4 boys) - of these, 4 girls (Agnes, Eliza and 2 Margarets) and 1 boy (John) had died before John's own death. With his second wife, he had 3 children (2 girls & 1 boy) - of these, 1 boy (Hartley) had died before John. Thus, altogether 3 sons and 7 daughters survived him - so the obituary is correct.
• Biography Notes: 23 May 1918, Strathalbyn SA; Often in these Jottings the name of the old pioneer family, the McLeans, has been mentioned. Of the original stock none remain but the one survivor, Mr Hugh McLean senior, who has resided here for the whole of the years that make up the history of the town and district. Last week there came to our midst again, the eldest-born of the second generation, Mr Donald McLean, of Victoria, (son of the late John McLean, of Angas Plains, who with his brother, Alan, took up the first land available here away back in prehistoric days). Mr Donald, who was the first-born of the flock, left this neighborhood close on forty years ago, to take up land in the newly-opened Tatiara district in Victoria, and later in the Wimmera, doing, well from thence on, his holdings gradually increasing to such, a satisfactory extent that he now has the proud knowledge that all his big family of sons have been prosperously settled on separate farms without lessening the original homestead selection, their aggregate totalling to close on ten thousand acres of freehold in the heart of the best country in Victoria. In early days here, the original family owned far more than this, but except for the Angas Plains property, all of it has long since passed into other hands, the Squire of the Plains alone having bequeathed to his progeny the gift of holding and acquiring landed estate. Mr Donald McLean was very much interested in the progress of Strathalbyn, and he told me several little tales of the early days which I have noted for use later on. When he left here the place was at a low ebb, the call of the North just beginning to sound, empty farms everywhere telling of the exodus to the new areas. 'The place was in a poor way,' he said, 'and property could be bought for a song if buyers cared to bid for it. To-day the town is a beautiful one, and prosperous apparently as it is charming. I've seen no place to equal it for beauty, and I shall take back with me fresh convictions that my old home still challenges rivalry for natural and acquired beauty.' (From JWE?s Jottings in Southern Argus, 23rd May 1918, p3)

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On BRB p294) John was referred to as 'Squire of the Plains' (Jottings in Southern Argus, 23rd May 1918).

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death 'Waterloo', Angas Plains SA

John married Mary b1829 STACEY 29 May 1845, Macclesfield SA. Mary (daughter of James STACEY and Mary FISHER) was born 00 Jul 1829, Somersetshire UK; was christened 21 Jul 1829, Stogursey UK; died 15 Nov 1872, Angas Plains SA; was buried , Strathalbyn SA. [Group Sheet]

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• Emigration: 20 Jun 1840, London UK; Arrived on ship CHARLES KERR from London to South Australia on 20th June 1840. Father James, Mary nee Fisher, Sarah, Mary, James, John, Harriet, Henry listed
• Cause of death: 15 Nov 1872, Milang SA; Mary's death certificate has her cause of death as "heart disease". The BRB (p265) states that she died from "pueperal fever then called milk fever - she was breast feeding up to the time of her death".