Eliza Jane SEMPLE

1888 - 1956  (67 years)

• Name	Eliza Jane SEMPLE  [1]
  	She was nicknamed, according to the Smith Family Bible.
  Nickname	Lizzie
  Born	28 Oct 1888	Dimboola Vic   [1]
  Gender	Female
  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 ......  [1]
  Cause of death	The cause of death was myocardial insufficiency for some months and arteriosclerosis for many years.   [2]
  Residence	Hawthorn Vic   [1]
  	20 Bowen St, Hawthorn at the time of death
  Died	29 Jun 1956	Melbourne Vic   [1]
  Buried	2 Jul 1956	Burwood Vic   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I-3629	Christina and Donald McLean | John McLean's descendants
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2017

  
  

  Father	William SEMPLE,   b. Yes, Date Unknown
  Relationship	-1193
  Mother	Margaret Ann MCLEAN,   b. 8 Apr 1864, Angas Plains SA ,   d. 10 Nov 1888, Dimboola Vic  (Age 24 years)
  Relationship	-1193
  Married	27 Oct 1887	Dimboola Vic
  Family ID	F-1193	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Duncan Ernest SMITH,   b. 21 Jan 1882, Adelaide SA ,   d. 24 Jun 1937, Hawthorn SA  (Age 55 years)
  Married	c1905	Jeparit Vic   [2]
  	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.
  Children	1. Margaret Brittania Rosedew SMITH,   b. 21 Sep 1905, Jeparit Vic ,   d. 29 Jan 1961, Burwood Vic  (Age 55 years)  []   2. Alice Melvina Pearl SMITH,   b. 9 Jan 1908, Jeparit Vic ,   d. 00 Jul 2003, Melbourne Vic  (Age 95 years)  []   3. Robert William John (Jack) SMITH,   b. 11 Mar 1911, Jeparit Vic ,   d. 13 Apr 1993  (Age 82 years)  []   4. Duncan Edmond Kent (Dunk) SMITH,   b. 21 May 1912, Jeparit Vic ,   d. 11 May 1979  (Age 66 years)  []   5. Nellie Doreen (Nell) SMITH,   b. 24 Oct 1916, Jeparit Vic ,   d. 29 Jul 2002, Melbourne Vic  (Age 85 years)  []
  Last Modified	20 Jun 2017 12:01:46
  Family ID	F-1194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		BDM Death Eliza Jane Smith, nee Semple - died 29th June 1956 in Alfred Hospital Melbourne Vic
  		Smith Family Bible The family bible records Eliza Jane Semple’s parents, grandparents, children and grandchildren.
  		BDM 1905 MARRIAGE John Duncan Ernest Smith and Eliza Jane Semple Jeparit Vic on 30th Jan 1905

  
  

  STORIES

  5071 - Eliza Jane Semple & John Duncan Ernest Smith John's descendants - biography as published in the BRB in 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. . [S-11] Birth record attached to this profile.