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Smith, John
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Born/Baptised: 8 June 1800 Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland
Died/burial: 17 May 1871 Yankalilla, South Australia
Father: Smith, James
Mother: Paterson, Barbara
Siblings: Smith, Hamilton; Smith, James 1; Smith, Jean; Smith, George; Smith, Alice; Smith, Janet; Smith, Alice 2;Smith, Barbara; Smith, Barbara
Marriage: Reid, Janet
27 November 1824 Newmilns, Ayrshire, Scotland
Children: James Reid, Flora Loudoun Reid, John Reid, George, Hugh, George, Elizabeth Reid, David, William Wilson
Profession: Weaver, flesher(butcher)
Notes: Two of John and Janet's sons, poor David and the first George died in early childhood. John, Janet and their children Flora, Hugh, George, Elizabeth, William Wilson and their granddaughter Barbara emigrated to far away South Australia. They arrived 25 December 1853 on "Epimomondas, to join their sons James and John as settlers at Yankalilla. What a Christmas day that must have been.
Family member Max Smith wrote and published a book for the family which was titled 'Smith Family History 1848 - 1972'. The foreword in his book shows the high regard he had for his ancestors and is a fitting epitaph to those pioneers. It reads,
" You will find no descendants of Royalty here; nor is there any titled gentry, no millionaires, and no cuff and collar captains.
It is a story of good red-blooded, stout-hearted peasant Scots who left the "land o' the Leal" as did so many of their countrymen in the 18th century.
Leaving Kilmarnock, Loudoun-Kirk and other parts of Ayrshire and some from the island of Barra, they sailed forth as migrants to South Australia, and settled first at Yankalilla.
John Smith was a butcher, his sons were shepherds and ploughmen in the old country and their desire to make good in the new land never left them, and so they succeeded. Their stubborn pride, and their ability to never recognise defeat is probably attributed to the lowland Scot blood. The fierce defiance and clansmanship from highlands, and the adventurism from a goodly splash of Viking blood from the Hebrides. The motto of my late Grandfather, "united we stand, divided we fall" said much for their character. And while they sometimes agreed to disagree amongst themselves, woe betide any stranger that took to their kinsmen.
Their honesty, loyalty, and integrity made them men and women that feared nobody, and respected these same qualities in others. They lived courageously, and loved tenderly. The quick Highland temper flared easily, and subsided just as quickly. The great desire to roam stays with many of us today, the ability to laugh when many others cry, the love of beautiful things that are from nature, the whiplash tongue when annoyed, the passionate desire to forge ahead, the impatience at delay. The love of companionship over a "Wee-drap", and a skirl o' the pipes to send their hearts beating high. These are my "ain folk", and I offer a silent prayer in gratitude for my heritage, and I thank God that he made these people exactly as he did."
References: For further information and descendants see attachment named Descendants of John Smith
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Descendants of John Smith.rtf (Unknown File - 392k)
posted by hazelw Jun 23 2007, 5:56 AM EDT
Genealogy report describing 7 generations descended from John Smith and Janet Reid
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