ID: I22
Name: Emily Magdalen SMITH
Sex: F
Birth: 18 MAR 1879 in Benevolent Asylum Sydney Australia 1
Death: 5 JUN 1945 in Royal North Shore Hospital, Willoughby of Carcinoma of Stomach, Anaemia, Cachexia 2
Burial: 7 JUN 1945 the Church of England Cemetery, Gore Hill 2
Residence: 5 OCT 1898 West Street, North Sydney NSW 3
Residence: 1904 39 Falcon Street, North Sydney NSW 4
Residence: 10 OCT 1925 St. Leonards, Sydney NSW 5
Residence: 5 JUN 1945 North Sydney Municipality 2
Residence: 5 JUN 1945 most likely at 6 Falcon Street, Crows Nest, Sydney
Religion: Church of England 5 JUN 1945 2
Note: Emily was born at the Benevolent Asylum Sydney, NSW. Her father Joseph CLEWETT died six months before she was born. Then her stepfather Jacob James SCHNEIDER died in 1881 when she was 2 years of age. Her birth was registered in Sydney as entry No. 952/1879 SMITH EMILY MAGDALEN to EMMA and neither father is mentioned.
Emily was a 20 year old Domestic Servant residing at West Street North Sydney NSW, at the time of her marriage to Samuel Webster ASHER on 5 October 1898 when her name is given as Emily Madeline SMITH. However, when her daughter Iris married in 1925, her mother's christian name is recorded as 'Emily Madeline SCHNEIDER'.
At the time of Emily's marriage in 1898 her guardian was Charles Henry ALLMEY, her uncle, whose wife was her aunt Eliza Madeline SMITH. However, her mother Emma SMITH was still living at this time. Charles Henry ALLMEY and Mary ADAMS were witnesses to the marriage.
The Informant on her Death Certificate was Mary M HOGAN, Daughter, 37 Falcon Street, Crows Nest. Children of Marriage : David A 46, Mary M 45, Iris J 43, Robert H 38, Sydney P 37 Living and 1 male deceased. Witnesses were : H.TAYLOR and E. McPHERSON. Her tombstone at Gore Hill Cemetery (Plot 5 Section U C/E) reads : "In loving memory of Emily Madeline, beloved wife of Samuel ASHER, died 5th June 1945 aged 66. At Rest"
Father: Joseph CLEWETT b: 1857 in St. Leonards, Sydney NSW Australia
Mother: Emma SMITH b: 7 JUL 1858 in Balmain, Sydney NSW Australia
Marriage 1
Samuel Webster ASHER b: 25 JUL 1877 in Council Street, Newcastle, NSW Australia
- Married:
5 OCT 1898
in Presbyterian Church Barry Street Neutral Bay, Sydney NSW 6
- Note: 8143/1898 ASHER SAMUEL W SMITH EMILY M MOSMAN
Children
David Arthur ASHER b: 1898 in St. Leonards, Sydney NSW Australia Mary Madeline ASHER b: 1900 in St. Leonards, Sydney NSW Australia Iris Jessie ASHER b: 19 SEP 1901 in Falcon Street North Sydney NSW Australia Robert Henry ASHER b: 1905 in Sydney NSW Australia Sydney Percival ASHER b: 1906 in Sydney NSW Australia Sources:
- Title: NSW Certified Copy of Birth Certificate
Note: Certified Birth Certificate Issued at Sydney 22 Dec 1994. Registered 7 Apr 1879 - Number 952 Quality: 3
- Title: NSW Death Transcription from NSW Registry of BDMs
Note: 5 Jun 1945 death of Emily Magdalen ASHER (nee SMITH) registration No.11435 Quality: 3
- Title: NSW Certified copy of Marriage Certificate Registration No. 8143
Note: Samuel Webster ASHER & Emily Magdalen SMITH Quality: 3
- Author: NSW Post Office Directory of 1904
- Title: NSW Certificate of Marriage No. C197355 dated 10 October 1925 No.336 in Minister's Register.
Note: Marriage of Felix St.George TAYLOR and Iris Jessie ASHER Quality: 3
- Title: NSW Certified copy of Marriage Certificate Registration No. 8143
Note: Samuel Webster ASHER & Emily Magdalen SMITH
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