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Lydia SMITH Born: May 1796 Died: Mother: Catherine McDONALD Father: Archibald SMITH Married: Robert FLETCHER Date: 1816 Campbelltown, Argyll, Scotland Children: Janet Fletcher (b. September 1818, occupation Nursery Maid) Archibald Fletcher (b. August 1820, died 1904, Hurstville) William Reid Fletcher (b. May 1824, died 1893, Hurstville) Isabella Fletcher (b.1826 m. Philip SAINTY 1850 Sydney, Isabella Sainty died 1896 Parramatta, NSW) Peter Fletcher (b.1828 m. Annie Catherine POWELL 1854 Sydney, NSw) Robert Fletcher (b.1830 d. 1901 St Peters) Illingworth Fletcher aged 7 years born July C1832 Lydia Fletcher (b. August 1834) Catherine Fletcher (b. September 1837)

Lydia Smith Born May 1796 house servant able to read and write, of Methodist faith, date of death unknown (Daughter of Archibald Smith trade maltster and Catherine nee McDonald daughter of Alexander McDonald trade weaver) all of Kintire Campbelltown Scotland Robert (aged 45 years) and Lydia Fletcher (aged 42 years) and their children migrated as Government assisted Immigrants, on the British King (master William Paton, surgeon Master Superintendent Doctor Alexander Arbuckle) from Tobermory Scotland on 28 October 1838 and arrived in Sydney on 28 February 1839 Their children who traveled with them (From the ship’s passenger list) Mrs. Fletcher was a dressmaker at 103 –105 Campbell Street Sydney in 1858 And in 27 Buckingham Street Sydney in 1866 1 Janet Fletcher aged 21 years born September 1818 occupation Nursery Maid 2 Archibald Fletcher aged 19 years born August C1820 3 William Fletcher aged 15 years born May C1824 4 Isabella Fletcher aged 13 years born June C1826 5 Peter Fletcher aged 11 years born April C1828 6 Robert Fletcher aged 9 years born April C1830 7 Wingworth Fletcher (could be Illingworth) aged 7 years born July C1832 8 Lydia Fletcher aged 5 years born August C1834 9 Catherine Fletcher aged 2 years born September C1837
Last updated: July 29, 2009