Edmund Walter SMART [683]

  General Notes:

Biographical Index of SA
Edmund arrived in the colony on the Lalla Rookh in 1840 with his parents.
Occupation: Farmer
Residence: Bakers Gully; Kangarilla; Dawson.
Religion: Wesley Methodist.

Edmund Walter SMART grew up and married in Clarendon area. His children were born at Clarendon but appears to have moved to Dawson where some of his children married.


SAGHS Death Index
SMART Edmund Walter 25-Jan-1887 47 M Frome 160/474:
Surname: SMART
First Names: Edmund Walter
Death Date: 25-Jan-1887
Age: 47
Gender: M
Marital Status: M
Place of Death: Dawson
Residence: Dawson
Relative: John SMART (S)
District: Frome
Book/Page: 160/474


The South Australian Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1858 - 1889) Mon 31 Jan 1887
Death Notice:
SMART. On the 25th January, at Dawson Hundred of Coglin, Edmund Walter Smart, aged 47 years. A colonist of 44 years. A kind and affectionate husband and father. Not lost but gone before.


South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) Mon 31 Jan 1887
Death Notice:
SMART. On the 25th January, at Dawson Hundred of Coglin, Edmund Walter Smart aged 47 years, loved and respected by all who knew him 'He is not dead, but sleepeth.'


The Express and Telegraph (Adelaide, SA : 1867 - 1922) Mon 31 Jan 1887
Death Notice:
SMART.-On the 25th January, at Dawson Hundred of Cogiln, Edmund Walter Smart, aged 47 years. A colonist of 46 years. A kind and affecttionate husband and father. Not lost but gone before.


Burial Register, SMART Edmund Walter, 49y
Dawson Cemetery, Memorial Inscription, SMART Edmund Walter, 47y, 1887

Edmund married Maria COLBERT [700] [MRIN: 237], daughter of William COLBERT [2177] and Unknown, on 10 Feb 1857 in Res of Mr Smart, Clarendon, South Australia. (Maria COLBERT [700] was born about 1837, died on 24 Apr 1929 in Torrensville, Adelaide, South Australia and was buried in Payneham Cemetery, Adelaide.)

  Marriage Notes:

SAGHS Marriage Index
SMART Edmund Walter COLBERTMaria 10-Feb-1857 William SMART William COLBERT Morphett Vale 29/23:
Groom Surname: SMART
Groom Given Names: Edmund Walter
Bride Surname: COLBERT
Bride Given Names: Maria
Marriage Date: 10-Feb-1857
Marriage Place: Res of Mr Smart Clarendon
Groom Age: 17
Groom Marital Status: N
Groom Father: William SMART
Bride Age: 20
Bride Marital Status: N
Bride Father: William COLBERT
District: Morphett Vale
Book/Page: 29/23
Notes: Symbol=A.