Mary Tod Smith

Last Name:

Smith

First Name:

Mary Tod

Grave Plot No.:

199

Spatial:

Date of birth:

1822

year of death:

1850

date of death:

30 Oct 1850

Ethnicity / Origin:

Scottish

Age at death:

28 yrs

Gender:

Female

Relationships:

Wife of Captain Andrew Smith of the 'Parland'. For further information, see See http://www.gritquoy.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I163300&tree=001Master

Full Epitaph:

Fare well but not forever/ To the Memory of/ Mary/ the Beloved Wife of / Andrew Smith. / Commander of the Ship "Parland"/ Died at sea five days after/ Giving Birth to a make child on the / 25th of October 1850. Aged 28 years/ Her remains were brought and interred/ here on the 14th of December 1850./ Also her infant babe who expired shortly after his birth/ On the 20th of October 1850/ And was buried at sea./ Why (unconsolate) as those/ To whom no hope is given?/ Death is the messenger of peace/And calls the soul to Heaven/A few short years of (ever) past/We reach the happy shore/When death awards friends at last/Shall meet to part no more

Place of birth / origin:

Edinburgh St Cuthberts

Place of death:

At sea

Cause of death:

Childbirth [?]

Tomb architecture:

Pedestal tomb.

Detailed information:

A certain Murray Walker writes in a blog post: 'I have a 3rd great grand mother buried in a Scottish Cemetery in Calcutta. The monument was marble with gold letters on the engraving and was surrounded by an iron railing. The monument cost 40 pounds. I have the letter her husband, Capt. Andrew Smith, wrote to her mother.' [See https://scottishcemeterykolkata.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/friday-14-novem...

Andrew Smith is described as a seaman and ship broker. His ship, 'Parland', is advertised in the Glasgow Herald [See http://tinyurl.com/ph7gy4b]. Smith rose quickly in the profession - from seaman in 1845 to captain in 1847. He married Mary Tod Smith in Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland on 4 Nov 1845. [See http://www.gritquoy.com/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I163300&tree=00.... The Parland carried immigrants to Australia, many of whom were vinedressers and came from Germany. More information on the Parland can be obtained here: http://marinersandships.com.au/1849/07/231par.htm. The website also has a scan of the original embarkation documents of the ship.

The Scran database stores some digitised letters by Smith. See: http://tinyurl.com/no7fpul

Any reason for importance:

Husband was captain of emigrant ship.

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