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Maria Ferris Smith 1879 – 1944 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 Mar 1879

Birth Location: Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 5 November 1944

Death Location: Nhill, Hindmarsh Shire, Victoria, Australia

Father: James Smith

Mother: Phoebe Ferris

Spouse(s): Edward Thatcher, Robert Ball

Children(s): Edward Thatcher, Irene Thatcher, Lillian Thatcher, Alfred Thatcher, Vera Thatcher, Myrtle Thatcher, Edna RoseThatcher, Stanley Thatcher, Thelma Ball

Born in 1879 in Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia, Maria Ferris Smith was the child of James Spence Smith and Phoebe Ferris. In time, Maria Ferris Smith married Edward John Thatcher and Robert Luther Ball, and they raised a family that included Edward William Richard Thatcher, Irene Gladys May Thatcher, Lillian Florence Esther Thatcher, Alfred John George Thatcher, Vera Edith Beatrice Thatcher, Myrtle Altona Thatcher, Edna RoseThatcher, Stanley Gordon Thatcher and Thelma Olive Ball. Maria Ferris Smith died in Nhill, Hindmarsh Shire, Victoria, Australia in 1944.

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Parents

James Smith
1854 – 1936
Birth Location: West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
JS
Phoebe Ferris
1854 – 1936
Birth Location: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
PF

Spouses(s)

Edward Thatcher
1879 – 1917
Birth Location: Heidelberg, Victoria
ET
Robert Ball
1899 – 1967
Birth Location: Mount Barker, WA
RB

Children(s)

Edward Thatcher
1900 – 1996
Birth Location: Collingwood, Victoria
ET
Irene Thatcher
1902 – 1987
Birth Location: Fitzroy, Victoria
IT
Lillian Thatcher
1905 – 1991
Birth Location: Maidstone, VIC, Australia
LT
Alfred Thatcher
1907 – 1969
Birth Location: Maidstone, Victoria
AT
Vera Thatcher
1909 – 1982
Birth Location: Newport, Victoria
VT
Myrtle Thatcher
1912 – 1982
Birth Location: Newport, Victoria, Australia
MT
Edna RoseThatcher
1914 – 1986
Birth Location: Newport, Victoria, Australia
ER
Stanley Thatcher
1917 – 1918
Birth Location: Newport, Victoria, Australia
ST
Thelma Ball
1920 – 1984
Birth Location: –
TB

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 21 Mar 1879
    Event Place: Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1903
    Event Place: Braybrook, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1924
    Event Place: Newport, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1943
    Event Place: Newport, Melbourne Ports, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Australia
    Record Source: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007, Compiler: Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies; Reference: Card

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 5 November 1944
    Event Place: Nhill, Hindmarsh Shire, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007, Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Compiler: Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies; Reference: Card

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 5 Nov 1944
    Event Place: Williamstown, Hobsons Bay City, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source: Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, Compiler: Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies; Reference: Card

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