Biography contributed by Katherine Blakeley
Julia Sarah Smith was born in 1847 in Hereford, England – the daughter of George Smith, a cordwainer, and Jane Dugdale. (See 98 Jane Smith)
Her father died when she was young and she grew up in Rotherhithe, Surrey.
She married Edward Archibald Smith, a commercial clerk, in 1871. They do not appear to have had any children.
Julia and Edward emigrated to Otago about 1875 and settled in Dunedin.
Edward worked as a baker and they lived in the Kirkland Hill subdivision of Kaikorai.
Julia died on 24 December 1906, Edward re-married in 1909 and he died in 1918.
They are buried with Julia’s mother in the Northern Cemetery.
Sources
BDM online NZ https://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
DCC Cemetery Records http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries-search
Free BDM https://www.freebmd.org.uk
GRO England https://www.gro.gov.uk
Otago Nominal Index http://marvin.otago.ac.nz
Papers Past https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz