Edith Jessie Brunette Smith

1868 - 1935  (66 years)

• Name	Edith Jessie Brunette Smith  [1]
  Birth	24 Oct 1868	South Africa   [2]
  Baptism	21 Dec 1868	St Bartholomew's Church, Market St, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Gender	Female
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Name	Edith Burnette Smith  [3]
  Name	Edith Smith  [4]
  Death	28 May 1935	Marine Hotel, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [5]
  	DEATH NOTICE: MOOC 6/9/4624 R46141 Name of Deceased: Edith Brunette SMITH Birthplace: Unknown Age of Deceased: 66 years 8 months Condition in Life: Farmer's Wife Ordinary Place of Residence Dunskye, Cathcart Married Name of Surviving Spouse: Meyrick Brabbin BOWKER Place of last Marriage: Port Elizabeth Date of Death: 28th May 1935 Place of Death: Marine Hotel, East London Names of Children and whether Major or Minor: Meyrick Richard BOWKER Miles Brunette BOWKER Whether deceased had left any property, and of what kind: Movable Signed: M.B. BOWKER surviving spouse
  		Smith, Edith Jessie Brunette [1237] dn Caption Note: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-HS5C-V Keywords: Death Notice
  Burial	Waainek New Cemetery, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  		Smith, Edith Jessie Brunette - headstone Caption Note: http://www.graves-at-eggsa.org/main.php?g2_itemId=2677867 Media Date: 28 MAY 1935 Keywords: Gravestone
  Person ID	I1237	master
  Last Modified	21 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	Richard Shaw Smith,   b. 1840, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 21 May 1912, London, England (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Caroline Louisa Brunette,   b. Abt 1841, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 12 Jul 1915, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 74 years)
  Family ID	F26691	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Meyrick Brabbin Bowker,   b. 20 Jan 1870, Olifant's Kloof farm, Carlisle Bridge, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 28 Dec 1938, 'Dunskye', Cathcart district, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	1 Nov 1900	Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
  Children	+ 1. Meyrick Richard Bowker,   b. 2 Aug 1902, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 18 Jul 1945, Alice Hospital, Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 42 years)   2. Sybil Edith Bowker,   b. 30 Apr 1905, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 5 Apr 1920, Fern's Kloof, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 14 years) + 3. Miles Brunette Bowker,   b. 21 Feb 1908, Cathcart, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 14 Apr 1942, Mediteranean Sea (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F575	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

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  Birth - 24 Oct 1868 - South Africa Baptism - 21 Dec 1868 - St Bartholomew's Church, Market St, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa Marriage - 1 Nov 1900 - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa Death - 28 May 1935 - Marine Hotel, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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• Notes

  Edith Brunette Smith, baptised on 24 Oct 1868 at St Bartholomew’s in Grahamstown, died 28 May 1935. All her siblings carried the Brunette name. She was the daughter of Caroline Louisa Brunette (baptized 1845 at Holy Trinity in PE) and Richard Shaw Smith (1840-1912), a brother of George Bensted Smith who married Katherine Ann Currie. Richard was the only son in the Smith family who opted for business and not farming and as a result, he was fairly well-off … he worked for Mosenthals in PE and if the records are correct, he was a director of the company at one stage. He was a very kind man and when Katherine Ann was forced to leave her harmonium in Cathcart (there wasn’t space on the wagon) when they left for the Sneeuberg north of Graaff-Reinet, he bought her a piano, which was delivered to Highlands, their farm just to the west of the Lootsberg Pass. Katherine Ann played by ear and as a result, the whole family learned to dance the waltz and foxtrot to perfection.{Dave Glenister}

  
  

• Sources

  [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSQX-99XF-J (Reliability: 3). [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C91W-RHY6 (Reliability: 3). [S5020] Jervois, William. [S5018] Jervois, Wiliam. [S2181] Family Search website, (www.familysearch.org), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-C914-HS5C-V? (Reliability: 3).