Eliza Jane Brightwell & her descendants

Eliza Jane BRIGHTWELL was born in Essex in about 1838 and died in Brisbane on 24 January 1928. She first migrated to Launceston, Tasmania on the “Whirlwind” in 1855. She married John WALKER on 29th June 1857 in Collingwood, Victoria, and a daughter, Alice Louisa WALKER was born in Launceston in March 1858. John WALKER died in that same year, and Eliza Jane moved to Brisbane soon after with her daughter and nephew, Frederick William BRIGHTWELL. In Brisbane, Eliza Jane remarried to George Francis SMITH on 18th June 1861. Eight children were born of this marriage, seven of which survived infancy. George died in 1891, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery on 1st December 1891.

Alice Louisa WALKER was born on 31st March 1858 in Launceston, Tasmania. Alice married Frederick BENNETT on 5th July 1881 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
Ivy Alice Muriel BENNETT was born on 21st February 1884 in Brisbane, Queensland.
Coralie Vera BENNETT was born on 4th September 1889 in Brisbane, Queensland.

Walter Francis SMITH was born on 13th May 1864 in Queensland. Walter married Charlotte Amelia LEAVER on 24th December 1886, daughter of George LEAVER and Charlotte Martha CECIL. Charlotte was born in 1866 in Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
Unnamed SMITH was born in 1887 in Queensland and died in 1887 in Queensland.
Edward Cecil SMITH was born on 28th December 1888. Edward married Elsie Waters SMITH in 1912 in Queensland, daughter of William SMITH and Elizabeth POSTLE. Elsie was born in 1887 in Queensland. A daughter, Alma Grace, was born in 1913.
Unnamed SMITH was born in 1891 in Queensland and died in 1891 in Queensland.
Edric SMITH was born in 1893 in Queensland. Edric married Ethel Louisa HEILSCHER in 1915. The 1919 & 1925 Electoral Rolls place this couple at Central Rd., Tinana, near Maryborough, Queensland. In 1936, Edric was farming at Maroochydore Rd, Palmwoods.
Walter SMITH was born in 1895 in Queensland.
Ivy Millicent SMITH was born in 1898 in Queensland.
Norman Colin SMITH was born in 1901 in Queensland. Norman married May BAXTER in 1926.

George William SMITH was born on 23rd June 1866 in Queensland.There are three possible marriages registered, and a number of children; the chronology is such that all three marriages could be this George William. We are still searching for further details of his life.

Ernest Robert Ralph SMITH was born on 29th September 1868 in Queensland. Ernest married Catherine Alice STAEHELI on 17th August 1886 in Queensland, daughter of George STAEHELI and Mary Ann ROY. Catherine was born before 1872 and died in 1891 in Queensland.
Children from this marriage were:
George Ernest SMITH was born on 5th September 1886 and died on 7th October 1886.
Amy Victoria SMITH was born on 3rd September 1887.
Ivy May SMITH was born on 7th March 1889.
Ernest next married Mary Jane WOOD in 1900 in Queensland. They appear to have had no children.

Arthur Henry SMITH was born on 18 May 1871 in Queensland and died in 1873 in Queensland at age 2.

Herbert Edward SMITH was born on 24th October 1873 in Queensland. It is not yet clear who Herbert married but there are two possibilities registered:
1893/C1863:Anning,Cleopatra Ada Florence to Smith, Herbert Edward.
1896/B17988: Battersby, Elizabeth Gloag to Smith, Herbert Edward (There were 3 children registered to this marriage in 1896, 1900, and 1904.)
There are also children (6 of them between 1891 and 1908) registered as being born to Herbert Edward Smith and Eva Florence Margaret Ward. We are still searching for further details of his life.

Percy Marston Charles SMITH was born on 13th December 1875 in Queensland. We are still searching for further details of his life.

Maud Isabel Mildred SMITH was born on 8th October 1878 in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. We are still searching for further details of her life.

Ethel Florence May SMITH was born on 9th May 1880 in Spring Hill, Brisbane, Queensland. We are still searching for further details of her life.