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AMOS SMART

Amos was born on 13 February 1834 and baptised on 9 March 1834 in Moulton, Northampton. During the 1850s he was a labourer in Christchurch beforing getting his own farm at Mt Grey, near Sefton. He died on 14 September 1915 at Rangioria, New Zealand and was buried in the Balcairn Cemetery near Rangiora on 17 September 1915

His siblings were:

Edmund - born 18 September 1831
- married Sarah Jane COX (1835-1870) 1853
- married Frances 'Fanny MEEK (formerly PENTECOST 1829-1888) in 1873
- married Jane Susannah WALKER (formerly UREN 1843-1918) in 1899

Amon 'Itaman' - born 1 December 1832
- married Ann BAKER (formerly ? 1832-1905) in 1873
- married Mary Elizabeth LINKWATER (1852-1921) in 1906

Amey - born 13 October 1835
- married Charles BOURN (1829-1907) in 1852
- they had 17 children

Horton 'Acton' - born 22 January 1837
- had a relationship with Rosanna NEAL
- they ha 5 children

Eliza - born 29 May 1839
- married William ELLIS in 1858
- they had 10 children

Enos - born 23 January 1841
- married Elizabeth IRELAND in 1871
- they had 4 children

Enon Page - born 9 February 1842
- married Frances Sophia PENTECOST in 1874
- France's mother, Frances MEEK married Enon's brother Edmund about one year earlier. Also her brother, Isaac Henry PENTECOST married Enon's neice, Clara Jane SMART
- they had 5 children

Enoch - born 16 August 1844
- married Margaret GOODWIN in 1867
- they had 12 children

Elijah Page - born 16 April 1846
- married Mary GREIG in 1878
- they had 8 children

Eli Perkins - born 17 January 1848
- married Mary COGAN in 1872
- they adopted 2 children

William Willson - born 22 March 1850
- married Mary MOODY in 1877
- they had 7 children

Emily - born 8 January 1852
- married George DEANS in 1879
- they had 8 children
- Emily died in 1894 aged 42 in Waimate
- George next married her neice, Sarah Ann ELLIS in 1910 in Dunedin

George Thomas - born 1 September 1853
- married Isabella McDONALD in 1856
- they had 9 children
- George died in 1896 in Christchurch aged 42
- Isabella next married John Leslie BROWN in 1900
- she next married Alexander PROTHEROE about 1911


AMOS SMART married Margaret "Itulcup" HULCUP on 4 August 1856 at St Michael's Church in Christchurch. Margaret was born about 1837 in Great Missenden, Buckingham, England and died on 5 December 1919 in Rangiora and was buried with Amos at the Balcairn Cemetery on 6 December 1919

They had 15 children:

Esther SMART
- born about 1856 and died about 1943 in Christchurch.
- She married Alexandra CLYNE about 1910 in Temuka

Frank SMART
- born about 1857

Leslie SMART
- born about 1858

Henry Albert SMART
- born about 1859, died on 11 January 1936 in Hamilton and was buried on 14 January 1936 in Cambridge.
- He married Elizabeth BOUGEN on 12 August 1880 at St Michael's Church in Christchurch. They had ten children.

Maria "Ria" SMART
- born about 1861 in Mt Grey and died on 24 July 1929 in Christchurch. She is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch.
- Maria married Sydney Herbert AMYES on 26 March 1890 at Irwell. They had five children.

Edward Horton SMART
- born about 1864 in Mt Grey.
- He married Sarah Matilda "Tilley" MATTHEWS on 23 April 1891 at St Michaels Church in Christchurch. They had four children.

Gertrude SMART
- born about 1864 in Sefton and died on 21 May 1948 and was buried in the Balcairn Cemetery near Rangiora.
- She married George DUNKINSON on 17 February 1882 at St Michael's Church in Christchurch. They had three children.

John SMART
- born on 12 July 1865 in Sefton, died on 10 August 1945 in Kaikoura and was buried in the Kaikoura Cemetery on 13 August 1945.
- He married his first wife, Margaret McINNES on 30 September 1891 in Kaikoura. They had eight children.
- His second wife was Katherine Agnes ARBUCKLE and they had five children.

James SMART was born about 1867 in Mt Grey and died on 19 May 1909 in Christchurch and is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch.
- He married on 10 December 1895 in Christchurch to Margaret SMITH. - They had 6 children.

Randall SMART was born about 1868 in Mount Grey.
- Nothing else is known about him.

Thomas SMART was born about 1870 in Mt Grey and died about June 1875 and is buried in the Balcairn Cemetery near Rangiora.

Robert SMART was born in 23 January 1871 in Mt Grey.

Eleanor SMART (known as Helen "Nell" was born about 1875 in Mt Grey and died on 14 January 1961 in Christchurch and is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch.
- She married the same Sydney Herbert AMYES about 1930 that was previously married to her sister, Maria SMART. Her name on the wedding registration is spelt Elleanor. They had no children.

Alice SMART was born on 23 February 1877 at Mt Grey and it is known that she died in Christchurch. She died on 27 February 1917 in Christchurch Hospital and is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch.

Edith Adelaide SMART was born about 1879 at Mt Grey and died on 30 January 1934 in Christchurch and is buried in the Sydenham Cemetery in Christchurch.
- She married Fred SCHAFFER about 1911. There are no known children.