Elizabeth Sarah SMITH

Female 1850 - 1936  (86 years)   Has 2 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Elizabeth Sarah SMITH  [1, 2
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 18 Jun 1850  Wells, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Immigration: Arr. 19 Aug 1859  Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Sultana" 
    Picture Have 
    Death 11 Dec 1936  Moora, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Pte. William SMITH,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (Father) 
    Elizabeth RODGERS,   b. 1825   d. 30 Aug 1865  (Age 40 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I8892  MyBradyTree | MW

    Father Pte. William SMITH,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED 
    Mother Elizabeth RODGERS,   b. 1825   d. 30 Aug 1865 (Age 40 years) 
    Marriage UNKNOWN 
    Family ID F3960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Michael DODD,   b. Between 1830 and 1832, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1895, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 65 years) 
    Marriage 1866  Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Joseph DODD,   b. 11 Dec 1867, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1953, Moora, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    â–» Margaret MURDOCK  m. 1912
    +2. Mary Ellen DODD,   b. 11 Dec 1867, New Norcia, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jan 1950, Midland, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years)
    â–» Raymond PRATLEY  m. 1884
    +3. James May DODD,   b. 6 May 1869, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1955, Moora, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    â–» Mary Jane MORLEY  m. 18 May 1893
    +4. John Aloysius DODD,   b. 1 Sep 1871, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1932, Swanbourne, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    â–» Amy MCVEE  m. 1901;   Elizabeth HANCOCK  m. 1908
     5. Charlott Elizabeth DODD,   b. 1874, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1889 (Age 15 years)
    +6. Susannah Sarah DODD,   b. 11 Jul 1877, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1969, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    â–» William Albert GILL  m. 1904
    +7. Isaac Emanuel DODD,   b. 14 Sep 1879, Yathroo, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 May 1955 (Age 75 years)
    â–» Maggie HOWELL  m. 18 Sep 1906
     8. William Andrew DODD,   b. 1882, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Feb 1907 (Age 25 years)
    +9. Agnes Mary Ann DODD,   b. 26 May 1885, Watheroo, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Jan 1938, East Cannington, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    â–» Matthew Mary Joseph CLUNE  m. UNKNOWN
    >10. Catherine Phillis DODD,   b. 1887, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1922, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    â–» Henry Gustave ZACHAEUS  m. 2 Apr 1908
     11. Mervyn Lawrence DODD,   b. 1890, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED
    Family ID F3959  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Jun 1850 - Wells, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Arr. - Per "Sultana" - 19 Aug 1859 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1866 - Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 11 Dec 1936 - Moora, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Exert taken from TRACKS THROUGH THE MIDLANDS - A HISTORY OF THE MOORA DISTRICT - By Maxine Laurie

      Page 59-62
      Medical help was limited to the of two lay people, Richard Stanwell, bush doctor and dentist and Elizabeth Dodd, the local midwife.
      Elizabeth Dodd moved to Moora after the death of her husband Michael, at Dandaragan in 1895, and although Mrs Holst is reported to have delivered the towns first baby, Mrs Dodd acted as a midwife for more than twenty years. She had learned the art by giving birth to thirteen children of her own and by helping her friend and neighbour Ellen Frazer( wife of Peter Frazer) of Dandaragan, who also gave birth to a large family. Elizabeth's knowledge eased some of the problems of childbirth for many of her local patients in those years - she was present at over 100 births - but many babies were lost at birth or in their early years, due to limited knowledge and difficult conditions. Three of her own children were lost this way.

      After Elizabeth left Dandaragan,she ran a boarding house in Claremont. You can access Michael and Elizabeths life in Dandaragan through the Dandaragan shire records,Elizabeth also wrote a book on her life.

  • Reference  Your Name Here. "Elizabeth Sarah SMITH". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I8892&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed March 30, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S401] jody-at-jddesigns.com.au, Jody Dawn Ovenden (nee Tsakalos), Some Information Submitted by Jody Dawn Ovenden (nee Tsakalos).

    2. [S1111] taurusbay68-at-hotmail.com, Tracy Joanne Higgins (nee Strahan), Some Information and Pictures Submitted by Tracy Joanne Higgins (nee Strahan).