Elizabeth Sarah SMITH

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Name Elizabeth Sarah SMITH [1, 2] Relationship with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth 18 Jun 1850 Wells, Kent, England Gender Female Immigration: Arr. 19 Aug 1859 Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Per "Sultana" Picture Have Death 11 Dec 1936 Moora, Western Australia, Australia 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 d. 18 Dec 1895, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia
(Age ~ 65 years)
Marriage 1866 Western Australia, Australia Children + 1. Thomas Joseph DODD, b. 11 Dec 1867, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia d. 18 Dec 1953, Moora, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 86 years)
â–» Margaret MURDOCK m. 1912+ 2. Mary Ellen DODD, b. 11 Dec 1867, New Norcia, Western Australia, Australia d. 5 Jan 1950, Midland, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 82 years)
â–» Raymond PRATLEY m. 1884+ 3. James May DODD, b. 6 May 1869, Western Australia, Australia d. 4 Oct 1955, Moora, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 86 years)
â–» Mary Jane MORLEY m. 18 May 1893+ 4. John Aloysius DODD, b. 1 Sep 1871, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia d. Dec 1932, Swanbourne, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 61 years)
â–» Amy MCVEE m. 1901; Elizabeth HANCOCK m. 19085. Charlott Elizabeth DODD, b. 1874, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia d. 1889 (Age 15 years)
+ 6. Susannah Sarah DODD, b. 11 Jul 1877, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia d. 7 Sep 1969, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 92 years)
â–» William Albert GILL m. 1904+ 7. Isaac Emanuel DODD, b. 14 Sep 1879, Yathroo, Western Australia, Australia d. 8 May 1955 (Age 75 years)
â–» Maggie HOWELL m. 18 Sep 19068. William Andrew DODD, b. 1882, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia d. 24 Feb 1907 (Age 25 years)
+ 9. Agnes Mary Ann DODD, b. 26 May 1885, Watheroo, Western Australia, Australia d. 23 Jan 1938, East Cannington, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 52 years)
â–» Matthew Mary Joseph CLUNE m. UNKNOWN> 10. Catherine Phillis DODD, b. 1887, Perth, Western Australia, Australia d. 19 Sep 1922, Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia
(Age 35 years)
â–» Henry Gustave ZACHAEUS m. 2 Apr 190811. Mervyn Lawrence DODD, b. 1890, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia d. DECEASED
Family ID F3959 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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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).
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