Edith May Marion Smith
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| Date of Birth | Not known |
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Joseph William Smith Murray Austen-Smith Roy Joseph Austen-Smith |
| Transcription | ... Here Rests Also EDITH. Died 2 November 1956. |
Early Life
Edith May Marion Brunswick was born in 1883 in Islington, London.
Marriage
Edith married Joseph William Smith in Essex in 1904. The couple had four children: Joyce (b. 1906); Phyllis (b. 1908); Maria Aylmore (b.1908); and Roy Joseph (b.1916).
Residences
Electoral Roll entries list Edith and Joseph as living in Armadale in 1925, and more precisely at Sixth Road in Armadale at the time of Joseph's death in 1931. By 1949 Edith was living in a property on Albany Road in Armadale, and later moved to 80 Hampshire Road, Victoria Park.
Community Life
Mrs Smith was mentioned several times in local news columns in publications such as the South Western Advertiser, in connection to her membership of the Red Cross and of social occasions with her friends Mrs Cartwright, Mrs Bunney and Mrs Harden et al. In 1951, while Edith was living in South Perth, the Kelmscott branch of the Red Cross invited her back to the district to be the guest of honour at their annual meeting.
Death
Edith died aged 73 on 2 November 1956.
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