Walter Bushell Smith

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ca. 1860 — 1 March 1865

Walter Bushell Smith (29A)

Headstone

Walter Bushell Smith's headstone discovered in a Toowong Cemetery Archaeological Dig in 2023.

• Erected: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Episcopalian section. After 1 March 1865
• Moved to: North Brisbane Burial Grounds, Reserved Area. ca. 1914. Recorded as W. B. Smith
• Demolished and disposed of in: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A. ca. 1930
• Discovered: Toowong Cemetery, Portion 29A near Section 72. ca. May 2023

Inscription

Sacred
to the memory
of
Walter Bushell
son of
George & Jane Smith
and grandson of
Walter Bushell Smith
Bricklayer,
of Liverpool England
who died March 1^st 1865
aged 5 years.

also Mary Ann,
daughter of the above
aged 19 days
Suffer little children to come
unto me

Learn more

• Death Record - Queensland Government

Death registration: Walter Bushell Smith
Death date: 01/03/1865
Mother's name: Jane Cooper
Father/parent's name: George Smith
Registration details: 1865/B/2201

• Family Notices (1865, March 3). The Brisbane Courier (Qld. : 1864 - 1933), p. 2.

DEATHS.
SMITH.—On the 1st March, at Charlotte-street, Walter Bushell, aged 5 years, only son of Mr. George Smith.

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