Ancestry - Smith Family

There is much known, a few highlights are:

* Our Ancestors were amongst the Early Settlers of New Zealand
* Great Grandfather Walter Thomas Smith started Smith & Brown (cabinet makers)
* Great Grandfather Joseph Craig was a successful business man, ship owner & merchant based in Auckland
* Grandfather Walter Frances (Frank) Smith well known for swimming & water polo in Auckland (Australasia rep, Diving)

Dad's (Smith) Family Tree:

1 Walter Thomas Smith (././? Gloucester)
 + Maria Adelaide Stone (20/9/1873 Sussex)
   2 Walter Francis Smith (././? Auckland)
   + Joan Messervy Craig (21/12/1910 Auckland)
     3 David Craig Smith (19/11/36 Auckland)
       + Glenda Lois Smith ne Robb (24/4/1939 Hastings)

Also:

1 Joseph Craig (1833 Paisley, Scotland)
 Louise Wood (1835 London)
  2 Joseph James Craig (22/1/1860 Auckland)
  + Jessie Cambell (1868 Auckland)
     3 Joan Messervy Craig (as above)

Mum's (Robb) Family Tree:

(have history back to James Robb 1730 - 1787)

1 Laura Elizabeth Stone 1878 - 1966
 + James Young Forbes 1873 - 1947
2 Violet Forbes 1903 (Adelaide, Australia) - 1990
   + Hunter
   3 Beverley Forbes Hunter 1927 - 2007
  2nd husband of Violet Forbes
   + Harry Robb 1901 (Nelson) - 1968
   3 James Ernest Vivian Robb 1934
    + Alison Lewthwaite 1937
     4 Nicola Rachael Robb 1976
      + Graeme Peter Miller 1975
       5 Elizabeth Grace Miller 2008
       5 Rosemary Hope Miller 2011
     4 Kirsty Helen Robb  1979
      + Kerrin Burnnand 1978
   3 Murray Douglas Robb 1935 - 1966
   3 Ronald Ian Robb 1937 - 1993
   3 Glenda Lois Robb 24/4/1939 (Hastings)
    + David Craig Smith 19/11/1936 (Auckland)
     4 Robert David Craig Smith 1961
      + Ngaire Orewa Thompson 1956 - 1992
       5 Stacey Craig Smith 1987
        + Ashleigh Herbst 1990
          6 Joshua James Craig Smith 2010
     4 Grant Ian Smith 1964
      + Robyn Mellar 1961
       5 Rachel Joy Smith 1986
        + Braydon Jardine Symon
          6  Nevea Jae Symon 2009
          6  Manix Jarvis Symon 2011
       5 Joshua Christopher James Smith 1987
       5 Zachery Grant Ian Smith 1993
       5 Elisha John David Smith 1997
       5 Johnathon Campbell Craig Smith 2003
     4 Andrew Gordon Smith 1965
      + Barbara Charteris
       5 Hazel Barbara Smith 1996
     4 Christopher Douglas Smith 1966
     4 Fiona Elizabeth Smith 1969
      + Adrian Avery 1963
       5 Aaron Blair Avery 1990
      second husband of Fiona E. Avery
      + Brian Gerard Jacobs 1958
       5 Josiah Jessie Jacobs 2002
       5 Zane Creed Jacobs 2004
       5 Rebekah Aria Jacobs 2006
       5 Mariah Grace Jacobs 2010
     4 Diana Susanne Smith 1971
      + Shane William Kemp 1971
       5 Benjamin David Ian Kemp 2002
       5 Ryan Peter Shane Kemp 2005
       5 Shara Lynette Glenda Kemp 2010
     4 Peter Campbell Craig Smith 1974
      + Benjamast Kaitparawong 1976
       5 Natasha Benjaporn Smith 2010
     4 Catherine Joan Smith 1977
      + Michael Joseph Reilly 1981
       5 Michelle Catherine Reilly 2002
       5 William Joseph Reilly 2005
       5 Sarah Joan Reilly 2011
   3 Bruce William Robb 1941
    + Ruth Mary Bloor 1942
     4 Dougal Bruce Robb 1971
       5 Mathew Bruce Robb 1994
       5 Dillon Leonard Robb 1996
   3 Naida Annette Robb 1945 - 2009
    + Richard Alan Bartlett 1944
     4 Julie Ann Bartlett 1967
      + Grant Douglas Miller 1965
       5 Wade Richard Douglas Miller 1995
       5 lockland Alexander Bartlett Miller 1998
       5 Kendyll Victoria Louise Miller 2000
     4 Deborah Marie Bartlett 1969
      + Jeremy Wroe 1969
       5 Bradly Jacob Wroe 2000
       5 Teegan Jade Wroe 2002
     4 Andrea Dawn Bartlett 1973
      + Gary Ross Speers 1970
       5 McKenzie Kate Speers 2007
       5 Brook Nina Speers 2009
     4 Vikki Lee Bartlett 1977
      +Brendon Berket
2 Rata Forbes 1909 - 1990
 + Edgar Rollo Neale JP - OBE - MP  1888 - 1960

* Further back and distant relations have some interesting connections to famous people.. and still more being found with further research.