Smith, John, fl. 1800
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John Smith was the constable at Somerset.
From the description of M 879 John Smith Diary and Certificates, 1873- ca. 1886. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755718360
Merchant, postmaster, and constable, of Middleway (Jefferson Co.), Va. (now W. Va.).
From the description of Papers, 1832-1863; (bulk 1851-1859). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20315017
Organ was for St. Paul's Cathedral, cnr. Swanston and Flinders Streets and is now at St. Paul's, Kyneton.
From the description of Letter : Bristol, England, to W. Lees, Melbourne. 1850 Sep. 27. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 222747522
John Smith (fl. 1825-1849) was a London picture dealer and author of A Catalogue raisonné of the works of the most eminent Dutch, Flemish, and French painters, 1829-1842. Samuel Mountjoy Smith (fl. 1830-1857) assisted his father's picture-dealing business and was a genre painter and portraitist.
From the description of Correspondence, 1830-1849. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79720339
John Smith was accused of murder.
From the description of Minutes of a court case, 1877. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640630
Sergeant John Smith ( - ) of Bristol, R.I., was a soldier in the Revolution.
From the description of Diaries, 1776-1778. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207171069
Convict.
From the description of Papers, [187-?] [manuscript]. [187-?] (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 762865740
Auburn, Illinois blacksmith. In 1844 B.F. Vaughn joined him in his business.
From the description of Account book, 1836-1837, 1844. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49794640
John Smith was a consignment merchant in Philadelphia, Pa.
From the description of Receipt book, 1786-1792. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122590515
John Smith graduated from Hope College in 1949.
From the description of Papers, 1945-1946. (Joint Archive of Holland, History Research Center). WorldCat record id: 30535795
John Smith was born on May 28, 1859 in Crownthorpe, Norfolk County, England. In 1887, he married Frances Rose Middleton. Together they had four children: John Douglas, Arthur Middleton, Lucy Margaret and Olga Marie. Smith was a graduate chemist in Norwich before immigrating to Canada in 1892, where he purchased and farmed a homestead above Pitt River, northeast of Port Coquitlam in British Columbia.
He and his wife were active in the community of Port Coquitlam, and helped to establish its Anglican church. His wife Rose was the first women to hold civic office in Port Coquitlam when she was elected as a school trustee in 1913. During his time in British Columbia, Smith held many public positions. He was appointed Municipal Clerk of the Municipality of Port Coquitlam in 1899. In 1900 he was named Justice of the Peace for the counties of Victoria, Nanaimo, Vancouver, Westminster, Yale, Cariboo and Kootenay. He became a Police Magistrate for the City of Port Coquitlam in 1913. He was City Clerk of Port Coquitlam from the time it was incorporated in 1913 to 1937. In 1923 he became Justice of the Peace for British Columbia. He was the Stipendiary Magistrate for Counties of Vancouver and Westminster from 1933 to 1945.
In 1989 Smith travelled to the Yukon and kept an account of his experiences in a diary. This diary was later published in the British Columbia Historical Quarterly in 1952 with an introduction and annotations by Walter N. Sage. He died on January 24, 1950, at the age of 90.
From the description of John Smith fonds. ca. 1892-1949, 1952. (University of British Columbia Library). WorldCat record id: 607138676
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