Who is Amy Smith 1873?

20 December 2020 Jan & Charlotte

Amy’s New Family

William Alexander Rutledge and Amy Caroline Smith married in 1900.

Part Copy of their Marriage Certificate: 26 June 1900

Witnesses at their wedding were William Arnott Winn and Amy’s sister Amelia Christina Smith

Marriage notice Newcastle Morning Herald-8 Aug 1900

The marriage took place in at Dangar Street Wesleyan Church, Wickham on 26 June 1900 and was recorded in the Newcastle Herald in August of that year. By 1905 the family had increased to four members.

**William Alexander Rutledge & Amy Rutledge née Smith with their two children Austin (b:1901) and Jean (b:1905)- photo in family collection**

Where did Amy and Alex live?

Using information in Vital records, the Australian Electoral Rolls and Sands Directories: Sydney and NSW, we have been able to find many the locations that the Rutledge family lived and worked between 1900 and Alex’s death in 1957.