WILLIAM TOOBY &

SUSANNAH MARY SMITH

William TOOBY and Susannah Mary SMITH are my 2^nd Great Grandparents.

Their daughter, Susannah Mary TOOBY, is my Great Grandmother who married William Alfred McLEAN.

TOOBY: Recorded as Tobey, Toby, Toobey, Tooby and possible others, this is an English surname. It is derived from the male personal name Tobias, the Greek form of the Hebrew name Torya, meaning "The Lord is Good". Tobias and its derivatives were introduced into Europe by returning knights and pilgrims from the famous Crusades to the Holy Land in the 12th century.

Map of England showing Warwickshire	Map of Warwickshire

William TOOBY	Susannah Mary SMITH
William TOOBY was born before 9^th May 1824 in Long Itchington, Warwickshire, England (the date he was baptised) to William TOOBY & Mary ASHBY. William married Susannah Mary SMITH on the 17^th Jun 1849 in Warwickshire, England. Long Itchington is in Stratford-on-Avon district of Warwickshire, England. William & Susannah TOOBY came to Sydney, Australia on the 19^th March 1857 on board the ship "Mary Ann" with 2 of their children - George & William Edward. William TOOBY was a farmer who mostly farmed wheat. The TOOBY's settled in White Rock NSW Australia. (south of Bathurst)	Susannah Mary SMITH was born about 1821 also in Warwick, Warwickshire, England to William SMITH & Mary HABBARD. Susannah TOOBY (nee SMITH) remarried in 1865 to Henry JOY.
William TOOBY died on 30^th Sep 1864 at Sydney Road near Kelso, Roxburgh NSW [which was the main road heading into Bathurst] aged 40yrs after being "accidentally killed by the wheel of a dray passing over his body". He was buried on 2^nd Oct 1864 at White Rock NSW. (NSW Death reg. 2924/1864) Story told to Alexander Fenix McLEAN (grandson of William TOOBY) by his mother, Susannah: William was killed being run over by his four wheel wheat wagon on returning home after delivering a load of wheat to Bathurst. The 5 horses and wagon arrived at the home gates but William was nowhere to be found. A few miles towards Bathurst he was found about 8pm lying dead on the road. It is presumed that he fell asleep and slipped under the wheels.	Susannah died on 19^th September 1893 at Bathurst, of "Senile Decay" (old age) and is buried at Kelso NSW. (NSW Death Reg. 1893/008662)
William & Susannah TOOBY had 5 children: - William Edward (born 3^rd Jun 1851 in Warwickshire, England. Came to Australia with his parents in 1857 aboard the ship "Mary Ann". He married Ambrozine INNES on 2^nd Jun 1880 at Bathurst NSW. William died 6^th Nov 1932 at Bathurst NSW.) - George (born 19^th Sep 1853 in Warwickshire, England. Came to Australia with his parents in 1857 aboard the ship "Mary Ann". George married Sarah Ellis SCHOFIELD in 1883 at Bathurst NSW Australia. He died in 1940 at Bathurst NSW.) - Susannah Mary (born 30^th Nov 1859 at White Rock NSW. Susannah married William Alfred McLEAN on 26^th Dec 1883 at Holy Trinity Church, Kelso NSW. Susannah died 12^th Mar 1936 in Sydney and is buried in Kelso cemetery NSW - Sophie Elizabeth (born 3^rd Dec 1861 at White Rock NSW. Sophie married Henry KING in 1881 at Bathurst NSW. She died in 1929 at Bathurst NSW.) - and another female child that was deceased at the time of William TOOBYs death in 1864.

Contributors to the information on William TOOBY & his descendents:

Lesa Harris	NSW Birth Deaths & Marriages	Notes by Alexander Fenix McLean in the 1950's
Hilton & Neita Moses	Judith Schofield	Gary Eadon
Trevor Smith	Carol Tooby

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