Marriage Certificate of THOMAS SMITH and ELIZABETH MEEKINS 1825
Thomas Smith and Elizabeth Meekins became the parents of Luke Smith who was born at Grafton Regis, Northamptonshire. Luke Smith emigrated to Victoria, Australia and married Elizabeth Courtney Ransom (a daughter of John Ransom and Sophia Howland of Kent, England) at Ararat, Victoria. Luke Smith and Elizabeth Courtney Ransom made their home in the Beaufort area of Victoria, and produced 12 children.
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