James Smith VIAL

   Another name for James was James Smith VIOL.

   Research Notes:

Aged 11 months at the 1841 England Census.

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"NEW INSOLVENT

JAMES SMITH VIAL, hotel-keeper, Waipori. Debts, L423 0s 6d; assets, L102 14s 1d; deficiency, L320 6s 5d. Causes of Insolvency: Falling off in business, pressure of creditors, and his house and stock having been sold under a bill of sale. Petition filed, 14th instant. Smith and Dempsey, Dunedin, solicitors."

Otago Daily Times , Issue 1315, 16 March 1866, Page 5

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James Smith Vial died aged 75 years.

   Marriage Information:

James married Margaret SMITH, daughter of Lawrence SMITH and Margaret EWAN, in 1865 in New Zealand. (Margaret SMITH was born about 1844 in Scotland and died on 7 Jul 1928 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.)