Smith, Thelma Constance née Smedley, 1911-2006 (Person)

SummaryBorn at The Palms Nursing Home, Tauranga. Her parents farmed at Welcome Bay before moving into Tauranga. They occupied a house at Hairini while their Roberts Street house was being built (now Fourteenth Avenue), and later lived closer to Edgecumbe Road. She participated in local musical activities, including a Holy Trinity Church Guild programme in 1934, and played the organ at the Johnston-Jones wedding in 1937. She was acknowledged in the centennial publication "Tauranga 1882 - 1982". She married Norman Cameron Smith in 1939. She died in 2006, aged 94.SourcesBirth, Death and Marriage Historical Records"Themla Smith", Tauranga Library cassette recordings collection, 1980s: Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries AV 22-007/15Bay of Plenty Times, 28 November 1922, Page 1Bay of Plenty Times, 18 November 1925, Page 5Bay of Plenty Times, 28 November 1922, Page 1Bay of Plenty Times, 24 August 1934, Page 2Bay of Plenty Times, 11 February 1937, Page 2

Thelma Smith, nee Smedley, at the piano, Tauranga, c. 1930s.
Te Ao Mārama - Tauranga City Libraries Photo 04-154

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First Name(s)Thelma ConstanceSurnameSmith ée smedleyDate of Birth4 November 1911Place of BirthThe Palms Nursing Home, Tauranga.Date of Death29 July 2006

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PartnerSmith, Norman CameronDate Married1939

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Smith, Thelma Constance née Smedley, 1911-2006 (Person)