Smith, Wellington

(submitted by Rhea Nichols)

Wellington Smith’s great-grandparents were Thomas Smith (1793–1862) and Catherine Dale (1799–1856). They were United Empire Loyalists who eventually came to Canada from Vermont, U.S.A. in 1829 and settled on the Utter Farm in Arkona in 1830. Smith Street in Arkona is named for one in that family. Arkona was at one time called Smithville.

Thomas and Catherine are buried in Arkona Cemetery, where all the Smith stones are right along Townsend Line.

Wellington (–1913) married Mary Ann Smith (1858–1885), the daughter of William and Mary Jane (Stewart) Smith. Mary Ann died when their daughter Stella Myrtle (1885–1954) was born. He then married Mary Ann’s sister Jane Elizabeth (1862–1937), with whom he had four children.

Wellington Smith owned the store at Birnam when he died. His daughter Stella ran it and the post office until 1914, when she married Hugh Clark (1884–1967).

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