Husband of Fanny (Cochrane) Smith married 27 Oct 1854 (to 1902) in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Father of Florence Amelia (Smith) Stanton and Charles Edward Smith Died 26 Nov 1902 at about age 81 in Port Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia Profile manager: M Whitworth [ send private message ] * Tasman Benjamin Smith She passed away on 24 Feb 1905 in Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia. Fanny and William went on to have eleven children. related to Candace Love, 35 Annie Williams, 72 Eric Cochran, 86 Fanny became very active in the local Methodist community, and would host church services in her own home, often singing songs in her Pakana language. "The British came here in the early 1800s within the space of 30 years, 98 per cent or more of the original population was wiped out," Fanny's great-great granddaughter Kerry Sculthorpe tells ABC RN's The History Listen. State Library of Tasmania Images Photos of Smith, Fanny Cochrane; For 10 years he tried, with some success, to collect samples from Fanny's body. Image credit: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Reading Time: < 1 Print this page Wax cylinders hold the only known recordings of any indigenous Tasmanian language. Leanne M (Volunteer Curator - Australia) , Henry Mylam Cockerill, Convict "Phoenix" 1824, Mary Ann (Bugg) Baker - Burrows - McNally - Ward - Burrows [Bushranger], Frederick Wordsworth Ward [Bushranger - Captain Thunderbolt], https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Cockerill-55. Fanny married William Smith. Between 1899 and 1904, recordings were made on wax cylinders using a grammophone. In this recording, Fanny Cochrane Smith talks about being the last of the Tasmanians. MRS. FANNY COCHRANE SMITH By MUHRAY J. LONGMAN. About Fanny Cochrane Smith . Fanny Cochrane Smith, the last known speaker of the language, can be heard from the third minute of the recording. * Tasmania Birth Record - Alfred Gower COCKERILL born 27/9/1858 New Norfolk, father Henry Mylam COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT In 1995, the Tasmanian Government officially returned this land to the community. Her mother was Tanganutura of the North eastern tribe. No indigenous name is known; Robinson gave European names to all the Indigenous Tasmanians who arrived at the island as part of his attempt to suppress their culture. That was a frightening thing for Fanny to live with," Colleen says. They had 12 children: , Mary Jane Smith and 10 other children. Please enable JavaScript in your browser's settings to use this part of Geni. It's a myth that has obscured the stories of many other Aboriginal Tasmanians, among them Fanny Smith, who lived at the same time as Truganini and died decades after her. Search for: Phones Addresses Emails Social Media Residences Family members Property records Bankruptcies Criminal records. Born in Waybalenna Aboriginal Establishment, Flinders, Tasmania, Australia on Dec 1834 to John William Smith (Burwood/Barwood) and Pleenerperrener Palawa (Nancy) aka (Sarah or Mother Brown). In 1899, and again in 1903, some of her songs were recorded by Horace Watson for the Royal Society of Tasmania. Her recordings were inducted into the UNESCO . Abt 1832 - Wybaleena, Aboriginal Establishment, Flinders, Fanny Cochrane Smith (Burwood/Barwood) passed away. To now, being the Tasmanian Aboriginal people, being the Palawa, with our own language and our own land, and getting more.". Colonialism either killed or drove away the Palawa, which translates to Tasmanian Aboriginals. Watson is the great grandson of Horace Watson, who recorded Fanny in 1903. Fanny Cochrane Smith made this. 1 reference. He even wanted the promise of her skeleton when she died. And the recordings play an important part in efforts to recover and reclaim Indigenous language in Tasmania over recent decades. "[The recordings] take you back in time and take you back to some of the sad things, and also the fact that we belong to that woman," Colleen says. The government of the Colony of Tasmania recognised this claim in 1889 and granted her 300 acres (120ha) of land and increased her annuity to 50. Search for yourself and well build your family tree together, English and Scottish: occupational name denoting a worker in metal especially iron such as a blacksmith or farrier from Middle English, Metal-working was one of the earliest occupations for which specialist skills were required and its importance ensured that this term and its equivalents in other languages were the most widespread of all occupational surnames in Europe. Today, it is the only known recording of the Palawan language. Fanny Cochrane was born in 1834 at Wybalenna on Flinders island. 'Over a hundred years, Joel Stephen Birnie's ancestors Tarenootairer, and her daughters Mary Ann and Fanny Cochrane, endured abduction, rape, enslavement, destitution, despair and disease, while their family and their world died before their eyes. Dewayne Everettsmith is a critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, who had also supported some well-known performers such as Paul Kelly and Gurrumul Yunupinhu. In 2017, they were added to the UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register. 7. Andrea Castillo reports for the LA Times: Asylum seekers must wait for appointments in U.S. for everyone, or leave some behind. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. (with two plates) ABSTRACT Wax cylinders recorded by Mrs. F'anny Cochrane Smith in 1899 and 1903 were re-recorded using modern techniques. Her spoken introduction before the song begins with 'I'm Fanny Smith. Fanny Cochrane Smith, (ca. place of birth. Fanny Smith and her extended family, in a photo believed to be taken at Nicholls Rivulet around 1900. * Tasmania Marriage Permissions - Henry COCKERILL "Phoenix" permission to marry Eliza VINCENT on 30/4/1832 Amid incorrect claims that Tasmanian Indigenous people became "extinct" with Truganini, he heard of Fanny. The couple also ran a boarding-house in Hobart. In 1899 and 1903, Fanny agreed to work with the Royal Society of Tasmania and makerecordings of her voicein language. "Can you imagine how frightening that would have been? * Tasmania Birth Record - given name not recorded COCKERILL born 4/11/1852 New Norfolk, father Henry Milam COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT Her father was Eugene or Nicerimic. The ABC has been uncovering ordinary Australians with extraordinary stories from all corners of the country for the past 90 years. Her recordings were inducted into the UNESCO Australian Memory . The Aborigines at Wybalenna escaped into the bush to practise their culture. imported from Wikimedia project. Research genealogy for Fanny Cochrane Smith (Burwood/Barwood) of Wybaleena, Aboriginal Establishment, Flinders, as well as other members of the Smith (Burwood/Barwood) family, on Ancestry. Russian Wikipedia. Fanny was born at the Wybalenna establishment on Flinders Island. Fannys mother and father, Tanganutura and Nicermenic were sent to Flinders Island, where their lives were ruled over by Rev. Fanny. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the First Australians and Traditional Custodians of the lands where we live, learn, and work. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. * Tasmania Birth Record - Alice Ellen COCKERILL born 11/4/1861 New Norfolk, father Henry COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can only be viewed by Ancestry members to whom they have granted permission to see their tree.These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. She says of the 300 or so people taken there in 1831, just 47 remained alive in 1847, when the settlement was closed. * Mildred Eliza Cockerill These trees can change over time as users edit, remove, or otherwise modify the data in their trees. 1834 - 1905) was a Tasmanian Aborigine, born December 1834 after relocation of Tasmania's indigenous population to Wybalena, Flinders Island. And it got far more dehumanising than that. PO Box 22, Coldspring, TX 77331. also known as Fannie C Walters. Dec 1834 - Waybalenna Aboriginal Establishment, Flinders, Tasmania, Australia, 24 Feb 1905 - Cygnet, Tasmania, Australia, Pleenerperrener Palawa (Nancy) aka (Sarah or Mother Brown). Search for yourself and well build your family tree together, Do not sell or share my personal information. She said the Clarks and the superintendent of Wybalenna knew she was being sexually assaulted by a convict, but they did nothing to stop him. This profile appears to be more an experimental tree - Fanny Cochrane where the user has attached potential relatives to Fanny rather than where they should be. Fanny Cochrane Smith (English) 0 references. Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834-1905), Tasmanian Aborigine, was born in early December 1834 at the Wybalenna Aboriginal establishment, Flinders Island, Tasmania, daughter of Tanganuturra (Sarah), father unknown. In 1847 her parents, along with the survivors of Wybalenna were removed to Oyster Cove. * Tasmania Birth Record - John Francis COCKERILL born 10/1/1851 Bothwell, father Henry Mylam COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT * Arthur Cockerill * Tasmania Birth Record - given name not recorded COCKERILL born 16/3/1849 Bothwell, father Henry Mylam COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT * spouse William Smith no dates, Children (no dates) Fanny Cochrane Smith, (ca. It gave a glimpse of Fanny's childhood, and the brutal conduct of catechist preacher Robert Clark and his wife. But when Fanny was 19, an ex-convict named William Smith offered her a different future. * Ivy Cockerill * father John William Smith no dates Discover the meaning and history behind your last name and get a sense of identity and discover who you are and where you come from. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each persons profile. This item consists of 5 acetate discs containing rerecordings of Tasmanian songs sung by Fanny Cochrane Smith in 1899 and 1903. Cochrane Smith died of pneumonia and pleurisy at Port Cygnet, 10mi (16km) from Oyster Cove, on 24 February 1905. * Tasmania Birth Record - Emma Louisa COCKERILL born 7/11/1856 New Norfolk, father Henry Mylam COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT "I have wondered recently, what Grandmother Smith would make of what we've done today in the fight that we've had," Kerry says. * Eunice Cockerill Telling the story of "Fanny's Church"Written by Ayla Williams, Community & Cultural Resource Officer, Leprena UAICC TasmaniaIt is with great honour and total adoration that we announce a new segment on "The Orb" around Fanny Cochrane-Smith, our ancestral matriarch, our familial warrior woman, cultural compass.It is hard to put in to words the strength, story and [] * Eva Cockerill In recent years, the Tasmanian Aboriginal community has actively reestablished ownership over their language through the development of palawa kani - a program that has revived and reconstructed the many different languages spoken by Tasmanian Aborigines. Fanny (Wortabowigee) Smith (born Cochrane) in MyHeritage family trees (Badke - Riseley Families Web Site) Florence Frances (Fanny) (Wortabowigee) Smith (born Cochrane) in MyHeritage family trees (Dell - Jusseit Web Site) Frances Fanny Cochrane in MyHeritage family trees (Mills Web Site) This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can be viewed by all Ancestry subscribers. She became a trailblazer for her people and well-known for her singing voice, she sang the songs of her people to crowds of European people and they seemed to love it. * Herbert Wellington Cockerill, I have detached Charlotte Derby Bugg - she lived in NSW and not in Tasmania where Fanny was born and lived. Fanny Smith: The 'genocide survivor' whose voice will echo through the ages. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fanny Cochrane Smith, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. "I think we were just calling ourselves 'Aboriginal descendants' at that time. Fanny Cochrane Smith recorded a series of wax cylinder recordings of Aboriginal songs, the only existing audio recording of a Tasmanian language, though they are of extremely poor quality. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. She has the only available audio recordings of the local Aboriginal language, recorded on wax cylinders in the late 19th century. After many years of forced separation, she was finally able to live freely with her family and community. In 1846, the governor ordered an inquiry into allegations of cruelty at Wybalenna. * Tasmania Birth Record - Francis George COCKERILL born 2/8/1854 New Norfolk, father Henry Mylam COCKERILL, mother Eliza VINCENT * mrs Frances Neal Smith I was born on Flinders Island. Fanny Cochrane Smith (1834-1905), who claimed to be the last surviving Tasmanian Aborigine on the death of Trugernanner, worked with her ex-convict husband, a sawyer, at fencing and shingle splitting. "It was hoped that this would be a place in which the Tasmanian Aborigines would be able to become 'civilised', Christianised. Five cylinders were cut; however, in 1949 a Tasmanian newspaper noted that only four remained, as the fifth cylinder, "on which was recorded the translation of the songs, was broken some time ago". It is a place where historical truths of invasion, resistance and survival continue to be told. But there was debate about her claim in some circles some said her cheeks were "too pink". When not performing, Fanny spent her time on the land diving for shellfish, hunting, and basket weaving. Fanny Cochrane Smith, 1834 - 1905 Fanny Cochrane Smith was born in month 1834, at birth place, to . Fanny was born at Wybalenna, Flinders Island, in 1834. . In 1847, Fanny and the other survivors of Wybalenna were moved to an abandoned convict settlement at Oyster Cove in Tasmania's south. You can contact the owner of the tree to get more information. [1] She is considered to be the last fluent speaker of the Flinders Island lingua franca, a Tasmanian language,[2] and her wax cylinder recordings of songs are the only audio recordings of any of Tasmania's indigenous languages. 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Fanny's brother Adam lived with them too. Judging the spirited Fanny as too unruly and independent, Clark sent Fanny to an orphan school in Hobart when she was eight. . Cochrane Smith's mother, Tanganutura, was taken by George Augustus Robinson to Wybalenna, where her daughter was born in 1834; Fanny married an English sawyer, William Smith, settling at Nicholls Rivulet, near Oyster Cove, and producing eleven children. Frances ( Fanny Cochrane Smith family tree Parents John William Smith (Burwood/barwood) 1794 - 1851 Pleenerperrener Palawa (Nancy) Aka (Sarah Or Mother Brown) 1796 - 1845 Spouse (s) William Peter Smith * mrs Elsie Cockerill If you would like to view one of these trees in its entirety, you can contact the owner of the tree to request permission to see the tree. This database contains family trees submitted to Ancestry by users who have indicated that their tree can only be viewed by Ancestry members to whom they have granted permission to see their tree. She served as Clark's servant until the station closed in 1847. In June 1834, the year of Fanny's birth on Flinders Island, he was reported to Robinson as being involved in stealing a boat on the Leven River on the NW Coast with Probelatter see FM p.893. The recording of Smith's songs was the subject of a 1998 song by Australian folk singer Bruce Watson, The Man and the Woman and the Edison Phonograph. She is well known for her wax-cylinder recordings of Aboriginal songs, made in 1903, which comprise the only audio recordings of an Are you Black?" For more than a century, it was claimed that the Aboriginal people of Tasmania the Palawa were "extinct". By Andrea Castillo WASHINGTON Inside a tent near the Rio Grande in Fanny Cochrane Smith; Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Tasmnsk jazyky; Usage on de.wikipedia.org Tasmanische Sprachen; Usage on en.wikipedia.org Aboriginal Tasmanians; Tasmanian languages; Fanny Cochrane Smith; Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Languages/Archive 9; Usage on es.wikipedia.org Fanny Cochrane Smith; Usage on fi.wikipedia.org Fanny Cochrane Smith After receiving a government annuity of 24 and a land grant of 100 acres (40ha), she selected land near Oyster Cove to be near her mother, sister and brother and the couple moved there shortly before their first child was born. She is considered to be the last fluent speaker of the Flinders Island lingua franca, a Tasmanian language, and her wax cylinder recordings of songs are the only audio recordings of any of Tasmania's indigenous languages. 2.1905. Flinders Island. Fanny died in 1905, but even in death, she could not escape the racial politics of the era. Fanny was born in 1834 on Flinders Island. Fanny Smith. Her passionate voice that proudly carried the language of her people, remains in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery. She then sings in both English and her own language. Fanny, who died in 1905, was the ultimate survivor of the abuse that the colonisers so freely gave in return for taking our lands. . They are the oldest voice recordings ever made of an Aboriginal person, among the earliest sound recordings ever made in Australia. Eight wax cylinders, originally recorded in 1899 and 1903, contain the only spoken records of any one of the original Tasmanian Aboriginal languages as spoken and sung by Fanny Cochrane Smith, the last surviving fluent speaker of those languages. As a devout Methodist, Fanny hosted an annual Methodist picnic. Joel Stephen Birnie. 0 references. State Library of Tasmania Images Photos of Smith, Fanny Cochrane. 1833 - 1905 Fanny Smith (born Cochrane) 1833 1905. What it means to be an Aboriginal Tasmanian has changed dramatically since the times of Fanny. She is considered to be the last fluent speaker of the Flinders Island lingua franca, a Tasmanian language, and her wax cylinder recordings of songs are the only audio recordings of any of Tasmania's indigenous languages. In 1854, Fanny married William Smith, an ex-convict who had been sentenced to transportation for theft of a donkey. We collect and match historical records that Ancestry users have contributed to their family trees to create each persons profile. Upon hearing her own performance, Smith had cried "My poor race. Fanny Cochrane Smith livepuppies 24 subscribers Subscribe 315 Share Save 37K views 14 years ago The only known recording of Tasmanian Aboriginal song and music. What have I done"; she believed the voice to be that of her mother. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about Fanny Cochrane on MyHeritage, the world's family history network. The recording of Smith's songs was the subject of a 1998 song by Australian folk singer Bruce Watson, The Man and the . Start a free family tree online and well do the searching for you. Here, Fanny learnt her language, songs, dances and ceremony. Medieval smiths were important not only in making horseshoes plowshares and other domestic articles but above all for their skill in forging swords other weapons and armor. Note that there is no evidence that Nicermenic was the Father - who is probably unknown - Nicermenic was not on Flinders Island in the 1830s (see 'Van Diemen's Land: An Aboriginal History' p300. "When I was a child, there was nothing worse in the world to be than an Aborigine I don't remember the name of Fanny Smith ever being mentioned when we were children," she says. However, she still had a connection to her culture, that lasted throughout her life. Fanny and William married in 1854. 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