ICHC - the original Granny Smith Apple :-)

[wombat2u2004]

"Maria Ann Smith (Granny Smith) died on 9 March 1870 and was buried in St. Anne's Cemetery, Ryde. Her husband died six years later. Their headstone still stands in the churchyard."

St Anne's C/E Church in Ryde is my family church, everybody in my family has been Christened, married and funeraled there. I have seen Granny Smiths grave many times, and I can remember my Grandmother (born circa 1890) telling me many stories about that lady. Stories Granma got from her mother, who knew Granny Smith.