conventionDeclaration detailLevel http://ica-atom.org/doc/RS-2#5.4 Partial person Smaill, Thomas conventionDeclaration Rev. T. Smaill conventionDeclaration conventionDeclaration Rev. Thomas Smaill conventionDeclaration conventionDeclaration 1857-1902 Edinburgh; Epi; Otago

Rev. Thomas Smaill was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 28 July 1857, His family emigrated to Otago New Zealand in 1858. Thomas Smaill apprenticed as a joiner and later studied for a BA at Otago University before attending the Theological Hall Dunedin from 1883-1885. After postgraduate and City Mission work in Edinburgh, he studied medical classes and hospital practice in Dunedin prior to missionary work in the New Hebrides. Thomas Smaill was ordained as a missionary at Knox Church, Dunedin on 25 February 1889. He travelled to Nikaura, Epi later in 1889. In 1890 he returned to New Zealand and married Helen Grant of Leeston and then returned to the New Hebrides. On 21 April 1895 five men and two women were baptized into the Church membership at Epi under Rev. Thomas Smaill. By the end of the 19th Century membership was close to 100 people. Rev. and Mrs. Smaill lost their first and second children and their third child, Nellie, was born in New Zealand. Rev. Smaill caught a chill after going out in a hurricane to administer medical aid to a native woman and died on 12 April 1902 aged 44 years old. He was buried beside his two children at Nikaura on Epi Island, Vanuatu.

 New Hebrides Mission Photograph album, 1898-1911 Nellie Smaill and local infant Native plant Nellie Smaill and local infant Women at Nikaura View from Nikaura mission house Nellie Smaill and housegirl Rev T.E. Riddle on horseback Mission House, Nikaura, Epi Nellie Smaill and housegirl Local elder and wife Grave of Rev T. Smaill Village meeting house Native flower Pathway from mission house Mission house, Nikaura Tea on mission house lawn Rev T and Mrs H.J. Smaill with Nellie Nellie Smaill and unknown child Nellie Smaill and unknown child Nellie Smaill and unknown child Lamenu Island custom stones Rev & Mrs Smaill and unknown couple Nellie Smaill and friend Girl with dog Pathway on Lamenu Children on canoe Preparation for a feast Mrs Frater, Mrs Smaill and child Group on mission house porch Interior of Lamenu church Village children Paw paw Village women and children Pathway on Lamenu Rev T.E. Riddle preaching Pathway on Lamenu Cookhouse at Paama Mrs Frater, Nettie and Nellie Smaill Paama mission house builders Group on Paama (?) Unknown man on horseback Synod group photo Mr Milne's verandah, Nguna Isabel Milne and Nellie Smaill Beach scene on Epi Local children Beach scene on Epi Nellie Smaill and Isabel Milne Nellie Smaill and local children Unknown woman and child Nettie Frater and Nellie Smaill Three unknown boys Unknown child Christian villagers Group photo of missionaries Nellie Smaill with village men Father and daughter Rev M and Mrs Frater Non-Christian hair style Isobel Milne Village group at Lamenu "Santo Afternoon Tea" Mission group (?) Mission women at Tangoa Village men in a hut In Nguna mission house garden Cart transport Mission group Nellie Smaill on horseback Local elder Nellie Smaill and dog Stone church at Lamenu Stone church at Lamenu Mission garden at Tangoa Missionary and mission children Rev G Fleming and family Village group Small village group Preparing food Local teachers Mr and Mrs H Roxburgh (?) Unknown group On beach at Lamenu Bay Setting off to Lamenu Two unknown boys Woman and child Paton family group Local bushmen Tea on the lawn Leggatt family group (?) Unknown house Pulling whaleboat ashore Loading whaleboats Lopeni volcano erupting Unknown woman and baby Mr Blair Mr Dakers and Mrs Galloway Katherine and Isabel Milne Missionaries and children Synod group photo Laying tables Lopeni volcano "Our Servant Dhobies" Lamenu mission house House girls at Lamenu Carvings Village group Unknown woman and animals Children and unknown woman Village group at Lamenu Garden and sea at Lamenu Rev T.E. Riddle on horseback Unknown group Small boy in boat bouy, S S Arawa, Southampton Small European boy and woman bending down to garden Unknown man Large local gathering "Last Stone On The Lamenu Church" Full album scan of PMB Photo 85, pages 1-17 Full album scan of PMB Photo 85, pages 18-34