Joseph Aries (abt. 1843 - 1931)

Born about 1843 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Husband of Eliza Jane (Gillis) Aries — married 23 Dec 1882 in Moonta, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 19 May 1931 at about age 88 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Biography

Joseph Aries was born about 1848 near Buckingham, Oxfordshire, England. He was the son of Thomas Aries & ...

Immigrated to Australia about 1876-7

married Eliza Jane Gillis in South Australia in 1882^[1]

1882

Marriage.

ARIES — GlLLlS.—On December 23rd at the residence of the bride's mother, Ryan Street, Moonta, by special licence, by the Rev T E keen, Joseph, the eldest son of Mr. Thomas Aries, of Oxfordshire, England, to Eliza Jane, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Joseph Gillis. Adelaide. ^[2]

They had eight children. All born at Daly district, South Australia

• Alfred Thomas Aries 1883 #313/94
• Olive May Aries 1885 #359/235
• Myrtle Aries 1887 #402/105
• Percival Aries 1889 #449/160
• Elsie Ada Aries 1892 #509/93
• Bert Aries 1896 #596/43
• Stanley Aries 1899 #1899
• Ida Aries 1902 #705/99^[3]

Joseph died in Adelaide South Australia in 1931^[4]. Aged 83 years (est. DOB 1848)

OBITUARY.

The death of an old resident of Wallaroo Mines, in the person of Mr Joseph Aries, took place at the Adelaide hospital on the 19th inst. ; Deceased, who was 83 years of age, was born at Staffordshire, England, and had been a colonist of 54 years. He resided for a few years at Baruhga Gap, and then came on to Moonta, where he served as a roper with the Wallaroo and Moonta . Co., for about 40 years.

Some 25 years ago he underwent an operation for cancer in the tongue, and this re-asserted itself and brought about his demise. His wife (nee ,E: J. Gillis) predeceased him by four years. There are left a family of three sons and three daughters, viz. Perc. (Payneham), Bert (Kadina), and Stan (Ardrossan) Mesdames Harold Verran (Dulwich), W.K. Cooper (Seacliff), and C Bartlett: (Mirilaton). One sister also survives, viz., Mrs Brown of Surrey, England. The remains were brought to Kadina on Wednesday afternoon and interred in the local cemetery, the Rev. F.W. Brasher conducting the service. ^[5].

He is interred (with wife, Eliza J & children Alfred Thomas, Elsie Ada, Bert & Ida) at Kadina Cemetery, South Australia^[6]. Aged 75 (est. DOB 1856)

Research Notes

From existing records we have 2 different estimated DOB Joseph Aries was possibly born in

• ?Marriage Thomas Aries & Mary Rawlins or Ann Scott Q3, 1844 at Buckingham, Oxfordshire, England. Vol 6 page 503. https://www.freebmd.org.uk/

Sources

1. ↑ BDM South Australia Marriages Joseph Aries & Eliza Jane Gillis 1882 at Daly district, South Australia. Ref# 133/1257. https://www.genealogysa.org.au/
2. ↑ Marriage Notice Aries - Gillis. Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser (SA : 1878 - 1922), Fri 29 Dec 1882, p.2.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/216314693?searchTerm=Gillis%20Eliza
3. ↑ https://www.genealogysa.org.au/
4. ↑ Death Joseph Aries 1931 at Adelaide, South Australia. BDM SA BDM REG: 528/412. https://www.genealogysa.org.au/
5. ↑ Kadina and Wallaroo Times (SA : 1888 - 1954), Wednesday 27 May 1931, page 2. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/110513213?searchTerm=aries
6. ↑ Cemetery Joseph Aries 1931 at Kadina Cemetery, South Australia. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/190242101/joseph-aries

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