John Joseph Bellars (1855 - 1944)

Born 1855 in Hackney, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (O'Neil) Ballis — married 1880 in Victoria, Australia

Husband of Emma Elizabeth (Clark) Ballis — married 1904 in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 15 Apr 1944 at about age 89 in Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

John was born in 1855 in London England. He was the son of Joseph Bellars and Caroline Brownbill.

Marriage

1. John married Jane O'Neil in 1880,^[1]

1. Married Emma Clark in 1904 after the death of Jane, ^[2]

Children

Mother: Jane O'Neil

1. John Joseph Ballis (1880-1941),
2. William James Ballis (1883-1931),
3. Frederick Thomas Ballis (1884-1960),
4. Herbert Joseph Ballis (1886-1923),
5. Maldon Ballis (1887-1956),
6. Henry Ballis (1889-1889),
7. Letitia Ballis (1890-1951),
8. Flora Ballis (1892-1892),
9. Elizabeth Ballis (1894-),
10. Edith Ballis (1896-1921),
11. Walter Gordon Ballis (1898-1952),
12. Arthur Ballis (1900-1966).
    

MOTHER: Emma Elizabeth Clark

1. George Henry Addy Ballis (1905-1980),
2. Augustus John Ballis (1907-1984),
3. Annie Lena Ballis (1909-1994),
4. George Albert Ballis (1910-1977),
5. Emma Alice Ballis (1912-1913),
6. Clarence David Ballis (1914-1914),
7. Agnes Evelyn Ballis (1915-1916),
8. Mary Carol Ballis (1915-1990),
9. Irene Agnes Ballis (1917-),
10. Joseph Ballis (1920-1920),
11. Rose Ballis (1921-2008).

Death

He died in 1944 in Warrnambool Victoria Australia ^[3]

Burial

Was buried at Warrnambool Cemetery Plot CATHA 35 051 ^{[4] [5]}

Immigration

John Bellars was an Assisted Immigrant to Victoria.

Immigrated to Australia as 'Assisted Passengers' aboard the ship Euphrates. An “assisted” immigrant had their voyage subsidised from the UK by the Victorian government for the purpose of being employed on their arrival. Indexers transcribed the names and ages recorded on lists of passengers aboard ships which arrived at Victorian ports from overseas, between 1839 and 1871).

John arrived on 19 November 1856 having departed from Southampton^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Index
   Victoria Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   Index entry for John Joseph Ballis
   SPOUSE: Jane O'Neill
   MARRIAGE YEAR: 1880
   MARRIAGE PLACE: Victoria, Australia
   REF No: 3459/1880
2. ↑ Marriage Index
   Victoria Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   Index entry for John Joseph Ballis
   SPOUSE: Emma Elizabeth Clark
   MARRIAGE YEAR: 1904
   MARRIAGE PLACE: Victoria, Australia
   REF No: 2654/1904
3. ↑ Death Index
   Victoria Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   Index entry for John Joseph Ballis
   FATHER: Joseph Addie Ballis
   MOTHER: Caroline Brownbill
   PLACE OF BIRTH: London, England
   PLACE OF DEATH: Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
   SPOUSE: Not Listed
   AGE: NA - DATE OF DEATH: 1944
   REF No:19418/1944
4. ↑ Internment Index
   Warrnambool Cemetery Internment Record Plot ID CATHA 35 051
   John Joseph Ballis - AGE: n/a - INTERNMENT DATE: 17 Apr 1944
   Roseria Evans - AGE: 85 - INTERNMENT DATE: 28 Apr 2008
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images
   Memorial page for John Joseph Ballis (1855–15 Apr 1944),
   Find a Grave Memorial ID 140459093,
   Citing Warrnambool Cemetery, Warrnambool, Warrnambool City, Victoria, Australia
6. ↑ Passenger List: "Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923"
   Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kindom (refer to microform copy, VPRS 3502); Series: VPRS 14
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1635 #3775230 (accessed 26 June 2023)
   Name: John Callen [John Bellars]; Nationality: English and Welsh; Arrival Age: [1]; Birth Date: abt 1855; Departure Place: Southampton; Arrival Date: 19 Nov 1856; Arrival Place: [Melbourne and Warrnambool, Australia]; Ship: [Euphrates]