William Baynham Aston (1859 - 1923)

Born 1859 in Carisbrook, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Amelia (Harris) Aston — married 11 Sep 1883 in Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 8 Jun 1923 at about age 64 in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

William Aston was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

William Baynham Aston was born in Carisbrook in 1859. He was the third child and eldest son of Edward Aston, a bootmaker, and Ann Howell. ^[1]

On leaving home he was initially employed at the Mail Service in Melbourne.

He married Emma Harris in 1883.

MARRIAGES. ASTON— HARRIS.— On the 11th September, at Wesleyan Church, Emerald Hill, by Rev. E. L. Watkin, William Baynham, son of Edward Aston, Carisbrook, to Emma Amelia, daughter of John Harris, St. Kilda. ^[2]

They settled in Elsternwick.

His occupation is recorded as a grocer.

William and Emma had seven children: Ethel Amelia (1885); Ernest Edward (1886); Leslie Baynham (1888); Arthur John (1891); Ruby Olive (1896); Doris Edith (1899); and Elsie Maud (1905). Ethel died in infancy and Arthur was killed in action in Messines in 1917.

William passed away at his home in Elsternwick on 8 June 1923, aged 63.

ASTON. — On the 8th June, at his residence, "Cooee," Gisborne-street, Elsternwick, William Baynham, the beloved husband of Emma Amelia Aston, and loving father of Ethel (deceased), Ernest, Leslie, Arthur (deceased), Ruby (Mrs. Hosken), Doris and Elsie Aston, loving grandfather of Thelma, Beryl and Peggy, aged 63 years. ^[3]

ASTON - On the 8th June, at Elsternwick, William Baynham, eldest son of the late Edward and Ann Aston, Carisbrook, and brother of Amelia (Mrs J. A. Ault, Durham Ox), Sophia (Mrs. Linton, Carisbrook), Stephen (Moonee Ponds) and Tilly (Windsor) and the late Lizzie (Mrs. Crocker.) ^[4]

ASTON.—On the 8th June William Baynham Aston, son of the late Edward and Ann Aston of Carisbrook and brother of Amelia (Mrs J A Ault, Durham Ox) , Sophia (Mrs J Linton Carisbrook), Stephen (Moonee Ponds) Tilly (Windsor), and the late Cissy (Mrs Crocker). ^[5]

^[6] He is buried in Brighton cemetery. ^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ VIC BDM Event: births Registration number 21012 / 1859 Family name: ASTON Given name(s) William Baynham Place of event: C'BROOK, Australia Mother's name Ann Mother's family name at birth HOWELL Father's Name: Edward
2. ↑ Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) Saturday 29 September 1883 - Page 14
3. ↑ The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Saturday 9 June 1923 - Page 5
4. ↑ The Age, 12 June 1923, p.1.
5. ↑ The Argus, 13 June 1923, p. 1.
6. ↑ "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVW9-459 : 4 April 2020), William B Aston, 03 Aug 1923; citing Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, series 190, record 623, Public Record Office, Victoria; FamilySearch digital folder 004104662.
7. ↑ William Baynham Aston BIRTH 1860 Carisbrook, Central Goldfields Shire, Victoria, Australia DEATH 9 Jun 1923 (aged 62–63) Elsternwick, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia BURIAL Brighton General Cemetery Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia PLOT Methodist D 43 Find A Grave: Memorial #215551291

• Ian Watkins http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~watkinsbrown/genealogy/
• The Memoirs of Tilly Aston: Australia's Blind Poet, Author and Philanthropist (1935)
• http://www.astonfamilyhistory.co.uk/individual.php?pid=I501&ged=tree1