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James Aldis

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
Death: June 02, 1918 (86)
Acacia Creek, Tenterfield Shire Council, New South Wales, Australia
Place of Burial: Killarney, QLD, Australia
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Aldis and Mary Horth
Husband of Jane Aldis, Free Settler “St Vincent” 1844
Father of Amelia Hoffman (Aldis); Caroline Watts; Sarah Ann Williams; James Henry Martin Aldis; Thomas William Aldis and 5 others

Occupation: Orchardist
Managed by: Angela Maria Castner
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About James Aldis

James was convicted in Norwich in 1847 of stealing money from a shop drawer. His sentence term was 7 years.

James Aldis was one of 300 convicts transported on the Randolph, departing 24 April 1849. He was sent to Moreton Bay and arrived 20 August 1849 at Port Phillip [convicts did not disembark at Port Phillip, but were sent on to Sydney].

James married Jane Willett daughter of George Willett and Sarah Maria Tomkins in 1855 in Canning Downs Qld and become a farmer in Acacia Creek, 8 kilometres from Killarney. James and Jane had ten children.

Jane was born in 1839 in Brook End Shenley Buck. England. She died in 1916 in Killarney Qld. She was buried in Killarney Gen Cem Qld.

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James Aldis's Timeline

1832
March 10, 1832
Norwich, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom
1856
February 4, 1856
Acacia Creek, Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia
1858
May 8, 1858
Canning Downs, Warwick, Southern Downs Regional, Queensland, Australia
1860
November 18, 1860
1863
1863
1865
April 19, 1865
1868
December 30, 1868
Killarney, Southern Downs Regional, Queensland, Australia