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Family of Edward Ayerst and Elizabeth Ayerst

Husband: Edward Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Edward Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • John Ayerst (1774-bef1841)

  • Mother:

  • Elizabeth Betts (c. 1783- )

  • Note 1 (shared):

  • Marriage register, Gillingham, 20.5.1829:

    Edward Ayerst of St Mary Newington, bachelor, and Elizabeth Ayerst of this parish, spinster, by licence

    Witnesses: Thomas Ayerst, D Bensted

  • Note 2:

  • Evidence for Edward Ayerst's move to Australia:

     

    Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, whose brother, John Ayerst, resides in Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, London, and whose uncle, William Ayerst, resides in Sutton, Kent. He left England for Australia about 16 years ago and is said to have been connected with a steam mill in Melbourne.

    Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1866; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.9.1866

     

    Missing Friends: A second enquiry has been made respecting Edward Ayerst, and the following additional particulars are now given. He had been employed as clerk by Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, Benet’s Place, Gracechurch Street, London. His first employment was that of clerk to a Mr. Parsons, owner of a steam mill. There is a possibility of his having assumed the name of Austin.

    Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1867; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.12.1866

     

    Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, who left England for Australia in the year 1844. Prior to leaving England he was employed as employed as clerk to Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, of London. An Englishman. This inquiry is made at the instance of his son, Edward Ayerst, who is now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

    The South Australian Police Gazette, 20.9.1867

  • Birth:

  • 1809

  • Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Baptism:

  • 8 Feb 1809 (age 0)

  • St Mary the Virgin, Sutton Valence, Kent

  • Occupation (1):

  • 12 Mar 1830 (age 20-21)

  • Clerk, Hoxton Square, Shoreditch

  • Occupation (2):

  • 11 Sep 1833 (age 23-24)

  • Ship agent, Earle Street, Shoreditch

  • Census:

  • 1841 (age 31-32)

  • Clerk, King Row, St Mary Newington, Lambeth

  • Emigration:

  • 1844 (age 34-35)

  • from Moved to Australia (see notes)

  • Occupation (3):

  • 25 Dec 1852 (age 42-43)

  • Ship agent (on Jane's marriage certificate)

  • Death:

  • aft 1867 (age 57-58)

  • Australia

Wife: Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Elizabeth Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Note:

  • Possible death record for Elizabeth Ayerst:

    1878 S Quarter in GREENWICH Volume 01D Page 615 (aged 69, b.1809)

  • Birth:

  • c. 1812

  • Chatham, Kent

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 28-29)

  • Wife in household (aged 25)

  • Census (2):

  • 1851 (age 38-39)

  • School mistress, Wellclose Sq, Aldgate, Middlesex (aged 39, b. Chatham, married, husband absent)

Child 1: Edward Ayerst

  • Name:

  • Edward Ayerst

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Note:

  • Some details of Edward Ayerst's army career:

    15.2.1856: Court Martial, Curragh Camp. Edward Ayerst, 60th Foot.

    20.9.1867: Now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

    1871, British Army Worldwide Index. Edward Ayerst, Private, 3rd Bn 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot, Service Number 318. At Ramandroog, India during April 1871.

    23.5.1876: Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions. Edward Ayerst, Private. Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps; served for 21 years.

  • Birth:

  • 6 Feb 1830

  • Shoreditch, Middlesex

  • Baptism:

  • 12 Mar 1830 (age 0)

  • Saint Leonards, Shoreditch

  • Census (1):

  • 1841 (age 10-11)

  • Living with parents

  • Occupation (1):

  • c. 1854 (age 23-24)

  • Enlistment in H M Army; served for 21 years until 1876

  • Occupation (2):

  • 20 Sep 1867 (age 37)

  • Serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras

  • Occupation (3):

  • 23 May 1876 (age 46)

  • Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps (Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions)

  • Occupation (4):

  • 8 Aug 1877 (age 47)

  • Blacksmith, admission to St George’s Workhouse, Mint Street (born 1830)

  • Residence:

  • 9 Feb 1880 (age 50)

  • Admission to Greenwich Workhouse, Woolwich Road

  • Occupation (5):

  • 9 Feb 1880 (age 50)

  • Smith, no home (Sister, Mrs Otten, 26 Windsor Terrace, Beckton)

  • Census (2):

  • 1881 (age 50-51)

  • Blacksmith, pauper, Kensington District Workhouse (widower; birthplace = Gillingham)

  • Occupation (6):

  • 1882 (age 51-52)

  • Gas stoker (on death certificate)

  • Death fact:

  • 1882 (age 51-52)

  • 1882 Dec Qtr, St Saviour Southwark, 1d/78 (aged 52)

  • Death:

  • 10 Oct 1882 (age 52)

  • Walworth Infirmary, Walworth, Surrey

Additional Information

  • Death:

  • Cause: Hepatic cirrhosis, dropsy

Child 2: Jane Ayerst

Child 3: Ann Ayerst

Note on Husband: Edward Ayerst (1) - shared note

Marriage register, Gillingham, 20.5.1829:

Edward Ayerst of St Mary Newington, bachelor, and Elizabeth Ayerst of this parish, spinster, by licence

Witnesses: Thomas Ayerst, D Bensted

Note on Husband: Edward Ayerst (2)

Evidence for Edward Ayerst's move to Australia:

 

Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, whose brother, John Ayerst, resides in Water Lane, Lower Thames Street, London, and whose uncle, William Ayerst, resides in Sutton, Kent. He left England for Australia about 16 years ago and is said to have been connected with a steam mill in Melbourne.

Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1866; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.9.1866

 

Missing Friends: A second enquiry has been made respecting Edward Ayerst, and the following additional particulars are now given. He had been employed as clerk by Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, Benet’s Place, Gracechurch Street, London. His first employment was that of clerk to a Mr. Parsons, owner of a steam mill. There is a possibility of his having assumed the name of Austin.

Tasmania, Reports of Crime for Police Information, 1867; from the Victoria Police Gazette, 27.12.1866

 

Missing Friends: Information is requested respecting Edward Ayerst, who left England for Australia in the year 1844. Prior to leaving England he was employed as employed as clerk to Messrs. Wilkin & Walker, of London. An Englishman. This inquiry is made at the instance of his son, Edward Ayerst, who is now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

The South Australian Police Gazette, 20.9.1867

Note on Wife: Elizabeth Ayerst

Possible death record for Elizabeth Ayerst:

1878 S Quarter in GREENWICH Volume 01D Page 615 (aged 69, b.1809)

Note on Child 1: Edward Ayerst

Some details of Edward Ayerst's army career:

15.2.1856: Court Martial, Curragh Camp. Edward Ayerst, 60th Foot.

20.9.1867: Now serving in the 3rd Battalion 60th Rifles, Madras.

1871, British Army Worldwide Index. Edward Ayerst, Private, 3rd Bn 60th (The King's Royal Rifle Corps) Regiment of Foot, Service Number 318. At Ramandroog, India during April 1871.

23.5.1876: Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions. Edward Ayerst, Private. Discharged from 60th Royal Rifle Corps; served for 21 years.