Aged 66 years.
Obituary from The Advertiser dated Tuesday 03/04/1900.
"THE LATE MR. T. H. AYLIFFE.
There are many people in this colony who will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Hamilton Ayliffe, at Kanowna in West Australia, on March 27. The deceased was a descendant in the direct line of the family of the Earl of Egremont. He came out to South Australia, in 1838 on the ship Pestonjee Bomanjee, when only four years old, with his parents and grandfather. Governor Gawler, who was an intimate friend of his parents, was a passenger by the same vessel. In the early days of the colony Mr. Ayliffe commenced business as a contractor for Government works, and as a result he has left many lasting memorials of his skill and industry in the colony. Many of the principal roads of the colony were constructed by him, amongst them being the road to Glenelg, and the main road which leads in the direction of Wilunga. The Morphett Street river bridge was built by him and also the Clarendon bridge, as well as many others. He was engaged in this business for a considerable time, and amassed a fair amount of wealth. Subsequently he engaged in cattle speculation, and lost all that he had previously gained. In 1873 he went to New Zealand, where he obtained interests in gold mining ventures, and turned his attention to mining. He remained there for several years, and when the gold fields in the Northern Territory commenced to be opened up he obtained an appointment as leader of a gold prospecting party representing a powerful syndicate. He spent eight years in the Territory, and then returned to Adelaide, where he established himself in business as an auctioneer and commission agent. When the gold fields in the West attracted attention he was drawn back to his former occupation, and he was interested in gold mining there up
to the time of his death. Mr. Ayliffe leaves a widow, two sons, Mr. G. E. N. Ayliffe, a surveyor in the Engineer-in Chief's Department, Adelaide, and Mr. P. St. Barbe Ayliffe, of the Bangemall goldfields, Gascoigne River, West Australia. There are also three daughters, Mrs. H.
R. Smythe, of Adelaide; Miss E. Ayliffe, of the Childers-street, North Adelaide, private school; and Miss B. Ayliffe, who has a school at Green's Plains. Mr. G.
H. Ayliffe, the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Secretary of the Central Board of Health, is a younger brother of the deceased".
Contributions form Jo Anne Overton:
- Thomas arrived in South Australia on the 'Pestonjee Bombanjee' on the 12/10/1838 - he travelled with his parents George & Elizabeth Ayliffe
- Thomas departed for Western Australia in 1884.
Obituary from The Advertiser dated Tuesday 03/04/1900.
"THE LATE MR. T. H. AYLIFFE.
There are many people in this colony who will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Hamilton Ayliffe, at Kanowna in West Australia, on March 27. The deceased was a descendant in the direct line of the family of the Earl of Egremont. He came out to South Australia, in 1838 on the ship Pestonjee Bomanjee, when only four years old, with his parents and grandfather. Governor Gawler, who was an intimate friend of his parents, was a passenger by the same vessel. In the early days of the colony Mr. Ayliffe commenced business as a contractor for Government works, and as a result he has left many lasting memorials of his skill and industry in the colony. Many of the principal roads of the colony were constructed by him, amongst them being the road to Glenelg, and the main road which leads in the direction of Wilunga. The Morphett Street river bridge was built by him and also the Clarendon bridge, as well as many others. He was engaged in this business for a considerable time, and amassed a fair amount of wealth. Subsequently he engaged in cattle speculation, and lost all that he had previously gained. In 1873 he went to New Zealand, where he obtained interests in gold mining ventures, and turned his attention to mining. He remained there for several years, and when the gold fields in the Northern Territory commenced to be opened up he obtained an appointment as leader of a gold prospecting party representing a powerful syndicate. He spent eight years in the Territory, and then returned to Adelaide, where he established himself in business as an auctioneer and commission agent. When the gold fields in the West attracted attention he was drawn back to his former occupation, and he was interested in gold mining there up
to the time of his death. Mr. Ayliffe leaves a widow, two sons, Mr. G. E. N. Ayliffe, a surveyor in the Engineer-in Chief's Department, Adelaide, and Mr. P. St. Barbe Ayliffe, of the Bangemall goldfields, Gascoigne River, West Australia. There are also three daughters, Mrs. H.
R. Smythe, of Adelaide; Miss E. Ayliffe, of the Childers-street, North Adelaide, private school; and Miss B. Ayliffe, who has a school at Green's Plains. Mr. G.
H. Ayliffe, the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Secretary of the Central Board of Health, is a younger brother of the deceased".
Contributions form Jo Anne Overton:
- Thomas arrived in South Australia on the 'Pestonjee Bombanjee' on the 12/10/1838 - he travelled with his parents George & Elizabeth Ayliffe
- Thomas departed for Western Australia in 1884.
Aged 66 years.
Obituary from The Advertiser dated Tuesday 03/04/1900.
"THE LATE MR. T. H. AYLIFFE.
There are many people in this colony who will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Hamilton Ayliffe, at Kanowna in West Australia, on March 27. The deceased was a descendant in the direct line of the family of the Earl of Egremont. He came out to South Australia, in 1838 on the ship Pestonjee Bomanjee, when only four years old, with his parents and grandfather. Governor Gawler, who was an intimate friend of his parents, was a passenger by the same vessel. In the early days of the colony Mr. Ayliffe commenced business as a contractor for Government works, and as a result he has left many lasting memorials of his skill and industry in the colony. Many of the principal roads of the colony were constructed by him, amongst them being the road to Glenelg, and the main road which leads in the direction of Wilunga. The Morphett Street river bridge was built by him and also the Clarendon bridge, as well as many others. He was engaged in this business for a considerable time, and amassed a fair amount of wealth. Subsequently he engaged in cattle speculation, and lost all that he had previously gained. In 1873 he went to New Zealand, where he obtained interests in gold mining ventures, and turned his attention to mining. He remained there for several years, and when the gold fields in the Northern Territory commenced to be opened up he obtained an appointment as leader of a gold prospecting party representing a powerful syndicate. He spent eight years in the Territory, and then returned to Adelaide, where he established himself in business as an auctioneer and commission agent. When the gold fields in the West attracted attention he was drawn back to his former occupation, and he was interested in gold mining there up
to the time of his death. Mr. Ayliffe leaves a widow, two sons, Mr. G. E. N. Ayliffe, a surveyor in the Engineer-in Chief's Department, Adelaide, and Mr. P. St. Barbe Ayliffe, of the Bangemall goldfields, Gascoigne River, West Australia. There are also three daughters, Mrs. H.
R. Smythe, of Adelaide; Miss E. Ayliffe, of the Childers-street, North Adelaide, private school; and Miss B. Ayliffe, who has a school at Green's Plains. Mr. G.
H. Ayliffe, the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Secretary of the Central Board of Health, is a younger brother of the deceased".
Contributions form Jo Anne Overton:
- Thomas arrived in South Australia on the 'Pestonjee Bombanjee' on the 12/10/1838 - he travelled with his parents George & Elizabeth Ayliffe
- Thomas departed for Western Australia in 1884.
Obituary from The Advertiser dated Tuesday 03/04/1900.
"THE LATE MR. T. H. AYLIFFE.
There are many people in this colony who will learn with regret of the death of Mr. Thomas Hamilton Ayliffe, at Kanowna in West Australia, on March 27. The deceased was a descendant in the direct line of the family of the Earl of Egremont. He came out to South Australia, in 1838 on the ship Pestonjee Bomanjee, when only four years old, with his parents and grandfather. Governor Gawler, who was an intimate friend of his parents, was a passenger by the same vessel. In the early days of the colony Mr. Ayliffe commenced business as a contractor for Government works, and as a result he has left many lasting memorials of his skill and industry in the colony. Many of the principal roads of the colony were constructed by him, amongst them being the road to Glenelg, and the main road which leads in the direction of Wilunga. The Morphett Street river bridge was built by him and also the Clarendon bridge, as well as many others. He was engaged in this business for a considerable time, and amassed a fair amount of wealth. Subsequently he engaged in cattle speculation, and lost all that he had previously gained. In 1873 he went to New Zealand, where he obtained interests in gold mining ventures, and turned his attention to mining. He remained there for several years, and when the gold fields in the Northern Territory commenced to be opened up he obtained an appointment as leader of a gold prospecting party representing a powerful syndicate. He spent eight years in the Territory, and then returned to Adelaide, where he established himself in business as an auctioneer and commission agent. When the gold fields in the West attracted attention he was drawn back to his former occupation, and he was interested in gold mining there up
to the time of his death. Mr. Ayliffe leaves a widow, two sons, Mr. G. E. N. Ayliffe, a surveyor in the Engineer-in Chief's Department, Adelaide, and Mr. P. St. Barbe Ayliffe, of the Bangemall goldfields, Gascoigne River, West Australia. There are also three daughters, Mrs. H.
R. Smythe, of Adelaide; Miss E. Ayliffe, of the Childers-street, North Adelaide, private school; and Miss B. Ayliffe, who has a school at Green's Plains. Mr. G.
H. Ayliffe, the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, and Secretary of the Central Board of Health, is a younger brother of the deceased".
Contributions form Jo Anne Overton:
- Thomas arrived in South Australia on the 'Pestonjee Bombanjee' on the 12/10/1838 - he travelled with his parents George & Elizabeth Ayliffe
- Thomas departed for Western Australia in 1884.
Family Members
Siblings
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George Edward Hamilton Ayliffe
1858–1936
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Fanny Adelaide Ayliffe Smythe
1860–1913
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Mary Hannah St Barbe Ayliffe
1862–1863
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Mary Elizabeth "Gertrude" Ayliffe
1864–1865
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Percy St Barbe Ayliffe
1865–1927
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Gertrude Adelaide Ayliffe
1868–1868
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Ethelwyn Hamilton "Ethel Adelaide" Ayliffe Hinde
1868–1944
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Olave Adelaide Ayliffe
1871–1933
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