James Wines (abt. 1820 - abt. 1905)

Born about Jul 1820 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

Ancestors

Husband of Caroline (Caller) Wines — married 31 Jan 1841 in South Petherton, Somerset, England

Descendants

Died about 1905 at about age 84 in Australia

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Biography

• Born July 1820^[1] in Bristol, Avon or South Petherton, Somerset^[1] to Elizabeth (nee Matthews) and Gaius Wines.^[1]
• Baptised 23 July 1820 in South Petherton, Somerset, England. Baptismal record shows James as son of Gaius, labourer, and Elizabeth Wines of South Petherton^[2][3] Brother Job was baptised on the same day.
• Married Caroline Caller in 1841.^[1]
• Emigrated from England to South Australia with his wife and four children in 1852 aboard Sultana^[4] aged 32 according to the ship log. The ship log (a typescript transcription) would also suggest that his name was John not James. But this is not borne out by baptismal and census data, which clearly shows him as James.
• Children via Caroline:
  1. Betsy (born 1844, South Petherton, Somerset)
  2. Job (born circa 1849, South Petherton, Somerset)
  3. Annice (born circa 1851, South Petherton, Somerset)
  4. Ann (born circa 1 July 1852, Somerset, England or at sea)
  5. Ellen (born circa 26 August 1856, Signal Flat, South Australia)
  6. Caroline (born circa 12 September 1860, Currency Creek, South Australia)
  7. Escott Wines (born circa 24 August 1862, Signal Flat, South Australia)
  8. Thomas (born circa 26 May 1864, Giles Flat, South Australia)
• The Wines family made good use of the local courts in Naracoorte and Mount Gambier as they struggled to establish themselves in their new home:
  • In 1869 James' wife, Caroline, sued a lodger by the name of Hodge for recovery of unpaid rent. The case was heard in Mount Gambier Local Court on 30 March 1869. She claimed he owed 15 pounds and 9 shillings. The verdict was in her favour but amount was reduced by 9 pounds which Hodge claimed had already been paid.^[5]
  • In 1870 James was the defendant in a civil court case (Loader v. Wines) in which Loader claimed he had not been paid 10 pounds, 10 shillings for some work done. Wines claimed his son Job had done the work not paid. His wife, Caroline, and their son, Job, also testified. The verdict of the case was for (in favour of) the defendant (Wines) to the value of "1 and 9 pence".^[6]
  • On 19 August 1872 James, was charged with felonious assault in a crimimal court case heard in the Naracoorte Police Court. Some of the Wines children testified in their father's favour. James was accused of striking a boy, Angus Tipping, with a stone on his head after Tipping and his mother had set a dog on a cow owned by the Wines. James claimed Tipping's drunk mother had in fact wielded the stone. James was found not guilty by unanimous verdict of the jury, the members of which did not even leave their box to deliberate!^[7][8]
• Died in 1905, presumably in South Australia.^[1]

Sources

• Border Watch 1869
• Border Watch 1870
• Border Watch 1872
• The Ships List: www.theshipslist.com
• Ancestry.com family trees

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} PRIMARY OR SECONDARY SOURCE REQUIRED
2. ↑ Bamford Family tree of cellas1 on Ancestry.com
3. ↑ Baptism record digital image: http://trees.ancestry.com.au/tree/25584137 accessed June 2013 Henderson-2297
4. ↑ The Ships List 'Sultana' 1852 passenger list
5. ↑ Border Watch 3 April 1969; Wines v. Hodge, T.
6. ↑ Border Watch 16 February 1870: Loader v. Wines
7. ↑ Border Watch 24 August 1872 NARRACOORTE POLICE COURT
8. ↑ Border Watch 19 October 1872: FELONIOUS ASSAULT