John was born in 1833 and was baptized on 26th October 1833 at Olveston, Gloucestershire.[1][2] He was the son of James Addis and his wife Sarah Smith.
He first appears on the 1841 census living with his parents [3][4]in Olveston, Gloucestershire. His parents are James Addis (45, Mason), Sarah (35); and John (8) is listed with his siblings, Daniel (11), Henry (9), Benjamin (6), and Edwin (6 months) all born in Gloucestershire.[5]
The 1851 census lists John Addis as a 17 year old, unmarried mason, living in Cromhall, Gloucestershire.[6]
John 21, a mason of High Street, Olveston (son of James Addis, a mason) married Ruth Hall, 30, nurse of The Lawn, Olveston (daughter of John Hall, an engineer) on 3rd December 1853 at Swinden in Wiltshire.[7]
Sometime between John’s marriage to Ruth in 1853 and the birth of their 1st child in 1854, John and Ruth emmigrated to Australia.
Their daughter Mary Eliza is born in Boronia, Victoria in 1854, sadly she died in 1855 and her death is recorded in Boronia, Victoria aged 6 months.
Their 2nd child Harry Hall Addis was born at Warrenheip, Victoria in 1856. He died aged 63 in Bairnsdale, Victoria in 1919.
Their son John was born in 1858, Ballarat, Victoria but passed away the same year aged 2 months.
In 1859 they had another son James but he was born in Ballarat, Victoria and died the same year also.
In 1860 twins were born in Ararat, Victoria, another son whom they again called John who died the same year and a daughter Ruth sadly she also passed away the same year.
John’s wife Ruth passed away in 1862 aged 39, probably in childbirth with the birth of another son named John leaving John with 6 year old Harry and the baby John who died aged 2 months to look after.
Six years later, John married for a 2nd time on 3rd June 1868 at Ballarat, Victoria to Charlotte Louisa Bendall, who was born in Uley, Gloucestershire in 1836. The marriage was registered in Victoria as John Addis and Charlotte Louisa Gharlize, [8] as well as her family name of Bendall on the same registration number so she must have been previously married.[9]
They had 3 children:-
Alice 1868-1901
Letitia 1868-1942 and
Edith Louisa 1871-1872.
Charlotte passed away in 1871 possibly from complications of the birth of their last child.
John married for the third time to Elizabeth Palmer in 1871 [10] and they went on to have a further 6 children:-
Clara Elizabeth 1872-1874
John Palmer 1874-1940
Florence 1875-1919
George 1878
Edith Elizabeth 1880-1933, and
William James 1884-1895.
John Addis died on 19th June 1904 at Ipoh Straits Settlements, Malaysia. His death is recorded on the gravestone of his father James at St Mary’s Church in Olveston, Gloucestershire.[11]
Note: Find A Grave Source above goes to Find A Grave Home page. Find A Grave source located under Sources/References links directly with his memorial and lists other members of the Addis family,
↑ Original data: England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.FHL Film Number: 1597109.
↑ Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010.
↑ Original data: Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841.Class: HO107; Piece: 361; Book: 12; Civil Parish: Olveston; County: Gloucestershire; Enumeration District: 5; Folio: 12; Page: 18; Line: 21; GSU roll: 288773.
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7M7-SDH : 24 May 2019), John Addis in household of James Addis, Olveston, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
Name: John Addis
Sex: Male
Age: 8
Event Date: 1841
Event Place: Olveston, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original): Olveston, Gloucestershire, England
Registration District: Thornbury
Birth Year (Estimated): 1833
Birthplace: Gloucestershire
Page Number: 18
Piece/Folio: 361/12
Registration Number: HO107
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace
James Addis Male 45 Gloucestershire
Sarah Addis Female 35 Gloucestershire
Daniel Addis Male 11 Gloucestershire
Henry Addis Male 9 Gloucestershire
John Addis Male 8 Gloucestershire
Benjamin Addis Male 6 Gloucestershire
Edwin Addis Male 0 Gloucestershire
Ann Stevens Female 15 Gloucestershire
↑ "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGKG-SCV : 9 November 2019), John Addis, Cromhall, Gloucestershire, England; citing Cromhall, Gloucestershire, England, p. 6, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
Name: John Addis
Sex: Male
Age: 17
Event Date: 1851
Event Place: Cromhall, Gloucestershire, England
Registration District: Thornbury
Birth Year (Estimated): 1834
Birthplace: Olveston, Gloucestershire
Marital Status: Unmarried
Occupation: Mason
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Page Number: 6
Piece/Folio: 1957 / 397
Registration Number: HO107
↑ Wiltshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
Original data: Wiltshire Church of England Parish Registers, Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre; Chippenham, Wiltshire, England;
Reference Number: 1357/15.
Groom: John Addis, 21, bachelor, a mason of High Street, Olveston
Groom’s Father: James Addis, a mason
Bride: Ruth Hall, 30, spinster, a nurse of The Lwn, Olveston
Bride’s father: John Hall, an Engineer
↑Vic BMD
Event: marriages
Registration number 1430 / 1868
Family name: ADDIS
Given name(s) John
Spouse's family name: BENDALL
Spouse's given name(s) Charlotte Louisa
↑Vic BMD
Event: marriages
Registration number 3590 / 1871
Family name: ADDIS
Given name(s) John
Spouse's family name: PALMER
Spouse's given name(s) Elizabeth
↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 June 2018), memorial page for John Addis (unknown–Jun 1904), Find A Grave Memorial no. 116916179, citing St Mary the Virgin, Olveston, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England.
John Addis in the UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s- Current With inscription for John: JOHN third son of above died 19 June 1904 at Ipoh Perak Straits Settlements. located at: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116916179/john-addis: accessed 25 October 2023), memorial page for John Addis (unknown–Jun 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116916179, citing St. Mary the Virgin Churchyard, Olveston, South Gloucestershire Unitary Authority, Gloucestershire, England; Maintained by SCSmith (contributor 48195910).
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