William Aird (1840 - 1917)

Born 1 Jun 1840 in Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Emma Blanche (Stock) Aird — married 6 Feb 1867 in St. Paul's Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died 30 Nov 1917 at age 77 in Woodville, South Australia, Australia

Biography

Obituaries. - 8 Dec 1917 Mr. William Aird. - The death is announced of Mr. William Aird, of Russell street, Woodville, in his 78th year. He was the fourth and only surviving son of the late Mr. John Aird, the head of the firm of Messrs. John Aird & Sons, contractors, of London, and brother of the late Sir John Aird, who constructed the Nile Dam. Born on June 1, 1840, in Kent, England, the deceased was educated at a private school, and afterwards with a tutor at Haarlem (Holland), and at Amsterdam, then in Berlin and Copenhagen, where large contracts were being carried out by his father's firm. He then went to Scotland to gain a knowledge of farming, and on his 21st birthday his father put him into possession of the Cage Farm, Tunbridge, Kent, where hops were grown extensively. He also had a valuable herd of Sussex cattle, After nine years at Tunbridge, be took a trip to Australia, where he met and married Miss Blanche Stock (sister of the late Messrs. R. A. and W. F. Stock). He returned at once to England, but after the death of his father, having taken a share in the latter's estate, Mr. Aird brought his wife and children out to Australia. At the "boom" time, he was tempted, like others, to speculate in shares, and took up mining in the Mount Pleasant district, the old German Reef, Crown Mine, and others. He met great disappointments, and soon afterwards his health failed. He lived in retirement at Woodville for some years, and floriculture claimed his leisure. He as left two sons -Mr. W. D'Arcy Aird (chief Clerk, Harbour Board, Port Adelaide), Mr PJohn Aird, of the Bank of New South Wales, who left Sydney with the 30th Battalion - and three daughters, the Misses Edith, Florence, and Ros Aird. ^[1]

Birth

England Births and Christenings

Name William Aird

Gender Male

Christening Date 01 Jul 1840

Christening Place ST ALPHAGE,GREENWICH,KENT,ENGLAND

Father's Name John Aird

Mother's Name Agnes^[2]

Marriage

Groom: William AIRD

Bride: Emma Blanche STOCK

Marriage Date: 1867, February 06

Marriage Place: St Paul Church [unrecorded]

Groom Father: John AIRD

Bride Father Name: Robert STOCK

District: Adelaide

Symbol: Book/Page: 70/231^[3]

• Marriage Notice 9 Feb 1867

AIRD—STOCK.—On the 6th February, at St. Paul's Church, Adelaide, by the Rev. Canon Russell, William Aird, Esq., of Tonbridge, Kent, to Emma Blanche Stock, stepdaughter of W. M. Sandford, Esq., Adelaide.^[4]

Death

William AIRD

Death Date: 30 Nov 1917

Age: 77y Approx. Birth Year: 1840

Marital Status: M

Residence: Woodville

Death Place: Woodville

District: Port Adelaide

Symbol: Book/Page: 414/527^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/164142782?searchTerm=%22aird%22&searchLimits=dateFrom=1917-01-01|||dateTo=1917-12-31
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J396-R5R
3. ↑ https://www.genealogysa.org.au/
4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/207591328?searchTerm=%22William%20Aird%22&searchLimits=l-category=Family+Notices|||l-state=South+Australia
5. ↑ https://www.genealogysa.org.au/