John6 BAILS Jnr [834]

   Cause of his death was Myocardial degeneration/Arteriosclerosis.

  General Notes:

(Image Courtesy of S L Bails)

1873 SA Birth BAILS John, John BAILS Mary Ann LEWIS Port Adelaide 129/670
1962 SA Death 945/6419 BAILS John undefined Hindmarsh (Resided Hendon)

Occupation: Chaff Merchant

John died in Woodville Private Hospital.

Cheltenham Cemetery: BAILS John 88y 1962; Husband of Eliza Jane

  Research Notes:

Courtesy of Lance Bails 2017:
When John [6] & Joseph [3] were young they went to Port Broughton to work on Bawden's farm. After a time Bawden said to them that Joseph was no help to him and he could go home. John replied if Joseph goes home I shall be leaving with him.
It finished up they both stayed on at the farm.
Later on John & Joseph's father John [5]built the Chaff mill on the corner of Long St and Portland Road for Thomas [3] but he did not carry on working it, instead he left for Broken Hill to live,Thomas and his wife Ellen both died within a week of each other in December 1895, cause Pneumonitis. John & Joseph took the Chaffmill over till they retired. Caleb in the mean time was a butcher delivering meat on horse back and working in the mill part time, later full time delivering wood & chaff.
John(6) carted hay for 17 years from Mallala to Port Adelaide for cutting into chaff.

John(6) & Joseph(3) flew Racing pigeons as a hobby around 1903 and they won quite a few Trophies. Allan Bails has the framed awards in Whyalla, Sth Aust.

In 1948 the 3 children Lionel, Sidney, and Kenneth together built a house at 10 Sopwith Ave Hendon for their parents Golden Wedding Anniversary, it was constructed of Cement bricks, the internal bricks made on the site between shifts at the Municipal Tramways Trust, the employer of the 3 men.
The building site of the house was a Tennis Court in Sopwith Ave in which all the children used to play socially between No 8 Sidney & Myrtle Bails (Samuels) and No 12 Jack & Dolly Seal (Bails)

John(6) owned a holiday house made of timber and corrugated iron at ? Bridgewater where the children brought their families to holiday and keep away from the city in case of an outbreak of War. He held this house from 12/9/1936 to 13/7/1949.

A framed Ceramic Wedding Photo of John(6) & Eliza Jane (Matthews) is held by Lance Bails, Warradale, Sth Aust, he had this restored with a new outer frame and glass whilst living in Gosford, NSW.

  Other Records

• J Bails & Co: Chaff Merchant, Cir 1892, Queenstown, Port Adelaide, South Australia. (Image Courtesy S L Bails)

• SA Directory: chaff merchant, 1902, Portland road, Queenstown, Adelaide.

• Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1980: chaff merchant, 1939, Martinsyde ave, Hendon, Adelaide. (Image Courtesy S L Bails)

John6 married Eliza Jane MATTHEWS [1693] [MRIN: 560], daughter of George3 MATTHEWS [1694] and Eliza WATSON [10367], on 12 Apr 1899 in Res of Mrs G Matthews, Queenstown, Port Adelaide, South Australia. (Eliza Jane MATTHEWS [1693] was born on 20 Oct 1876 in Portland Estate, South Australia, died on 16 Jul 1963 in Woodville, Adelaide, South Australia and was buried on 17 Jul 1963 in Cheltenham Cemetery, South Australia.). The cause of her death was Diabetes Mellitus/ Basal Bronchopneumonia / Congestive Cardiac Failure.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• John6 Bails & Eliza Jane Matthews: Wedding Photo, 1899, Res Mrs G matthews, Queenstown, Port Adelaide. (Image Courtesy S L Bails)

• John6 Bails & Eliza Jane Matthews: Photo, 1953. (Image Courtesy S L Bails)

• John & Eliza Bails: 60th Wedding Anniv, 1959, Port Adelaide, South Australia. (Image Courtesy of S L Bails)

  Marriage Notes:

1899 SA Marriage 199/205 BAILS John MATTHEWS Eliza Jane Port Adelaide

The Advertiser Saturday 29 Apr 1899
Marriage:
BAILS-MATTHEWS.-On the 13th April, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. E. B. Turner, John, third son of Mr. John Bails, of Alberton, to Eliza Jane elder daughter of Mr. Geo. Matthews, of Queenstown.

The Advertiser Saturday 12 Apr 1924
Silver Wedding:
BAILS-MATTHEWS.-On the 12th April. 1899, at High-street, Queenstown, by the Rev. E. B. Turner, John, third son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Bails, of Alberton, to Eliza, elder daughter of Mr. and the late Mrs G. Matthews of Queenstown.