Aaron COLE [1299] ²²⁶¹

  General Notes:

Aaron and his 1st wife, Elizabeth Chellew left Plymouth on 2 October 1850 on the 'Ascendist' and arrived at Adelaide on 15 January 1851. Also on that ship were Aaron's brother Silas and wife Ann.

Information from Wikitrees article from SA Archives regarding the Ascendant

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The ASCENDANT 1851 from Diane Cummings Bound For South Australia website [1]

The ASCENDANT 562 tons barque, sailed from London September 22nd 1850 via Plymouth October 3rd 1850, with Captain Robert Spencer, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia on January 15th, 1851

The first ship from England to South Australia with government passengers for 1851.

The South Australian REGISTER reported (January 16, 1851): The long looked-for ship the ASCENDANT has at length arrived, and we are now enabled to welcome to our shores Mr George Fyfe ANGAS, ESQ., one whose name is honourably identified with South Australia from the commencement of its political existence.

George Fife ANGAS was born on 1 May 1789 at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, (Religion: Baptist)

He worked as a Merchant, politician and pastrolist, and died aged 90 in 1879 at his residence Lindsay House, Angaston, near Adelaide SA.

He married Rosetta French in London. Their children were Rosetta French (1813-1898), Sarah Lindsay (1816-1898), Emma (1818-1885), George French (1822-1886), John Howard (1823-1904), Mary Ann (1826-1831), and William Henry (1832-1879).

His son John (previously arrived in 1843 on board the MADRAS from London) came to the Port to greet his parents and brother William. That evening Mrs Angus travelled to town with her sons. Mr Angas preferred not to leave the vessel until noon the next day. The colonists intend to demonstrate their high esteem at a reception, in recognition of his early and successful efforts in the formation of the colony, the large stake he ventured in it, and his unremitting exertions on behalf of South Australia from the moment it struggled into existence.

The Immigrant Ship Ascendant (January 15 1851)
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. from the South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900) of Thursday 16 January 1851, Page 2. at [2]

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
ARRIVED.
Wednesday, January 15 - The barque Ascendant 562 tons, Spencer, master, from London 22nd September, and Plymouth 3rd October. Passengers - George Fife Angas, Esq., Mrs Angas, Messrs. William Angas, Henry Brazil, Edward Ridpath, and Coode, Mr Fox and six children, Mr Kay, Mr Gammon ( Religious Instructor), and Mr Rock (Surgeon-superintendent), in the cabin ; and 254 Govern-ment emigrants, viz. :'97

William Brown, George Bassett, Henry Buddle wife and two children, Robert Bull wife and child, E Chapling, B Cotton wife and child, W Cubley, J Dunn, M Elliott, Ellen M Eblet, Robert Egginton wife and two children, John Fordor wife and four children, George and Sarah Healey, J A Huggins, W Hassell wife and two children, E Jarvis, Wm Kirk, Phoebe Langford, James and Jane Sadgrove and two children, J Michael, R Morgan, W and C Morgan and two children, Arch Macpherson wife and six children, Noah Nicholls, E Plumpin, John Rouse wife and three children. W W Rouse, W H Russell wife and five children, D Shawe, James Smith, A Shawe wife and three children, S A Stout, Emma Smith, Marion Shawe, P White, Mary White, W Wright, W and S White and child, J and C Wilson and four children, R and E Browning and seven children, Henry Bastier wife and eight children, Ambrose and Ann Bray, Henry Buttrick wife and five children, D Berry wife and six children, J Blight wife and child, John Cocks, P Coleman, M Connor, P Cullen wife and child, Aaron and Eliza Cole, Silas and Anne Cole, P Doyle, E Pringle, Alice D'Arcy, John Dentham wife and four children, W Grenfell wife and four children, G Callagher, S and E George, W Gordon wife and child, M Hogan, Rd Jenkins, Hugh Kelly, J Keats, Mary Kelly, J Leonard wife and three children, J Samson wife and two children, Peter McCarthy and family, Thos and W C Martin, M Murphy, P Maughan, S Moore, E Brown, M Mayer and family, Dorothy Nolan, Sarah Needs, Margaret and Charlotte Osborne, Jane O'Brien, Sally, Henry, John, and Thomasine Prout, Henry Pearce and family, J Quinn, P Reynold, W Ryan, J Sleeman, S and R Trenouth, J Trevar and wife, J Treloar, Ellen Jubin, Susan Trewartha, Anne Trewar, Ann Tottle, Lavinia Thomas, John Jape wife and child, J Kenning, J White, E W R Whiteman, J Littleton wife and eight children. John Lane and family, and S Jones and family.

Deaths: Mrs Fox, cabin passenger ; W. H. Blight, aged 6 months; B. Barry, 16 years ; S. Prout, 54; E. Lane, 1; Mrs Pearce, 54; Thos. Bastian, 6 months ; M. Leonard, 2 years ; Wm Grenfell, 57 ; A. M Broom, 1 month; Jane Cullen, 8; A. Lampria, 13; and A. Bowering, 13.

Births: Mrs Lampria, girl ; Mrs Bull, boy ; Mrs J. Broom, boy ; and Mrs Cole, boy.
State Records of South Australia Passenger Lists
The State Records SA Passenger List for Ascendant January 15, 1851: [3]


Aaron's first wife died in Adelaide of Colonial Fever. After 2 or 3 years in South Australia, Aaron came to Victoria and worked as a miner at Bendigo, Forest Creek, Amherst, Alma, Maryborough and Chinaman's Flat. In all he spent 25 years as a miner and during this time he also took out a carter's license and combined this business with mining. He was apparently fairly successful in both occupations for when the Queens Birthday Quartz Crushing and Mining Company was formed on January 17th 1867, Aaron was one of the shareholders with 250 pounds holding in the company. This mine was on the Bealiba Reef at old Dunolly.

On July 15th 1867 Aaron became one of the directors of the company, a post he held for 13 years. This mine was quite profitable for a number of years.

Aaron and Elizabeth Ann married at the Wesleyan Methodist Church in the district of Avoca. Witnesses to the marriage were Thomas Newman and Silas Cole. The officiating minister was Martin Dyson. Both Aaron and Elizabeth's addresses were given as Maryborough, and Elizabeth's place of birth was given as Somersetshire, England. Aaron's occupation was given as miner, and his father's occupation was given as farmer. Elizabeth's had no occupation and her father's occupation was given as school master.

In 1878 Aaron, his wife and 8 children, 2 sons and 6 daughters, went to the Wimmera and selected 320 acres of land in the Parish of Ni Ni, some 16 miles west of Dimboola. A further 320 acres was selected by his daughter and this was worked by her father in conjunction with his own. He was an ardent member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church and was a trustee, local preacher and class leader of a new church built at Kiata East.

The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954) Tue 6 Dec 1910 Page 5 Obituary
The death has occurred at Woorak at the age of 83 years, of Mr. Aaron Cole,

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Residence: Trewhoola ?, 1841, Saint Enoder, Cornwall, England. ²²⁷⁰

Aaron married Elizabeth CHELLEW [3296] [MRIN: 985] Jun Q 1850 in Saint Columb Major, Cornwall, England.²²⁶⁹ (Elizabeth CHELLEW [3296] was born about 1831 ²²⁷¹ and died on 5 Mar 1851 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia ²²⁷¹.)

Aaron next married Elizabeth Ann NEWMAN [1298] [MRIN: 399], daughter of Thomas Cambridge NEWMAN [3298] and Sarah CLEGG [3299], on 26 Feb 1856 in Maryborough, Vic, Australia ^2260,2261.^,2262 (Elizabeth Ann NEWMAN [1298] was born in 1834 in , Gloucestershire, England ²²⁶³, christened on 25 Mar 1834 in Weston Super Mare, Somerset, England,²²⁶⁴ died on 18 Feb 1897 in Kiata East, Vic, Australia ^{2263,2265,2266} and was buried on 21 Feb 1897 in Woorak, Vic, Australia ²²⁶³.)