Individual Details
Jonathan ALFORD
(27 Jul 1879 - 20 Nov 1899)
Twin of Thomas. Death certificate says born at Modewarre.
Peter Alford says: The story goes my father said that his mother (Wilhemina) told a story that Jonathan had passed away after killing a beast on the morning of his 21st birthday and was gone that same afternoon (but the dates don't run true to that story).
Further, Peter says: "Just a story about Jonathan's death I spoke to a fella at the records centre in North Melbourne one day about three weeks ago and he was researching the Bath/Alford families and I told him the same story as I have told you (the only one that I know that might be somewhere near what happened) and the next thing I become aware of is that Jonathan "died of food poisoning after eating meat from a diseased animal on his 21st birthday" the reason that he had died was never spoken about. I know from what I have experience in my time is that you can pick-up strange things when you start killing animals."
Probate details:
Given Name Jonathan
Surname Alford
File number 74/052
Death Date 20 Nov 1899
Grant Date 27 Feb 1900
Nature of Grant Administration
Occupation Storeman
Residence Modewarre
Peter Alford says: The story goes my father said that his mother (Wilhemina) told a story that Jonathan had passed away after killing a beast on the morning of his 21st birthday and was gone that same afternoon (but the dates don't run true to that story).
Further, Peter says: "Just a story about Jonathan's death I spoke to a fella at the records centre in North Melbourne one day about three weeks ago and he was researching the Bath/Alford families and I told him the same story as I have told you (the only one that I know that might be somewhere near what happened) and the next thing I become aware of is that Jonathan "died of food poisoning after eating meat from a diseased animal on his 21st birthday" the reason that he had died was never spoken about. I know from what I have experience in my time is that you can pick-up strange things when you start killing animals."
Probate details:
Given Name Jonathan
Surname Alford
File number 74/052
Death Date 20 Nov 1899
Grant Date 27 Feb 1900
Nature of Grant Administration
Occupation Storeman
Residence Modewarre
Events
| Birth | 27 Jul 1879 | Gherang Gherang, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Death | 20 Nov 1899 | Influenza Pneumonia 14 days - Geelong Hospital, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Burial | 22 Nov 1899 | Mt Moriac Cemetery, Victoria, Australia |
Families
| Father | James ELFORD (1851 - 1912) |
| Mother | Anne "Annie" ABBOTT (1852 - 1931) |
| Sibling | Ann Jane ALFORD (1877 - 1966) |
| Sibling | Thomas William ALFORD (1879 - 1948) |
| Sibling | William Henry "Will" ALFORD (1881 - 1963) |
| Sibling | James "Jas" ALFORD (1884 - 1964) |
| Sibling | Sarah ALFORD (1885 - 1927) |
| Sibling | Fanny Eileen ALFORD (1890 - 1948) |
| Sibling | Margaret Hammond "Marj" ALFORD (1892 - 1958) |