William Joseph Bales 1870 - 1940

William Joseph Bales of Saint Arnaud, Northern Grampians Shire County, VIC Australia was born on August 3, 1870 in Maldon, Mount Alexander Shire County to Martha Edgell Bales and Joseph William Bales. He had siblings John Lee Bales, Alice May (Bales) Worsley, Hannah Christina Bales, Mary Ann Bales, Sarah Ann Bales, Alfred Ernest Bales, and James Theodore Bales. He married Catherine Ellen (Hill) Bales in 1895, and had children Percy Wilfred Bales, Ida Betsy Mcpherson, Alice May Bales, Joseph William Bales, Dorothy Ellen Bales, and Frank Stuart Bales. William Bales died at age 70 years old on August 8, 1940 in Saint Arnaud, Northern Grampians Shire County.