WILLIAMS
James William Williams (1821-1865),
a boilermaker from Bristol, England married Mary Ann Baker (1822-1886) on
October 25, 1840 at St
Pauls Parish Church. On June
15, 1854 they set out from Liverpool, England with their four eldest
sons on the "Queen of the East". They arrived in Melbourne in
September 1854 and headed for the Mount
Alexander Goldfields near present-day Castlemaine, settling
by the Loddon River at Glenluce. They had 16 children
altogether:
- Joseph Edward Williams
(1841-1873) who married Sarah Jane Dyer. He was a carter and was killed at the age
of 31 when he fell from his horse.
- James Baker Williams
(1843-1891) who married Mary Crichton and died
from a fall in a mine at
Taradale. A number of their descendants live in Western
Australia.
- George Thomas Williams
(1846-1929) who was a farmer. He married Elizabeth Dick. A number of their descendants live in
New South Wales.
- Charles Frederick Williams
(1848-1918), a farmer, who married Mary Donnes
- John Alfred Williams
(1851-1908) who was born in Bristol like his older brothers but
came out to Australia with his grandfather, James Baker, a few
years later. He was a farmer and married Julia Donnes. Many of their descendants live in Western
Australia.
- Ann Frances Williams, their
first Australian-born child (1855- 1935) who married William
Maclaren
- Martha Alice Williams
(1857-1943 ) who married William Alfred Miller.
- Philip Williams (1860-1897), a miner, who
married Emily Maria Matilda Stark and died at the age of 36 from typhoid (his
birth registration notes his middle name as Thomas, but all other
records refer to it as Augustus)
- Eliza Louisa Williams
(1863-1898) who married John Gow
The seven other children died at a
young age. James and Mary, together with most of their children are
buried at Fryerstown Cemetery.
SECOND GENERATION
The children of Joseph and Sarah Dyer, all born at Glenluce, were as
follows:
- Joseph Edward Williams (1867-1940 ) who
was an Engine Driver. He married Emily Maria
- James Williams Williams, born in 1868, who
married Eliza Jane Willoughby and was a hotel keeper who lived at Mt Morial.
He died in an accident in 1936.
- George Frederick Williams, a miner, (1870-1931) who
married Selina Knowles
- Mary Alice (Mollie) Williams (1872-1943
) who married William Cribbes
- William Edward Williams who died at 5
months of age (1873-1874)
The children of James Baker Williams and Mary
Crichton, all born at Glenluce/Fryerstown, were as follows:
- Eliza Williams (1871-1956 ) who married
William Benjamin Spargo
- Frederick James Williams (1875-1966) who
married Elizabeth Scott. They later moved to Western Australia
- James William Williams (1877-1946
) who married Elizabeth Demaris Powell Prout
- Mary Williams who died young
(-1879)
- Frances Catherine Williams who died at 3
months of age (1879-1879)
- John Robert Williams (1880- ) who
married Olive
- Thomas Henry Williams (1883-1953) who
married Ellen Martha Eurane Rodier and later Olive Margaret Mary Cooke
- Gilbert Williams who died young
(1884-1885)
- George Burdis Williams (1887- ) who moved
to Western Australia
- Harold Hunter Ecclestone Williams (1891-1965) who married
[Mary]
Primrose Morgan and moved to Western Australia
The children of George Thomas Williams and
Elizabeth Dick, all born at Glenluce, were as follows:
- William George Williams (1873-1957 ) who
moved to New South Wales and married Elizabeth McAneny and later Mary? O'Dea
(NSW)
- John Dick (Jack) Williams (1874- ?) who
moved to New South Wales and married Jane Armstrong (NSW)
- Jane (Jeannie) Williams(1876-1947) who
married George Alfred Warburton
- George Thomas Williams who died at 5 years
of age (1879-1884)
The children of Charles Frederick Williams and
Mary Donnes, all born at Glenluce, were as follows:
- Mary Alice Williams (1874-1875/6 ) who
died of pneumonia at age 1
- Julia Annie Williams (1875-1953) who
married Matthew Symes
- John Alfred Williams (1876-1878) who died
of typhoid fever at the age of 16 months.
- Charles Henry Williams (1878-1879)
who drowned in the Loddon River at 15 months of age.
- Samuel James Williams (1880-1948)
who married Mary Hargreave and moved to NSW
- Amy Elizabeth (Lizzie) Williams
(1882-1975) who married John Dick
- Catherine Martha (Kate) Williams
(1884-1970) who was a nursing sister in World War 1
- George Albert Williams (1886-1962) who
married Alice James
- David Alexander Williams (1888-1948) who
married Edith Helen Greenough
The children of John Alfred Williams and
Julia Donnes were all born at Glenluce and all moved to Western Australia
except for Henry. They were as follows:
- John Edward Williams (1880-1953 ) who married Mary Agnes Irwin Wilkie
- Henry Michael Williams ( -1950) who
married Mary Ann Batey
- Alfred David Williams who married
Elsie Harrison
- Ernest Charles Williams (1889- ) who
married Mabel
- Catherine Mary (Kit) Williams (1891-1973)
who married Alfred Larson
- Irene (Lil) Williams (1893-1972)
- Julian Donnes (Jack) (1896- ) who married
May Reid in Fremantle. He was named in memory of his mother who died 2 days after his birth.
The children of Anne Frances Williams and
William Maclaren, all born at Fryerstown, were as follows:
- Isabella Maclaren (1873-1873)) who died at
2 days old
- William James Maclaren who was born in
1874 and married Mary Donnes. He was a school teacher and served in the Boer
War and later at Gallipoli where he was killed at age 40.
- Joseph Archibald Maclaren (1876)
- [Alfred] John Maclaren (1880- )
- Isabella Mary Maclaren (1882-) m ---Harris
- Charles Roderick Maclaren (1885-1967)
married Gwendoline Ethel and lived at the former courthouse in Fryerstown.
- Martha Alice Maclaren (1888- )
- Annie Eliza Maclaren (1890-1956)
- Ruby Emeline Maclaren (1895-1927)
The children of Martha Alice Williams and
William Francis Miller were as follows:
- Eliza Mary Miller who was born in
Fryerstown in 1880 and married Alfred Shurey
- Joseph Ernest Miller (1881- ?)) who married
Livinia (Ciss) Grigg
- Annie Frances Miller born in Taradale in
1884 who married Norman Hughes
- John Ernest (Ern) Miller
- William George Miller who was born in
Richmond in 1886. He married Una.
- Charles Percival (Perc) Miller
- John Albert (Bert) Miller (1891-1978) who
married Alice Merle Blight
The children of Philip Williams and Emily
Stark, all born at Fryerstown, were as follows:
- William Alexander Williams (1888-1946 ) who
married Ethel
- Annie Frances Williams
(1890-1947)
- Mary Elizabeth (Bessie)
Williams (1891-1897)
- Alice Emily Williams (1894-1964
) who married Alec Alloway
- Leslie George Williams
(1895-1958) who married Doris Irene Facey. Leslie Williams enlisted with the AIF in 1916 joining the 5th Battalion and
received a serious head wound on the Western Front in France in
April 1917. Leslie and Doris resided for most of their lives in Williamstown.
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