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| Thomas Williams |
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| Zenobia George |
Thomas became a miner, and in 1859 he married Zenobia Harvey, a milliner and dressmaker who was the widow of William Harvey. She was born about 1826, and was the daughter of James and Mary (Dury) George of Plymouth. Zenobia had three sons from her first marriage: William, Henry and Thomas Harvey.
Thomas and Zenobia Williams had a son, George (1859) and two daughters, Thirza (1861 at Gunnislake, Cornwall) and Emma (1853 at Latchly, Calstock).
Thomas and Zenobia, their three children and Zenobia's three sons left London, England on 25 February 1866 on the 'Monarch'. The ship was unfit to sail and, after 42 days, was docked at Rio. The second officer deserted the crew and Thomas was 'engaged to supply his place'. They docked in Auckland on 26 July 1866. Louisa, their third daughter, was born in October 1866 at Great Barrier Island.
The first record we have of them in Australia is an application dated February 16, 1877 for 320 acres of land, Allotment 53, Section C, in the Parish of Ulupna, County of Moira. Thomas gave his occupation as a miner of Alabama, Long Gully, Sandhurst, and stated that he owned one quarter of an acre there.
The licence was granted on 1 June 1877 and they moved onto the block in November, 1877. By 1878, they had built a log house with an iron roof, put up one mile of first class chock and log fencing, grubbed 23 acres and ringbarked 40 acres of trees. They had also built dams and cropped 20 acres of the land.
The following year they built two sheds and a dairy, and cropped 46 acres, as well as doing more grubbing and ringing. The lease was granted on 1 June 1880.
Thomas died in November 1882 in Melbourne, and is buried in Melbourne General Cemetery. The lease of the property was transferred to Zenobia in 1894, who immediately transferred half to her son, George, and leased the other half to him. Zenobia owned a house in Waaia and we presume she retired there until she went to live with her daughter, Thirza, at Nagambie, where she died in 1905. She is buried in Nagambie Cemetery. On Zenobia's death, her half of the farm passed to Thirza, who transferred it to George.
George Williams
Thomas and Zenobia, their three children and Zenobia's three sons left London, England on 25 February 1866 on the 'Monarch'. The ship was unfit to sail and, after 42 days, was docked at Rio. The second officer deserted the crew and Thomas was 'engaged to supply his place'. They docked in Auckland on 26 July 1866. Louisa, their third daughter, was born in October 1866 at Great Barrier Island.
The first record we have of them in Australia is an application dated February 16, 1877 for 320 acres of land, Allotment 53, Section C, in the Parish of Ulupna, County of Moira. Thomas gave his occupation as a miner of Alabama, Long Gully, Sandhurst, and stated that he owned one quarter of an acre there.
The licence was granted on 1 June 1877 and they moved onto the block in November, 1877. By 1878, they had built a log house with an iron roof, put up one mile of first class chock and log fencing, grubbed 23 acres and ringbarked 40 acres of trees. They had also built dams and cropped 20 acres of the land.
The following year they built two sheds and a dairy, and cropped 46 acres, as well as doing more grubbing and ringing. The lease was granted on 1 June 1880.
Thomas died in November 1882 in Melbourne, and is buried in Melbourne General Cemetery. The lease of the property was transferred to Zenobia in 1894, who immediately transferred half to her son, George, and leased the other half to him. Zenobia owned a house in Waaia and we presume she retired there until she went to live with her daughter, Thirza, at Nagambie, where she died in 1905. She is buried in Nagambie Cemetery. On Zenobia's death, her half of the farm passed to Thirza, who transferred it to George.
George Williams
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| George & Elizebeth (Mills) Williams |
George Williams was the only son, and eldest child of Thomas and Zenobia Williams. He was born at Tavistock, Devonshire, England, on 29 December 1859 and came to Victoria via New Zealand, arriving around 1866. He came to Ulupna when his parents selected a 320 acre farm in 1877. This farm was called 'Atholdale'. After his father, Thomas, died in 1894 the title of the land was transferred to George. He married Elizabeth Mills in 1885 and they had 8 children; 7 girls and 1 boy.
George and Elizabeth attended the Yalca South Methodist church, where George was the choirmaster. The first house built on 'Atholdale' was flooded, so they moved to another spot, near the centre of the farm, but that was burnt down one night. The only thing saved was the wheat cheque that was in George's trouser pocket. Neighbours, half a mile away, didn’t know about the fire for 2 weeks because there was so much bush around. The next house was built midway between the two previous sites, where George & Elizabeth lived until they retired to Tocumwal Road, Numurkah in 1922. The road was also known as "Blink Bonnie". George died on 8 April 1924 in Numurkah.
Elizabeth (Lizzie) was born at Beckworth, the sixth child of Robert & Ellen (Adam) Mills and lived with her parents at Caralulup, until they came to Waaia about 1880. She was a needlewoman, making clothes for her many grandchildren. She crocheted many doyleys, giving each of her granddaughters a fine selection of crochet work for their 21st birthdays. She was able to continue this hobby until 6 months before her death, on 26 March 1954, at the great age of 93 years.
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| Sis Patten, Edith Girdler, Murial Mills, Ethal Sizer, George Williams, Clarice Laker, Amy Amos & Lily Amos |
Thirza Willimas
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Emma Williams
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Louisa Williams
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| Lousia Williams |
Lousia the forth child of Thomas & Zenobia Williams was born in October at Great Barrier Island. Her family had left London, in January that year to come to Australia. It is believed that they may have went to Great Barrier Island to have Lousia and escape the Maori wars in New Zealand. Great Barrier Island may have been a safe haven but also had a copper mine on it and Thomas was listed as a Copper Miner on Louisa Birth Certificate.
Joseph Henry Baldwin at the age of twenty, while working as a contractor at Yalca, met and married Louisa Williams in 1889. Their fisrt child, Albert Victor was born at Barwo in 1889 and lost his life while serving with the AIF in France in 1917. Arthur born at Numurkah in 1891 married Elizabeth Sharp. Florence born 1894, married Edga Barrass, Joseph Leslie born 1896 at Barwo married Ellen Tuck. Ernest born 1899 at Barwo married Amy McNair and Archie born 1901, married Daisy Tuck.
Joseph left his family and went to Western Australia to live, where he is believed to have died a pauper. Louisa had a small property planted with fruit trees on the Broken Creek at Barmah East. With the help of her two eldest sons, they farmed and milked seventy cows on shares with the Wright family. The milk was separated and cream taken to Picola Railhead to go to Numurkah Butter Factory.
Louisa's two oldest sons took up farming on the shares with draught horse teams. They eventually sold out at Barmah East and took up two blocks of land opened up by the NSW Government for closer settlement at Barooga.
Louisa died at Mooroopna in 1924 and is buried in Cobram Cemetery
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