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Williams Family of England
to Ballarat,Victoria

This is a brief history of the first generation
of the Williams family
from Devonshire,England, to Ballarat,Victoria.


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John Williams * Ann Ellen White
John Hannaford Williams, born c 1827 at Devonshire,England,
married Ann Eleanor Moore White in c 1851
at St Andrews,Plymouth,Devonshire.

John and Ann [Ellen] arrived in Victoria per 'Epimondes', in 1855, and eventually settled in Ballarat.

Williams Children:mostly all born Ballarat.

Kate Williams, born England 1853, married 1879 to George Wilson
Alfred John, b 1856,Geelong, married 1881 Elizabeth Mayhives
Charles Francis,b 1858 Footscray m 1888 to Mary Ann Brayshaw
Frederick Augustus, b 1860 Ballarat,m Hatty Meridith Samiel
Emily Ada, b 1861 Ballarat. m Frederick William Commins 1884
Augusta 1863.
Annie Augusta b 1866 at Ballarat, m James Millhinch Bickett
Henrietta b 1867 Ballarat m David Cockburne 1888
Frederick John born c 1854

John Hannaford Williams is buried at the Ballarat New Cemetery
and his wife,Ann Eleanor Maude/Moore White is buried at the Ballarat Old cemetery.