167. James Arthur Wills (Thomas , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 17 Nov 1867 in Spring Bay, Tas. He died on 24 Sep 1946 in Devonport, Tas.
Notes by Max Parsons written in 1989.
Born at Spring Bay on November 17, 1867 and as a young man took up the trade of blacksmith. At Chalmers Church, Hobart, on December 5, 1892, he married Helen Margaret Gillies aged 23 - James was 25. Present as witnesses were Charles & Peter Modsen and Marion Gillies.
While situated at Lefroy, James and Helen commenced their family with twins -
Dorothy Sarah and Harold Lefroy born December 20, 1896. Soon after they moved to
Queenstown where James worked as a miner; the twins were baptised there on January
27, 1897. On June 10, 1899, James Arthur (Junior) was born at Queenstown. Another
girl, Gladys, and a boy, Kenneth Earl (1907) made up the family.When the children grew to maturity it is believed that James Arthur Jnr. married and had 3 sons. Dorothy Sarah married George Scott. Gladys married Ted Bessell (director of Tasmanian Tourist Bureau in Hobart) and there were no children to the marriages of Dorothy or Gladys. Gladys Bessell died July 7, 1971
and Ted died in 1988. James Arthur Wills was living at 1 Thomas Street, Devonport in 1946 when he died - his wife Helen Margaret, pre-deceased him.
James married Helen Margaret Gillies on 5 Dec 1892 in Hobart, Tas. Helen was born in 1869. She died on 14 Oct 1944 in Devonport, Tas. She was buried in Devonport, Tas.
They had the following children:
248 F i Dorothy Sarah Wills was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Lefroy, Tas. She was christened on 27 Jan 1897 in Georgetown, Tas.
A twin to Harold Lefroy Wills.249 M ii Harold Lefroy Wills was born on 20 Dec 1896 in Lefroy, Tas. He was christened on 27 Jan 1897 in Georgetown, Tas. He died in 1898.
Twin to Dorothy Sarah Wills. Died aged 19 months.+ 250 M iii James Arthur Wills was born on 10 Jun 1899. 251 F iv Gladys Wills died on 7 Jul 1971. Gladys married Ted Bessell. Ted was born in 1988. 252 M v Earl Kitchener Wills was born in 1902 in Lyell, Tas. 253 M vi Kenneth Earl Wills was born in 1907.
171. Thomas James Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 1 Jul 1858 in Lowertown, Bovey Tracey, Devonshire. He died on 24 Feb 1923 in Dandenong, VIC.
Thomas married Hephzibah Baldrey on 31 Dec 1886 in Baldry Residence, Flinders, VIC. Hephzibah was born in 1866 in Clunes, VIC. She died in 1931 in Northcote, VIC.
They had the following children:
254 M i Edgar Thomas Williams was born in 1888. He died in 1963 in Rosebud, VIC. Edgar married Maud West. + 255 M ii Leslie George Williams was born in 1889. He died in 1969. + 256 M iii Percival John Williams was born in 1893. He died in 1969. + 257 M iv Raymond Williams was born in 1895. He died in 1948.
173. George Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 11 Apr 1861 in Glamorgan, Tas. He died on 13 Jun 1935 in Dandenong, VIC.
Federation Index has George Williams marrying Lydia Guest in 1893 and Dandenong Cemetary Records has the following listing:
"In loving memory of George Williams, died 13 June 1935 aged 74 years. Lydia Williams died 15 August 1954 Aged 84 years. Loved parents of Hope, Ruby, Amy and Wesley."
George married Lydia Guest on 5 Apr 1893 in Wesley Church, Melbourne, VIC. Lydia was born on 3 Sep 1869 in Ballarat, VIC. She died on 15 Aug 1954 in Footscray, VIC.
They had the following children:
+ 258 F i Lydia Hope Guest Williams was born on 11 Apr 1894. She died on 20 Jul 1971. + 259 F ii Ruby Esther Williams was born on 27 Jun 1895. She died on 26 Oct 1978. + 260 F iii Amelia Mary Williams was born about 6 Sep 1897. She died on 11 Apr 1990. + 261 M iv George Wesley Williams was born about 3 Apr 1908. He died on 3 Jun 1988.
174. Elizabeth Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 26 Sep 1862 in Perth/Longford, Tas. She died on 11 May 1944 in Murrumbeena, VIC.
Married name McFarlane.
Elizabeth married James McFarlane on 5 Jun 1890 in Wesleyan Church, Dandenong, VIC. James was born in 1861 in Caulfield/St.Kilda, VIC. He died on 4 Jan 1909 in Dandenong, VIC.
They had the following children:
262 F i Helen Brown McFarlane was born in 1892 in Cranbourne, VIC. Helen married George Hills in 1925. + 263 F ii Ruth Isabel McFarlane was born in 1894. + 264 M iii David James McFarlane was born in 1897. + 265 F iv Janet Ethel McFarlane was born in 1899. She died on 12 Jan 1946. 266 M v William John McFarlane was born in 1901 in Cranbourne, VIC. William married May Bell.
175. Henry J. Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 17 Nov 1864 in Smokebank, Tas. He died on 1 Dec 1938 in Alphington, VIC.
Henry had a jam and sauce factory at Alphington, Vic. The trade name was Victoree. The business was sold after Henry died, the year before the Second World War started.
Henry married Louise Mary Sutton on 7 Jan 1890 in St. Johns Church of England, Bairnsdale, VIC. Louise was born in 1869. She died in 1940 in Alphington, VIC.
They had the following children:
267 F i Florence Louisa (Judy) Williams was born on 3 Jan 1891 in Dandenong, VIC. She died on 20 Feb 1970 in 14 Fortesque Ave, Seaford, VIC. Florence married John Albert Ernest Guest in 1923.
They had no children.+ 268 M ii Albert Henry Williams was born on 16 Jan 1893. He died in 1935. 269 M iii Stanley Williams was born on 4 Jun 1894. He died in 1914 in Army Hospital, St. Kilda, VIC. The cause of death was peritonitis. + 270 M iv Ernest Walter Williams was born in 1899. He died on 13 Sep 1962. 271 F v Lynda Vic Williams was born on 23 Apr 1906 in South Melbourne, VIC. She died on 7 Nov 1995. Lynda married Walter Hicks in 1946. Walter died in 1990.
They had no children.
176. Hannah Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 3 Dec 1868 in Deniliquin, NSW. She died on 10 Sep 1919 in Flemington, VIC.
Hannah married Joseph Henry (Harry) Wills son of Thomas Wills and Sarah Davis in 1892 in VICtoria. Joseph was born on 16 Jul 1858 in Glamorgan, Tas. He died in 1936 in Essendon, VIC.
Notes by Max Parsons written in 1989.
Joseph Henry (known as Harry) eldest son of Thomas and Sarah (Davis) Wills, was born at Glamorgan 16 July 1858. During his youth he lived in the Swansea Spring Bay district and learned the trade of bootmaking.
By 1892, Harry was living in Victoria for in that year he married Hannah Williams, daughter of William and Sarah (Wills) Williams. Harry was 34, Hannah was 24 and sister (or cousin) of Henry J.Williams who, later, became the proprietor of a jam and sauce factory, Williams & Sons at Alphington, Victoria. Hannah was also related to Councillor Ray Williams of Dandenong and Frank Williams who with his wife, Annie, ran a bakehouse at the corner of Thomas and Foster Streets, Dandenong, prior to the 1939-45 war.
Hannah Williams' mother was "Sarah Wills" who was Thomas Wills' sister thus making Harry and Hannah cousins.
In 1893, Harry and Hannah's first child, Violet Beatrice, was born, four years later the family lived at 100 Shields Street, Flemington; Harry followed his trade of bootmaker. A boy, James Francis Ernest born 1905, was followed by another girl, Louise (or Lucy). Their first-born, Violet, died in 1910 aged 17, the family address was then 176 Flemington Road, Flemington where Harry had set up a bootmaking business. In 1911, identical twins, John Wesley (Jack) and Edwin Thomas (Ted) were born to Harry and Hannah.
The twins were 8 years' old when their mother, Hannah, died aged 51. Harry's sister Susan Lydia Cooper (probably widowed at the time) came from Tasmania to help raise the young ones. A friend of the family, Vera Thompson of Morwell,provided us with some background details. They all attended the Methodist Church situated opposite the boot business in Flemington Road and it was there that young James Wills met and married Olive, an attractive girl who walked with a limp. Sadly Olive and her first baby both died during childbirth.
'Lucy' married Jack McNally and had 3 children - Johnny,(while a lad, was run over and killed after an accidental fall from his bicycle) ,Estelle ("Stella") and another boy. In 1922 Jack McNally lived at 80 Edinburgh Street, Flemington and later he and his wife lived at the top of the New Zealand Loan building, Melbourne, where they acted as caretakers.
It is said that the twins, Jack & Ted, could be told apart only when they smiled for one had a chipped tooth. They enjoyed playing with their cousins at Hampton Park and they lived at 27 Glen Street, Essendon when James took over the boot business in Flemington. For Jack & Ted's 21st birthday, Harry threw a large party at the Cavalier Restaurant in Swanston Street and the guests were treated to an evening at the Capitol Theatre after - it was an impressive celebration for the depression years.
In 1936, Joseph Henry (Harry) died at the age of 77. Jack was employed in a real estate office and Ted worked for a jeweller in Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, they continued to live at Glen Street with their Aunt Susan, the house was in Ted's name. On the 2nd September 1947, Gladys Wills of Guys Road, Cygnet, received a telegram, it was brief - "Aunty passed away last night (signed) Jack & Ted".
Harry, Hannah and Susan were deceased, the house was registered in Jack's name until 1957 It is believed that Jack married and Ted remained a bachelor and they lived in Surrey Hills in the '70's.
Joseph and Hannah had the following children:
272 F i Violet Beatrice Wills is printed as #232. 273 M ii William Henry Wills is printed as #233. + 274 F iii Hannah Louisa (Lucy) Wills is printed as #234. + 275 M iv James Francis Ernest Wills is printed as #235. 276 M v John Wesley (Jack) Wills is printed as #236. 277 M vi Edwin Thomas (Ted) Wills is printed as #237.
178. William Frederick Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 24 Jul 1878 in Dandenong, VIC. He died on 19 Oct 1964 in Mildura, VIC. He was buried in Mildura Cemetery, Mildura.
William married Esther Victoria Hendy on 20 May 1903 in Dandenong, VIC. Esther was born on 16 Jun 1881 in Kiata, VIC. She died on 20 May 1967 in Portland, VIC. She was buried in Mildura Cemetery, Mildura, VIC.
They had the following children:
278 M i Horace Ernest Williams was born on 27 Jul 1904. He died on 13 Sep 1932 in Melbourne, VIC. + 279 M ii Albert George Williams was born on 17 Sep 1906. + 280 F iii Rita Evelyn Williams was born on 14 Aug 1908. She died on 25 Jul 1973. + 281 F iv Gladys Joyce Esther Williams was born on 27 Jun 1921.
179. Francis Ernest Williams (Sarah Wills , Thomas , Thomas , Richard , Richard , George , George ) was born on 27 Mar 1880 in Dandenong, VIC. He died in 1947 in Dandenong, VIC.
Francis married Annie Margaret Marshall on 30 Oct 1901. Annie was born on 12 Oct 1882 in Bacchus Marsh, VIC. She died on 30 Oct 1982 in Mornington, VIC.
They had the following children:
+ 282 M i Francis William George Williams was born in 1903. + 283 M ii Charle Henry Williams was born in 1904. He died on 21 Nov 1986. 284 M iii Thomas James Williams was born in 1906 in St Kilda, VIC. He died in Burma Railway, Thailand. Thomas married Lorna May Gallagher. + 285 M iv Robert Williams was born in 1909. He died on 6 Dec 1976. + 286 F v Annie Margaret Williams was born in 1912. 287 F vi Evelyn Violet Williams was born in 1912 in Warragul, VIC.
Twin sister to Annie Margaret Williams.+ 288 F vii Jean Marshall Williams. + 289 F viii Mavis Williams was born on 1 Nov 1915. + 290 M ix William Williams was born on 3 Dec 1918. + 291 M x Percival Williams.
180. Thomas Wills (Thomas , George , Susanna , George , Joseph , George , George ) was born in 1852.
Master butcher of Willesden.
Thomas married Ellen (Helen) Bowers. Ellen was born in 1855.
They had the following children:
+ 292 M i Thomas Charles Harvey Wills was born on 28 Mar 1873. He died on 25 Mar 1946.
181. William John Wills (Thomas James , William , John , Joseph , Joseph , George , George ) was born in 1868 in Gisborne, VIC. He died on 25 Sep 1946 in Narrandera, NSW. He was buried on 27 Sep 1946 in Church of England Cemetry, Narrandera, NSW.
William married Martha Alice Smith on 8 May 1889 in Herriott's Hotel, Carrathool, NSW.
Witnesses to the wedding wee Thomas Cole Anthony and Catherine Herriott.
Brian Wills remembers his grandparents (William John Wills and Alice) didn't always live together. William use to live around the corner from Alice as Brian believes they couldn't get on together in the same house.
William was a drover.
William and Martha had the following children:
293 M i Thomas James Wills was born about 1889 in Jerilderie, NSW. 294 F ii Martha A. Wills was born in 1892 in Narrandera, NSW. Martha married James H. Walker in 1914 in Balmain South, NSW. 295 M iii William John Wills was born in 1894 in Narrandera, NSW. William married Pearl D. Hennessy in 1920 in Narrandera, NSW. + 296 M iv Nathanial Charles Wills was born in 1898. He died before 1954. + 297 M v Robert O'Hara Burke Wills was born in 1900. 298 F vi Alice Daphne Wills was born in 1908 in Narrandera, NSW.