Frances Elizabeth (Preston) Williams (1856 - 1941)

Born 5 Jul 1856 in Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of George Edwin Williams — married about 16 Feb 1882 in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 31 May 1941 at age 84 in Wyong, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Frances Elizabeth Preston was born on 05 Jul 1856^[1] in Sackville Reach, New South Wales, Australia as the eleventh child of Joseph Preston and Hannah O'Donnell. She had eleven siblings, namely: Joseph, Anne Nancy, Margaret, Eleanor (Ellen), Hannah, Mary, Thomas, John, George, William, and James. She died on 31 Jan 1941^[2] in Wyong, New South Wales, Australia. When she was 25, she married George Edwin Williams, son of George E. Williams and Harriet L., on 16 Feb 1882^[3] in MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia.

Frances Elizabeth Preston was buried^[4] in Jilliby, New South Wales, Australia.

George Edwin Williams and Frances Elizabeth Preston had the following children:

• Hannah Williams was born on 07 Mar 1883 in Brisbane Waters, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 11 May 1965 in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia. She married William Thompson on 11 Nov 1909 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
• Frances Harriet Williams was born on 20 Oct 1884 in Brisbane Waters, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 05 Jun 1965 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. She married Albert John Morris on 24 Aug 1910 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
• Henry Richard Williams was born on 05 Mar 1887 in Brisbane Waters, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 28 Nov 1903 in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia.
• Joseph Williams was born on 09 Aug 1889 in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 04 Jun 1973 in Wyong, New South Wales, Australia. He married Olive Mary Sternbeck on 26 Jan 1916 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia.
• Cassy Williams was born in 1892 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. She died in 1961 in Wyong, New South Wales, Australia. She married John Thomas Crane in 1915 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
• Ruby Williams was born on 28 May 1894 in Tuggerah, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 10 Jul 1954 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. She married Clarence Sternbeck on 16 Jun 1915 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
• Ivy Williams was born on 25 Nov 1896 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 23 Jun 1966 in Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia. She married Henry George Felstead on 07 May 1919 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia.
• James Williams was born in 1900 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. He died in 1949 in Gosford, New South Wales, Australia. He married Clarice Irene Ekert in 1923 in Cessnock, New South Wales, Australia.

Sources

https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au (New South Wales Birth, Death and Marriage Registry)

1. ↑ Birth: NSW BDM Index 5291/1856 PRESTON FRANCES E (parents) JOSEPH & ANNA (MACDONALD RIVER)
2. ↑ Death: NSW BDM Index 9517/1941 WILLIAMS FRANCES ELIZABETH (parents) JOSEPH (WYONG)
3. ↑ Marriage: NSW BDM Index 6801/1882 WILLIAMS GEORGE EDWIN (marriage) PRESTON FRANCES ELIZABETH (MCDONALD RIVER)
4. ↑ Burial: Frances Elizabeth Williams age 84, died 31 May 1941; burial Jiliby Cemetery NSWHeadstone Inscription

• Find a Grave memorial #152848806, b. 15 Jul 1856, d. 31 May 1941.
• BirthNSW BDM Index 5291/1856 PRESTON FRANCES E (parents) JOSEPH & ANNA (MACDONALD RIVER)
• MarriageNSW BDM Index 6801/1882 WILLIAMS GEORGE EDWIN (marriage) PRESTON FRANCES ELIZABETH (MCDONALD RIVER)
• DeathNSW BDM Index 9517/1941 WILLIAMS FRANCES ELIZABETH (parents) JOSEPH (WYONG)
• Burial Frances Elizabeth Williams age 84, died 31 May 1941; burial Jiliby Cemetery NSWHeadstone Inscription