Charles Augustus Williams (abt. 1796 - 1836)

Husband of Elizabeth Caroline (Ross) Davis — married 11 Apr 1836 (to Nov 1836) in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died Nov 1836 at about age 40 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Charles Augustus Williams was probably born about 1796, based on his age of 40 at death.

It is unknown how he came to Australia, however an article in the Sydney Morning Herald referred to him as an 'assigned servant' which would suggest that he was a convict.^[1]

Charles married Elizabeth Ross at St. Phillip's Anglican Church, Sydney, on 11 April 1836.^[2][3] He died seven months later in a workplace accident.

Coroner's Inquest

CORONER'S INQUESTS^[1]

Another inquest was held on Monday at May's Sportsman's Arms, on the body of an assigned servant to Mr. Peterson, named Charles Williams, who was killed by falling from a temporary scaffold on which he was walking, at Dr. Bowman's house on the Glebe. Verdict - Accidental death.

CORONER'S INQUEST^[4]—On Monday an inquest was held at the Sportsman's Arms, Parramatta road, on the body of Charles Williams. It appeared that deceased was employed painting on the outside of Dr. Bowman's house on the Glebe Land, when he lost his footing, fell from the scaffold, and was killed upon the spot. The Jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death." The deceased was a married man, with a family.

Research Notes

Possible death: 15 Nov 1836, burial: Bunnerong Cemetery (Botany)^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} CORONER'S INQUESTS. (1836, November 17). The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved April 15, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12855961
2. ↑ Marriage. NSW BDM 19/1826 V182619 20. Index states 1826 but actual certificate reads 1836.
3. ↑ St. Philip's Church of England (Sydney, N.S.W.). & Society of Australian Genealogists. (1787). Registers of St. Philip's Church of England, Sydney, NSW.
   Transcript: No. 94. Charles Augustus Williams of this Parish Painter, a Bachelor and Elizabeth Caroline Ross of this Parish a spinster were married in this church by Banns this Eleventh day of April in the year 1836 by me William Cowper Chaplain. This marriage was solemnized between us: Charles Augustus Williams, Elizabeth Caroline Ross, her X mark, In the Presence of William Forbes of Sydney, Eliza Forbes her X mark of Sydney.
4. ↑ MARKETS. (1836, November 17). The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), p. 2. Retrieved April 15, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2207794
5. ↑ "Australia, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800-1960", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLJJ-DJ5 : 8 November 2020), Charles Williams, 1836.