| Elizabeth Williams & John Wales
1. Elizabeth3
Williams
(Charles2, Nicholas Durbera1) was born 24 Nov 1840
in Crowcombe, Somerset, England, and died 18 Dec 1913 in Sutherland,
Sydney, New South Wales. She married (1) John
Wales. He was born 1805 in
Lancaster, England (Source: Karen Wenke.), and died 03 Jun
1878 in Gundagai, New South
Wales.
Notes for Elizabeth
Williams:
Elizabeth, did not marry, died the 18 December,1913, age 73 and
buried in the grave of John Edward Fitzgerald and her sister Eliza. She was remembered for smoking a
pipe.. Later discoverd she had many
decendants. Electorol role 1859-60 Camden.
More About Elizabeth
Williams:
1841 Census: HO107 965 Sch.
9 Page 9
1841 Census-1: Six months
old
1841 Census-1: Stogumber,
Somersetshire,
England
Baptism: 25 Dec 1840,
Crowcombe, Somersetshire,
England
Immigration: 08 Jun 1849,
Emma Eugenia
Children of Elizabeth
Williams and John Wales are:
+ 2
i. Mary Anne Jane
(Williams)4 Wales, born 21 Apr 1860 in Nattai, New South Wales; died
02 Jun 1937 in Cootamundra, New South Wales.
+ 3
ii. Emma (Wales) Williams, born 1864 in Nattai,
New South Wales; died 30 Jul 1901 in Gundagai, New South
Wales.
+ 4
iii. Matthew John
Williams, born 31 May 1867 in Nattai, New South
Wales; died 29 Jun 1939 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
5
iv. Unnamed
Williams, born 23 Apr 1874 in Gundagai, New South Wales; died 27 Apr 1874 in
Gundagai, New South Wales.
Children of Elizabeth
Williams are:
6
i. George
Lewis4 Williams (Source: Karen Wenke.), born 24 Apr 1883 in Yass, New
South Wales; died 01 Mar 1884 in Mittagong, New South
Wales.
More About George Lewis
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
18645/1883
+ 7
ii. James (Jim)
(Wiliams) Wales, born 22 Oct
1889 in Gundagai, New South Wales; died
1961.
Generation No.
2
2.
Mary Anne Jane (Williams)4 Wales (Elizabeth3 Williams,
Charles2, Nicholas Durbera1)
was born 21 Apr 1860 in
Nattai, New South
Wales, and died 02 Jun 1937 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
She married Joseph James Bell
07 Aug 1875 in Gundagai,
New South Wales, son of William Bell
and Eleanor Sneed. He was born 28 Oct 1853 in Narellan, New South Wales,
and died 27 Aug
1928 in Cootamundra, New
South Wales.
Joseph,
Mary and Margareita Jane
Photo
with thanks from Maria Potts - August 2006
More About Mary
Anne Jane (Williams) Wales:
Burial: Cootamundra
Cemetery, New South Wales
Headstone photo with thanks from Tim Freer - April 2008
More About Joseph James
Bell:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Lawrence
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
More About Mary Anne
Jane (Williams) Wales:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Lawrence
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Home Duties - Lawrence
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
More About Joseph Bell
and Mary Wales:
Marriage: 07 August 1875,
Gundagai, New South Wales
Children of Mary Wales and
Joseph Bell are:
+ 8
i. Margareita
Jane (Janie)5 Bell, born 20 May 1876 in Gundagai, New South Wales;
died
08 Apr 1938 in Cootamundra, New South Wales.
+ 9
ii. Mary Ann
Bell, born 12 Aug 1878 in Gundagai, New South Wales; died 08 Sep 1972 in
Cootamundra, New South Wales.
10
iii. Joseph James
Bell, born 1880 in Gundagai, New South Wales; died 1884 in Gundagai, New South
Wales.
More About Joseph James
Bell:
Birth Ref.: No.
15549/1880
Death Ref.: No.
9482/1884
11
iv. William Bell,
born 1883 in Gundagai,
New South
Wales.
More About William
Bell:
Birth Ref.: No.
18615/1883
+ 12
v. Joseph James
Bell, born 1885 in Gundagai, New South Wales; died 1954 in
Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
13
vi. Martha Ellen
Bell, born 24 Dec 1887 in Gundagai, New South Wales; died 1914 in
Bathurst, New South Wales.
More About Martha Ellen
Bell:
Birth Ref.: No.
22904/1914
+ 14
vii. Henry Bell,
born 1890 in Gundagai,
New South
Wales.
15
viii. John Bell,
born 1892 in Cootamundra,
New South
Wales.
More About John
Bell:
Birth Ref.: No.
11548/1892
+ 16
ix. Helen (Ellen)
Matilda Bell, born 1895 in Cootamundra, New South Wales; died 1953 in
Cootamundra,
New South Wales.
17
x. Robert Henry
Bell, born 1898 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales; died 1971 in
Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
More About Robert Henry
Bell:
Birth Ref.: No.
2614/1898
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Lawrence
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - Lawrence
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Death Ref.: No.
64177/1971
4.
Matthew John4 Williams
(Elizabeth3, Charles2, Nicholas Durbera1) was
born 31 May 1867
in Nattai, New South Wales,
and died 29 Jun 1939 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
He married Matilda Price 1889
in Cootamundra, New South Wales, daughter of William Price and
Mary Izzard. She was born 1871, and died 1923 in
Murrumburrah, New South Wales.
More About Matthew John
Williams:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Carrier - Wallendbeen,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Carrier - Wallendbeen,
New South
Wales
More About Matthew
Williams and Matilda Price:
Marriage: 1889, Cootamundra, New
South Wales
Children of Matthew
Williams and Matilda Price are:
28
i. Eva Mary
Matilda5 Williams, born 1890 in Young, New South Wales; died 1938 in
Newtown, Sydney, New South Wales.
She married Thomas Bigland 1916 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
More About Eva Mary Matilda
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
38765/1890
Death Ref.: No.
4384/1938
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Blackwood
Street, Gerringong, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Otford, New South Wales
More About Thomas
Bigland:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Fettler - Blackwood
Street, Gerringong, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - Otford,
New South
Wales
More About Thomas Bigland
and Eva Williams:
Marriage: 1916, Cootamundra, New
South Wales
Marriage Reference: No.
13971/1916
29
ii. Emily M
Williams, born 1892 in Murrumburrah, New South Wales; died 1896 in Murrumburrah,
New South Wales.
More About Emily M
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
23834/1892
Death Ref.: No.
2083/1895
30
iii. William
JohnWilliams, born 1894 in Murrumburrah, New South
Wales.
More About William John
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
22575/1894
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Wallendbeen,
New South
Wales
Electoral
Roll-1: 1936, Labourer - Wallendbeen, New South
Wales
31
iv. Ethel May
Williams, born 1897 in Murrumburrah, New South
Wales.
She married George Kennedy 1917 in Cootamundra, New
South Wales.
More About Ethel May
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
23869/1897
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Nubba, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - 229 Woodville
Road, Granville, Sydney, New South
Wales
More About George
Kennedy:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Fettler - Nubba, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Ganger - 229 Woodville
Road, Granville, Sydney, New South
Wales
More About George Kennedy
and Ethel Williams:
Marriage: 1917, Cootamundra, New
South Wales
Marriage Reference: No.
6257/1917
32
v. Bertie E
Williams, born 1900 in Murrumburrah, New South Wales; died 1913 in Murrumburrah, New
South Wales.
More About Bertie E
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
5291/1900
Death Ref.: No.
19254/1913
33
vi. Lila May
Williams, born 1902 in Murrumburrah, New South
Wales.
She married Sylvester John Hearne 1920 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales; born
1888 in
Crookwell, New South Wales; died 1974 in New South
Wales.
More About Lila May
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
4970/1902
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Landgrove, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Landgrove, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
Notes for Sylvester John
Hearne:
Sylvester enlisted in the
A.I.F. on the 12th May 1916 at Cootamundra. He is described
as 5ft 7 in. 140 lbs with a
Fair complexion, Blue eyes and Auburn hair. Sylvester saw
service in France where he
was wounded (gun shot wound to right thigh and neck) in
action on on the 18th
September 1917. He was transferred to England where he was
admitted to the 1st London
General hosital.
He was discharged on the 10th July
1918
 WW1 Enlistment
First World War Embarkation
Roll
Sylvester John
Hearne
Number 2911
Rank Private
Unit 56 Infantry Battalion -
2 to 9 Reinforcements (April 1916 - January 1917)
Ship Name HMAT Ascanius
Ship number A11
Date of embarkation 25
October 1916
Place of embarkation
Sydney
More About Sylvester John
Hearne:
Occupation: 1916,
Labourer
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Station Hand - Landgrove, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - Bourke
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Military service: WW1 -
Service Number - 2911B
More About Sylvester Hearne
and Lila Williams:
Marriage: 1920, Cootamundra, New
South Wales
Marriage Reference: No.
19767/1920
34
vii. Ivy Lillian
Williams, born 1904 in Murrumburrah, New South
Wales.
She married Peter Leonard Webber 1925 in Murrumburrah, New South
Wales.
More About Ivy Lillian
Williams:
Birth Ref.: No.
24435/1904
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Wallendbeen,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Cromwell
Street, Adelong, New South Wales
More About Peter Leonard
Webber:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Ganger
- Wallendbeen, New South Wales
Electoral
Roll-1: 1936, Ganger - Cromwell
Street, Adelong, New South Wales
More About Peter Webber and
Ivy Williams:
Marriage: 1925, Murrumburrah, New
South Wales
35
viii. Walter
Charles Williams, born 1907 in Murrumburrah, New South
Wales.
More About Walter Charles
Williams:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Labourer - Wallendbeen,
New South
Wales
7.
James (Jim) (Wiliams)4 Wales (Elizabeth3 Williams,
Charles2, Nicholas Durbera1) was
born 22 Oct 1889 in
Gundagai, New South Wales, and died 1961.
He married Daphane Iris Sharp
1941 in Gundagai, New South Wales, daughter of Matthew Sharp
and Catherine
Milligan. She was born 17 Aug 1919
in Coonamble, New South Wales, and died 21
Nov 2003 in 10 Ridge Street, South Gundagai, New South
Wales.
More About James (Jim)
(Wiliams) Wales:
Occupation: 1950,
Labourer
More About Daphane Iris
Sharp:
Burial: South Gundagai Cemetery, New South Wales
More About James Wales
and Daphane Sharp:
Marriage: 1941, Gundagai, New
South Wales
Generation No. 3
8.
Margareita Jane (Janie)5 Bell (Mary Anne Jane
(Williams)4 Wales, Elizabeth3 Williams,
Charles2,
Nicholas Durbera1) (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins) was born
20 May 1876 in
Gundagai, New South Wales,
and died 08 Apr 1938 in Cootamundra, New South Wales.
She married James Joseph Vincent
Ryan (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins) 30 Jul 1896 in
Cootamundra,
New South Wales. He was born 20 Jan 1877, and died 16 Jan
1949 in
Cootamundra,
New
South Wales.
More About Margareita
Jane (Janie) Bell:
Birth Ref.: No.
12610/1876
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Sutton
Street, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Thompson
Street, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
More About James Joseph
Vincent Ryan:
Residence: 1917, Sutton
Street, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Electoral Roll: 1930, Labourer - Sutton Street, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - Thompson
Street, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
More About James Ryan
and Margareita Bell:
Marriage: 30 Jul 1896,
Cootamundra, New South Wales (Source: Maria Potts (nee
Collins)
Children of Margareita Bell
and James Ryan are:
38
i. Edward
Daniel6 Ryan (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins), died 05 Sep
1970.
39
ii. Ernest James
Ryan, born 24 May 1895 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
He married Charlotte Lees on
08 February 1919 at St. Giles Reg., Edinburgh, Scotland
Notes for Ernest James
Ryan:
Ernest enlisted in the A.I.F
on the 15th July 1915 at Liverpool, Sydney. He is
described
as 5ft 6
3/4 in. 144 lbs, with a Fair complexion, Blue eyes and Brown hair.
Ernest saw
service
in Egypt and France as a Driver. He was wounded (gun shot wound
to right eye)
in
action in France on the 12th December 1917. He was transferred to
England on the
29th
December 1917 and admitted to the 2nd London General Hosptial,
Chelsea). From
the 1st
March 1918 he was attached to the A.D.H. as a Driver. Ernest
returned to
Australia in May 1919
 WW1
Enlistment
Number 3109
Rank Private
Unit 4 Infantry Battalion - 9 to 12 Reinforcements (September-December 1915)
Ship Name HMAT Warilda
Ship number A69
Date of embarkation 8 October
1915
Place of embarkation Sydney
More About Ernest James
Ryan:
Occupation: 1915,
Labourer
Military service: WW1 -
Service Number - 3109
Military service-1: 2
GARRISON BATTALION
Military service-2:
19.11.1941 - 27.06.1942
Military service-3: WW2 -
Private N282640 (N100021) Aust. Army
40
iii. William
Joseph Ryan, born 31 Aug 1897 in Cootamundra, New South Wales; died 13
Sep 1966 in Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales
He married Mary Izzard, 19 May 1920 in Cootamundra, New South Wales
; She was
born 28 Feb 1892 in Young, New South Wales; died 18 Jan 1975 in New
South Wales.
Notes for William Joseph
Ryan:
William enlisted with the
A.I.F. on the 12th January 1917 at Cootamundra. He is
described as 5ft 5 1/2 in,
128 lbs with a Fair complexion, Blue eyes and Dark Brown hair.
William was discharged as
Medically Unfit on the 18th January 1917.
William enlisted again on
the 25th April 1917 again at Cootamundra and was again
discharged as Medically Unit
on the 13th June 1917- apparent history of Epilepsy. His
mother provides a letter to
the A.I.F. confirming that he was subject to fits.
 WW1
Enlistment
More About William Joseph
Ryan:
Occupation: 1917,
Labourer
Burial: Field of Mars Cemetery, New
South Wales, Australia (Source: Maria Potts
(nee Collins)
Military service: WW1 -
Service Number - N74150
Military service: 22
GARRISON BATTALION
Military service-2:
29.04.1941 - 06.04.1945
Military service-3: WW2 -
Private N104424 Aust. Army
More About Mary
Izzard:
Birth Ref.: No. 39920/1892
Burial: Field of Mars Cemetery, New
South Wales, Australia (Source: Maria Potts
(nee Collins
More About William Ryan and
Mary Izzard:
Marriage: 19 May 1920,
Cootamundra, New South Wales
41
iv. Charles
Vincent Ryan, born 26 May 1899 in Cootamundra, New South
Wales; died 08 Nov 1985 in Papamea, New Zealand.
He married Gladys Weekes, 1917 in Manly, Sydney, New South
Wales; The daughhter of Frederick Weekes, she died 11
Oct 1934 in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales
Notes for Charles Vincent Ryan:
Charles enlisted in the A.I.F. on the 16th April 1917 at Cootamundra. He states
that he
was a member of the Senior Cadets 1914-1916. He is described as 5ft 7 1/2 inc.
9st.
10lb with a Fair complexion, Grey eyes and Dark Brown hair.
Charles returned to Australia arriving in Melbourne on the 3rd March 1918.
He was
then discharged from service on the 6th April 1918 as a
consequence of medical
unfitness
 WW1
Enlistment
Number 6829
Rank Private
Unit 18 Infantry Battalion - 18 to 21
Reinforcements (November 1916 - December 1917)
Ship Name HMAT Beltana
Ship number A72
Date of embarkation 16 June 1917
Place of
embarkation Sydney
More
Aboth Charles Vincent Ryan:
Occupation:
1917, Farmer
Military service: WW1 - Service Number -
6829
Residence: 1918, 65 Elizabeth Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South
Wales
Residence-1: 1959, 79 Hurley Street, Cootamundra, New South
Wales
More About Charles Ryan and
Gladys Weekes:
Marriage: 1917, Manly,
Sydney, New South Wales (Source: Maria Potts (nee
Collins)
42
v. Bert Ryan
(Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins), born 06 Nov 1900 in Cootamundra, New
South Wales.
43
vi. Francis S
Ryan (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins), born 07 Jun 1902 in Cootamundra,
New South Wales; died 07 Jun 1974 (Source: Maria
Potts (nee Collins).
44
vii. Edward John
Ryan (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins), born 10 Aug 1904 in
Cootamundra, New South
Wales.
45
viii. Alice Pearl
Ryan (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins), born 01 Sep 1905 in Cootamundra, New
South Wales.
She
married Daniel Hayes (Source: Maria Potts (nee Collins) 1924 in
Cootamundra, New South
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