Eliza was born on 13/07/1826 in Pitt Water NSW.
She was baptised twice according to the records. Once on her birthday and a second time on 25/07/1839. There is also a birth registration for her, mentioning her birth year as 1828.
Richard was born in Worchestershire in 1826. It is believed he arrived in Australia in Port Jackson on 07/08/1830 on “The Wave”.
They had the following 3 children:
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Richard Sydney Williams (1847 – 1921)
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Lloyd Williams (1849 – 1920)
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Adeline Blanche Williams (1851 – 1921)
It is uncertain what happened to Richard. In some ancestry trees it is mentioned that he died in 1852 in Braidwood (no records). There is a publication in “The Empire” of 27/09/1851 that a Richard Williams died in London, Northampton Square. Was he visiting his family back in England after the birth of his youngest daughter Adeline?
Eliza remarried to William Stephenson in 1854. There is no marriage recorded in Australia. There is a marriage recorded in Ireland. It is not a fact that it is their marriage.
William was born in 1817 in Waterford, Tipperary, Ireland.
They had the following children:
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Francis Felix Kable Stephenson (1855 – 1915)
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John Charles Stephenson (1857 – 1933)
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Thomas Petrel Stephenson (1858 – 1954)
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William Stephenson (1862 – 1862)
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Eva Alice C Stephenson (1863 – 1929)
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Maud Mary Stephenson (1865 – 1943)
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Maria Frances Stephenson (1866 – 1866)
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Herbert R Stephenson (1867 – 1929)
William died on 12/02/1898 in Darlinghurst, Sydney and is buried at Waverley Cemetery.
Eliza died on on 05/01/1899 in Bungonia, Goulburn NSW.
Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 – 1940) Sat 7 Jan 1899 Page 4
William Stephenson (1862 – 1862)
William was born on 26/01/1862 and died on 31/01/1862 in Braidwood.
William Stephenson
| BIRTH | |
|---|---|
| DEATH | 1862 (aged less–than 1 year) |
| BURIAL |
Braidwood Cemetery
Braidwood, Queanbeyan–Palerang Regional Council, New South Wales,Australia |
| PLOT | unmarked |
Maria Frances Stephenson (1866 – 1866)
Maria was born and died (according family trees) in Braidwood, Quenbeyan in 1866.
On her birth registration no father is listed and her mother as Elizabeth.
There is no death recorded for her.
| Name: | Maria F Stephenson |
|---|---|
| Birth Date: | 1866 |
| Birth Place: | New South Wales |
| Registration Year: | 1866 |
| Registration Place: | Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia |
| Father: | Stephenson |
| Mother: | Elizabeth |
| Registration Number: | 14049 |
Henry Kable - Susannah Holmes 