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1. The WILLIAMS family migrated from
Bristol, England, and settled at Glenluce near Castlemaine, Victoria. James William WILLIAMS was a boiler-maker who came to search for gold, but did not find any.
He hanged himself 21/10/1865 leaving his wife (who survived him by 21 years) and 9 children to fend for themselves.
2. The GREENOUGH family travelled from Wigan, Lancashire to settle in Footscray, Melbourne Victoria.
The Pioneer Family consisted of--
Henry GREENOUGH (b.3/1/1858, Wigan,
Lancs., England and his wife Margaret BERRY (b.5/12/1856) Wigan, Lancs., England.
Their children were-
Swithen -b. 17/5/1877, Wigan.
Mary-Alice--b. 13/11/1879, Wigan.
Richard Henry--b. about 1881, Wigan
Jennie---b. about 1884, Wigan.
Thomas Henry--b. about 1888, Wigan.
Henry-- B. 1889, Wigan.
Edith Helen--b. 13/8/ 1892, Port
Melbourne,Victoria .
Robert Edwin--b.7/2/1896 Port Melbourne, Vic.
Robert Edwin was born posthumously.
Henry GREENOUGH, his father, was a stone-mason by trade, and went to Western Australia to seek work, but died of fever at
Geraldton and was buried there.
His wife, Margaret, ran a boarding-house in Footscray after his death.
It was here that my grandparents-- Edith Helen GREENOUGH and David Alexander WILLIAMS met and were later married.
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