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Bald Hills 1863
 

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George Williams  (1838 – 1906) and his wife Janet (Jessie) Crawford (c1842 - 1927)

Graziers of Glenbog, Monaro District NSW

 

George Williams	Jessie (Crawford) Williams

 
George Williams was born in 1838 at his parents' squattage south of Queanbeyan NSW. Shortly afterwards his family relocated to the Monaro district, settling initially near Nimmitabel and later at "Groses Plain", south-west of Jindabyne.     

In 1862 George married Scottish Presbyterian Janet (Jessie) Crawford.  Jessie was born in Scotland around 1842 and was the daughter of David Crawford and his wife Jean/Jane Fyfe of County Fife, Scotland.  Her family emigrated to NSW in 1848 on board the Bermondsey and had settled in the Monaro district within 18 months of their arrival.   Many of the Crawfords on the Monaro are descended from them. 

In 1863 George and his two younger brothers acquired the lease to the cattle run known as "Bald Hills or the Gullies" near "Groses Plain", and the Williams family settled there within the following two years.  However George apparently spent little time at "The Gullies", and his name was taken off the lease some years later. 

George appears to have been a canny businessman, purchasing a large number of selections from family members and banks.  From the mid-1880's onwards few of these blocks of land actually appeared on early maps under George's name.  He held land at Dog Kennel Creek and Springfield, Bobundarah in the 1870's. 

In 1884 he began a series of land purchases at Glenbog, settling there for the rest of his life. Glenbog occupied the country between the head of the Bombala River and the head of the Maclaughlin River. While the original Glenbog Run covered some 22,000 acres, George’s direct purchases amounted to 1463 acres. 

George grazed cattle and ran a dairy herd.  In 1894 he is recorded in the Sydney Morning Herald as winning a special prize at the Easter Show for the best 3lbs of butter.   

George and Jessie both died at Glenbog; George in 1906 and Jessie in 1927.

 The family of George Williams and Janet Crawford  

1. David Williams  (1863 - 1945) md Mary Massie in 1894.

2. Jean/Jane Williams  (1865 - 1948) md Patrick O'Neill in 1900.

3. Sarah Williams  (1867 - 1944) unmarried.

4. George Day Williams  (1869 - 1945) md Alice Mary Ward in 1893.

5. Robert John Williams  (1871 - 1955) md Sarah Williams Hayden in 1906

6. William Patrick Williams  (1873 - 1879) died in childhood.

7. Edward James Williams  (1876 - 1950) md Minnie Faddy in 1911.

8. Charles Oakley Williams  (1880 - 1950) unmarried.

9. Henry Stanley Williams  (1885 - 1939) md Elsie Clode in 1913.

Submitted by David Williams, includes Sarah Baxter information.

Go to Carol Baxters page for more information on John Williams and Sarah Nash