Theophilus Williams
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Background
Theophilus Williams served as Mayor of Sebastopol.[1]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Post 1854 Experiences
- A meeting of the Miners Association was held at the Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening, Mr Curthoys, president, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, Mr Theophilus Williams was admitted a member of the association, and Mr Hughes presented £2 as a further subscription from the Great Extended Company. A vote of thanks was carried to Mr Hughes for the energy he had displayed in promoting the welfare of the association, and a similar vote to the members of the Chamber of Commerce for allowing the use of the chamber was agreed to. On the motion of Mr Hughes, seconded by Mr Cameron, the president was requested to write to the Mining Board, to solicit their assistance in procuring a reduction in the upset price of town allotments on Ballarat West. The meeting then adjourned to Monday next at 8 o'clock.[2]
- The newest thing in mining is the subscription in Ballarat for a quartz mining company in Carnarvonshire, North Wales. For some time past the English papers have given accounts of the discovery of auriferous quartz in North Wales, and the yields reported have occasionally been rather enticing to persons of speculative dispositions. It appears that Mr Theophilus Williams, an old resident in Ballarat, and owner of the ground now being worked by the Essex Company, has gone on a visit to bis native country, and has become enamored of the prospects open to quartz investors in North Wales. We are informed that he has formed a scheme for mining there, and has invited his Ballarat mining friends to join in the speculation, several of whom have taken up shares.[3]
Family
- The funeral of Mrs Elizabeth Williams, widow of Mr Theophilus Williams, of Dowling street, took place yesterday. Her remains were interred in the Ballaarat New Cemetery. Messrs W. Coltman, E. Prosser, J. Jenkins, R. Wilson, T. Bodycomb, and C. Thomas acted as pall-bearers, and the coffin bearers were Messrs J. Wilson, F. Fisher, J. Hudson, and S. Stout. The Messrs. J. J. Owen and A. Roberts and Mr J. West Lau conducted the service, and Messrs Jordan and Tippett carried out the funeral arrangements.[4]
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ https://bih.federation.edu.au/index.php/Theophilus_Williams, accessed 26 November 2016.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 21 may 1861.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 08 July 1864.
- ↑ Ballarat Star, 24 January 1908.
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