FatherJohn Williams1 b. c 1822, d. 6 Mar 1898
MotherMary Ann Crapp b. c 1835, d. 6 Jun 1920
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Maria Jane Carey Williams was born on 20 August 1857 in Creswick, Victoria.2,3 
She married Alexander Livingstone, son of Samuel Livingstone and Agnes MacArthur, on 5 March 1878 in Mooroopna, Victoria.4,5 
She died on 5 May 1911 in Allendale, Victoria, at age 53.6,2 

Family

Alexander Livingstone b. 1856, d. 31 Oct 1930
Children
ChartsWilliams, John, descendant chart

Story

Maria Jane Carey was born in Creswick on 20 August 1857. She was the second child of Mary Ann and John.

Her third name, Carey, came from her maternal grandmother, born Mary Ann Carey Cloke.3,2
 
Most of the family moved from Creswick to Shepparton between February 1877 (when William Charles was buried in Creswick) and August (when John's Crown land application stated he lived in Shepparton). It is possible some of the older children travelled separately, or with John Joseph and his young family. The oldest child Maria was aged twenty and on her March 1878 marriage registration, gives her usual address as Creswick. The youngest child to move was Richard aged six.7,8,5
 
Marriage and Family
Maria Jane Williams and Alexander Livingstone were married at the home of her parents in Mooroopna on 5 March 1878. They had ten children between 1878 and 1903, with one early death. Their first child was born three months after they married.4,2,9
 
On the marriage registration, Alexander was a blacksmith in Mooroopna.5
 
Following the withdrawal of John Joseph Williams from Swindle and Williams Coachbuilders in 1879, the business was purchased by brother-in-law, Alexander Livingstone.10
 
The coach factory was in Morell St, near Main St.10
 
The first three children were born in Mooroopna.
 
Around 1884, the family of five moved to Allendale, about 8 km north of Creswick, where the remaining seven children were born.11,12
 
Alexander continued working as a blacksmith, at the Berry United gold mine, about 9 km north of Allendale. Sons Arthur Ernest and Frank Stanley also later worked at the mine.13,11,14,15,16,17,18
 
Maria's Sudden Death 
ALLENDALE. Wednesday:- Maria Jane Livingstone, aged 53 years, wife of a blacksmith employed at the Berry United mine, died suddenly from heart failure after retiring on Monday night. She was the mother of nine children, the youngest of whom is eight years of age.13
 
Maria Jane Livingstone died of heart failure in Allendale on 5 May 1911, aged 53. She was buried at Creswick cemetery.2,6,13,19,20
Creswick cemetery
Image: BillionGraves

Citations

  1. [S3] Victorian Pioneer Index 1836-1888, CD-ROM, Macbeth Genealogical Services, 1998.
  2. [S297] Williams-Howard family tree, computer file, March 2000.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Maria Jane Carey Williams entry, birth registration no. 15063, 1857.
  4. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Alexander 'Livingston' and Maria Jane Williams entry, marriage registration no. 211, 1878.
  5. [S584] Alexander Livingston and Maria Jane Williams, marriage registration no. 211, 5 March 1878.
  6. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Maria Jane Livingstone entry, death registration no. 3516, 1911.
  7. [S326] William Charles Williams, death registration no. 1025, 24 February 1877.
  8. [S324] '7925 Benalla', VPRS 626 Land selection files by land district, section 19 and 20 Land Act 1869, land selection files, John Williams, 8 February 1888, 'Certificate of Registration.'
  9. [S601] Edith Helena Livingstone, birth registration no. 17700, 1 June 1878.
  10. [S107] History of Mooroopna, Ardmona & District: An interesting story of development 1841-1936, Back to Mooroopna Committee, 1936, p. 38.
  11. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Laanecoorie, subdivision of Allendale, 1909.
  12. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Frank Stanley Livingstone entry, birth registration no. 46, 1885.
  13. [S220] 'Nine children left', The Argus, 1848-1957, newspaper, Argus Office, 8 June 1911, p. 8, viewed 22 June 2020, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10908155
  14. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Laanecoorie, subdivision of Allendale, 1910.
  15. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Grampians, subdivision of Allendale, 1913.
  16. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Grampians, subdivision of Allendale, 1919.
  17. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Ballarat, subdivision of Allendale, 1924.
  18. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Ballarat, subdivision of Creswick, 1928.
  19. [S422] BillionGraves, online cemetery data, Maria Jane Livingstone entry, 1911.
  20. [S542] Australian Cemeteries, index and register, P Applebee, Maria Jane Livingstone entry.