Moses Williamson Born 1863 Victoria Australia

Photographer unknown, Portrait Moses Williamson, circa 1911, John Palmer Williamson's Private Photo Collection, His son John was known as Palmer [his second name during his teens, photo was possibly given to his son when he left home] [W006] 

Moses was born on 17 September 1863 in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia, the son of John Williamson and Lousia Walker.[i]

His siblings were born in Victoria, Australia as follows: Thomas Williamson born 1855 in Melbourne; Rachel Williamson born 1857, Miriam Williamson born 1859 and Phebe Williamson born 1861 in Collingwood; Lydia Williamson born 1866 and Aaron Williamson born 1869 in Saint Kilda.

Moses a professional tailor was running his own tailor shop at 25 in Burwood rd., Glenferrie, Hawthorn, Victoria.[ii] His father had been a professional tailor as was his older brother Thomas and younger brother Aaron.[iii] [iv] His father died when Moses was only ten years old.[v]

Moses married Caroline Munro on 16 December 1885 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.[vi]

Photographer unknown, Family portrait of the Williamson family, circa 1907, Western Australia. From Left to right: Harry Williamson, Moses Williamson, Monty Williamson, Cuthbert Williamson, Phoebe Williamson, Caroline Williamson(nursing Norma) and John Williamson(Jack) [W135]

He and Caroline had the following children in Australia, those born in Victoria were Richard Montague Williamson born 1866 in Melbourne and Phoebe Dorothy Williamson born 1890 in Hawthorn; those born Western Australia in York were John Aaron Palmer Williamson born 1892, Henry Andrew Williamson born 1895, Cuthbert Moreton Williamson born 1896; their last child, Norma Williamson born 1906, was born in Fremantle Western Australia.

Moses moved his family to Western Australia in 1890 possibly seeking land and maybe gold as he had shares in a mining company.[vii] [viii] [ix] [x] [xi]  He continued to work as a Tailor in Perth, York and Yarloop.[xii] [xiii]  Moses became a member of the Freemasons in 1888 while living in Victoria and transferred his membership when he relocated to York 1893.[xiv] [xv] [xvi]  He was elected as Councillor in the South Ward of York around 1893.[xvii] As a nurseryman, he ran the Glenferrie Apiary in York.[xviii] [xix]

After 1920 Moses move to Hamilton in New South Wales possibly motivated by ill health.[xx] [xxi]

Moses died on 25 June 1933 in Hamilton New South Wales, and was buried on the following day in Sandgate General Cemetery, New South Wales.[xxii] [xxiii]

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[i] Birth Certificate Moses Williamson (Births Registered in the District of St Kilda in the Colony of Victoria Certified Copy Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia Year 1863, Number 23188)

[ii] 1888 'Advertising Situations Vacant', Advertising for staff, The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 10 July, p. 8., viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article196001857

[iii] Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Certificate Thomas Williamson & Mary Anne McCoy, 5 June 1876, 2242/1876 occupation listed for Thomas was tailor

[iv] Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia, Death Certificate Aaron Williamson, died 20 November 1891, Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 15639/1891

[v] Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia, Death Certificate John Williamson, died 7 June 1874, Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 6427/1874

[vi] Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia, Marriage Certificate Moses Williamson & Caroline Munro 7312/1885

[vii] According to Moses’ grandson, John Williamson, the family went to WA in the hopes of picking up a land grant but was not successful in doing so.

[viii] 1890 'Classified Advertising', Listed as a shareholder in ‘The No. 1 Central Extended Gold Mining Dompany’, The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 18 December, p. 2. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3139290

[ix] Birth Certificate of Phoebe Dorothy Williamson, born 27 February 1890. Registrar of Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria, Australia, 4302/1809; Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Western  Australia, Death Certificate Pheobe Dorothy Williamson (Year 1911, Reference #) [Pheobe born in Melbourne but only lived their for 6 weeks before going to WA.]

[x] Anon, 'Judicial and Law Notices', The Argus, 10 April 1890, p. 3. , viewed 14 May 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8599718

[xi] 1890 'Classified Advertising', The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 18 June, p. 2. , Announcement of a New Department for Tailoring employing Mr Williamson, viewed 29 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3134977

[xii] 1891 'Advertising', “Announcement that M Williamson opening up a new business in York’ Eastern Districts Chronicle (York, WA : 1877 - 1927), 7 February, p. 4. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148137170

[xiii] 1910 'Advertising', Feature advertisement for The Local Tailor of Yarloop, South Western Advertiser (Perth, WA : 1910 - 1954), 23 November, p. 4. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article149940513

[xiv] Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Membership entry of Moses Williamson aged 25, tailor member of the Victoria Lodge, Hawthorn Victoria, initiated 13 November 1888mFreemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Membership Registers: Colonial and Foreign I 1788-1919 to Colonial and Foreign J 1923-2037; Reel Number: 27, Lodge Number 2009, Folio Number 251

[xv] Ancestry.com. England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.; Membership entry for Moses Williamson Initiated 5 October 1892, York Lodge, Western Australia, Lodge 2118, year 1892, folio 214, line 31; Citing Original data: Membership registers 1751-1921 from the collection of the United Grand Lodge of England held by the Library and Museum of Freemasonry. Images reproduced by courtesy of the Library and Museum of Freemasonry, London.

[xvi] 1892 'GENERAL NEWS.', Eastern Districts Chronicle (York, WA : 1877 - 1927), 26 March, p. 5, Col 2. , viewed 20 Jun 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148590374

[xvii] 1893 'GENERAL NEWS.', Eastern Districts Chronicle (York, WA : 1877 - 1927), 8 April, p. 2. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148498169

[xviii] 1897 'Advertising', “Asking for Pickle bottles” Eastern Districts Chronicle (York, WA : 1877 - 1927), 13 November, p. 4. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148266686 [possibly for the bottling of honey]

[xix] 1912 'Advertising', “Selling off Old Hives of Bees” The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), 21 February, p. 12. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23865054

[xx] 1917 'Personal.', Gossip column refers to Mr Moses Williams ill health, South Western Times (Bunbury, WA : 1917 - 1929), 21 July, p. 5. , viewed 30 Mar 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article214191890

[xxi] Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936 ([database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia.), Entry for Moses Williamson Westcombe, Coolah road, Hamilton, master tailor, Electoral Year: 1930, State: New South Wales, District: Newcastle, Subdistrict: Hamilton page 143.

[xxii] Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, New South Wales, Australia, Death certificate Moses Williamson, died 25 June 1933, Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia, 10306/1933

[xxiii] Northern Cemeteries, Moses Williamson buried 26 June 1933 in Sandgate Cemetery, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. https://nmclm.com.au/  accessed 30 March 2020 [unmarked gravesite located at GENERAL, 34A, GENERAL-34A-52]