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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

James Jenkyn WILLIAMS

Born 1889 in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of James Jenkyn WILLIAMS and Eva Louisa CAMERON [54]
Married Ada Gertrude MATTHEWS in Perth in 1925 [66]
Arrived in Carnamah in August 1928 to take over the management of the local Co-op store [4: 1-Sep-1928]
Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company's store in Carnamah 1928-1930 [4: 1-Sep-1928] [6]
     Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1928-29 and 1929-30[4: 3-Nov-1928, 26-Oct-1929]
     Attended the farewell to William P. WALLACE at the home of Alfred NIND in Carnamah on 16 October 1928 [4: 20-Oct-1928]
     On Sunday 28 October 1928 played in the first ever cricket match of the Coorow and Districts Cricket Association [4: 3-Nov-1928]
     Member of the team of married men who defeated a team of single men at cricket in Carnamah in November 1928 [4: 24-Nov-1928]
     Committee Member in 1929 and Secretary in 1930 of the Carnamah Rifle Club [4: 20-Apr-1929, 22-Feb-1930, 22-Mar-1930] [39: 22-Jul-1929]
     Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Season Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on 18 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
     Served on the Carnamah School Board in 1929 [4: 31-Aug-1929]
     Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
     Attended the Grand Ball following the Carnamah Show and opening of Centenary Park on 19 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
     Organised the "Carnamah Rifle Club Ball" which was held in the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 6 March 1930 [4: 22-Feb-1930]
     Appears to have shifted with his wife from Carnamah to Arrino during March of 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
Manager of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company's store in Arrino 1930-1932 [4] [39: 21-Mar-1932]
     Member of the Arrino Rifle Club in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
     Represented the Arrino Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
     Member of the Arrino Hall Committee in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
     Member of the Arrino Tennis Club - was Secretary in 1930-31 and 1931-32 [4: 23-May-1931] [39: 21-Mar-1932]
     The Arrino Tennis Club held a tennis party at the courts in Arrino on 11 March 1932 to publicly farewell he and his wife [39]
     Left Arrino and shifted to Perth in March 1932 [39: 21-Mar-1932]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Rivervale [2]
Died 9 August 1972; ashes scattered at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 5, 86) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'James Jenkyn Williams' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/james-jenkyn-williams [reference list]




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