Captain Thomas Williams (Benjamin's brother my grandfather) Thomas was born in Briton Ferry in 1852. Died 5th July 1916 in Broome,Western Australia. He had a Pearl Lugging business in Broome WA 1904-1916. The 3 pearl luggers were The Ethel; The Mary and The Maggie 2nd mate 1875 (PN:99345) 1st mate 1881(PN:020647) Captain Licence 1885 (Annabell/1885. Queensland OC/No.43) Kew ref 122/70&88 Any help would be most grateful in discovering more about my Grandfather's brother. Thank you in advance kind regards Paul Williams Pulsing like a beacon through the days and nights, the birthplace of the fortunate sends out its invisible wave of recollection. It always has and it always will, until even the last of us come home.
Paul, have you bought his death certificate. Have you checked the historical births, deaths and marriages, Queensland online. Have you looked at the State Archives of Queensland and any of their indexes. Gone through the newspapers online, electoral rolls. National Maritime Museum of Australia has some seamen ancestors on line, they are in a PDF format... Cemeteries available through ozgenonline cemeteries. Checked the W.A.G.S. (Western Australia genealogy society) website for anything. Jenelle. ----- Original Message ----- From: "PAUL GRUFFYDH WILLIAMS" <paulgruffydhwilliams@gmail.com> To: <AUS-QLD@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 2:36 AM Subject: [AUS-QLD] Thomas Williams 1852 -1916 > Captain Thomas Williams (Benjamin's brother my grandfather) > Thomas was born in Briton Ferry in 1852. Died 5th July 1916 in > Broome,Western Australia. He had a Pearl Lugging business in Broome WA > 1904-1916. > The 3 pearl luggers were The Ethel; The Mary and The Maggie > > 2nd mate 1875 (PN:99345) 1st mate 1881(PN:020647) Captain Licence 1885 > (Annabell/1885. Queensland OC/No.43) Kew ref 122/70&88 > > Any help would be most grateful in discovering more about my Grandfather's > brother. > Thank you in advance > kind regards > Paul Williams > > > Pulsing like a beacon through the days and nights, the birthplace of the > fortunate sends out its invisible wave of recollection. It always has and > it > always will, until even the last of us come home. > Quoting the entire text of a previous message in a reply is poor > netiquette. > Please don't do it. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > AUS-QLD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.113/2397 - Release Date: 09/26/09 17:51:00