George WILLIAMSON (45yrs) married Johannah MAHER (35yrs) on 12th Feb 1861 at the Catholic Church Mount Barker. The marriage record says that she was a widow and that her father was James WALSH. From birth records, their children Jane and Walter were born before they were married.

From the birth records of the five children we have the mother's maiden name as Johannah WELSH (4 times) and Johannah WALSH (once). All of the children were born in the Inverbrackie area. From the marriage transcript, we have an inferred birth date for George c.1816 and an inferred birth date for Johannah of c.1826. From the marriage transcript in 1861, we have George 45 years old, so born c.1816. and therefore 23 years old when he emigrated. One of the George WILLIAMSONS on the 'Superb' was 23 years old, a ploughman, so that might be a match.

In Oct 1857 George had been taken to court for not paying a worker. He was working the farm at Inverbrackie and also taking contracts from the council for road repairs in the district. The 1864, 1865, 1868 & 1870 Almanacs lists Geo Williamson, farmer sec. 5311 Inverbrackie.

In May 1865, he was insolvent, and in Aug 1865 his fourth child George was stillborn. In Aug 1866, Ellen was born at Craig Duroc, Inverbrackie. I have not been able to track George or his family from August 1866 until April 1878, but in 1878, George's eldest daughter Jane Williamson married Henry JACOBS (junior) at Hay Valley. On the marriage record, her father was George WILLIAMSON from Dawesley. In the S.A. Directory (Almanac) of 1885, Johannah WILLIAMSON was listed as a storekeeper at Mount Barker.

In Nov 1886 George WILLIAMSON was charged with being an incorrigible rogue. In May 1887, George WILLIAMSON (71yrs old) was charged with being a vagrant at Woodside. He was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment. In June 1888, George WILLIAMSON was charged with being an incorrigible rogue (again at Woodside). He was sentenced to 12 months hard labor (he would have been 72 years old). (He had had 5 previous convictions as a rogue and vagabond). In the S.A. Directory (Almanac) of 1889, Johannah was listed as being at Mount Barker, but with no occupation and no address.

George WILLIAMSON d. 8th July 1894 (77yrs) at Adelaide (this might be our George but I have no way of verifying it). Johannah WILLIAMSON (widowed) died on 31 Jul 1895 at Dawesley. Her birth year was listed as 1815 (different from the birth year of 1826 listed on her marriage certificate). She was 80 years old (?) and her deceased husband was George WILLIAMSON. Given that Johannah's daughter Jane WILLIAMSON had married Henry JACOBS (jnr), and it was thought that they had lived in Dawesley for most if not all of their married life, it seems likely that Johannah may have lived the last of her time with her daughter at Dawesley.

Children of George WILLIAMSON & Johannah WELSH

1. Jane WILLIAMSON b. 28 Mar 1857, Inverbrackie, m. Henry JACOBS (jnr), [CHILDS family connection]
2. Walter WILLIAMSON b. 31 Dec 1859, possibly m. Mary Louisa HOLDING 10 Jul 1894 at Torrensdale (possibly Kaniva Area, Vic.)
3. James Ronald WILLIAMSON b. 16 Apr 1862, Inverbrackie, m. Mary Elizabeth THOMPSON (nee.BERRYMAN)
4. George WILLIAMSON b. 3 Aug 1865, Inverbrackie, (stillborn)
5. Ellen WILLIAMSON b. 11 Aug 1866, at Craigdarroch (Inverbrackie), m. Frederick John Osbourne WAITE