Julia Williams
- Born
- 3 May 1866
- Died
- 31 Jul 1939
- Gender
- Female
- Place of migration
- Migrated to/Born in Australia
Julia Williams, was born 3-May-1866 in Kingwilliamstown the 3rd child and 2nd daughter of John Williams and Julia Murphy. She emigrated from Plymouth England on Sir William Wallace arriving Townsville, Queensland, Australia 1-Oct-1881 a year after her older brother had married. She married police constable John Talbot (24-yr old bachelor of Bloomsfield born Shinbone Kings County Ireland, son of John Talbot and Kate Keashen) 11-Dec-1866 at St Mary's in Cooktown as a 21-yr old spinster servant of Cooktown (born in Kingwilliamstown Co. Cork the daughter of stonemason John Williams and Julia Murphy). She proceeded to have 15 children (3 sets of twins and 5 of the 15 died young). She was widowed in 1934 and died in 1939. Her children had countless descendants, all of whom settled in Australia, mostly in Queensland.
