"Bill" Horace WILLIAMS
Born 13 May 1903 in Kingston, Surrey, England [20] [513: 2-Jun-1933]
Son of Francis Matthews WILLIAMS and Matilda Sarah WARREN [20] [21] [243]
In 1911 he was living with his parents and brothers Francis and Brian at 557 Leigh Road in Westcliff on Sea, Sussex, England [20]
He was a student at Weston College in Westcliff on Sea [513: 2-Jun-1933]
With his parents departed London, England on the steamship Otway on 15 September 1911 bound for Western Australia [203]
Resided with his parents in Perth and completed his schooling at Christian Brothers College [513: 2-Jun-1933]
He enrolled in a dental course in 1921 and qualified after passing his final examinations in 1926 [513: 2-Jun-1933]
Dentist in Bunbury from 1927 until January 1930 [6] [417: 10-Jan-1930] [513: 2-Jun-1933]
Married Gladys Worsley CLIFTON in Bunbury on 10 January 1930 [120: 6-Feb-1930]
Dentist and Dental Surgeon in Carnamah from January to August of 1930 [4: 18-Jan-1930, 9-Aug-1930] [6] [19]
He commenced practice in Carnamah as a surgeon-dentist in mid January 1930 [4: 18-Jan-1930]
It's possible he took over the practice of Allan S. MUMMERY, who was a dentist in Carnamah until December 1929 [4: 14-Dec-1929]
Foundation Member and Secretary of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Attended the Ball in Carnamah in aid of the local Roman Catholic Church's building fund on Thursday 24 May 1930 [4: 31-May-1930]
Attended a lecture on 'Movies and Talkies' given in Carnamah by a visiting University of WA professor on 28 May 1930 [4: 7-Jun-1930]
He joined a local committee to arrange for more talks to be given by lecturers as a stopover on their way to Geraldton [4: 7-Jun-1930]
A brass sign from his business was found decades later under the floor of a house on Railway Avenue in Carnamah [P1]
The sign reads 'Horace Williams Surgeon Dentist' and was donated to the Carnamah Historical Society & Museum in 2020 [P1]
During April 1930 he began travelling from Carnamah to Three Springs, Coorow and Perenjori to see patients [4: 19-Apr-1930]
Visited Three Springs every Tuesday from 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. [4: 10-May-1930]
Visited Coorow on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. [4: 10-May-1930]
Visited Perenjori every Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.[4: 10-May-1930]
Saw clients at Mrs DUFFY's shop in Three Springs, Mrs BATTERSBY's shop in Coorow and at the Hotel in Perenjori [4: 19-Apr-1930]
His last advertisement for his practice in Carnamah appeared in The Irwin Index newspaper on 9 August 1930 [4: 9-Aug-1930]
During August 1930 he purchased the dental practice of W. D. ANDERSON in Bridgetown [514: 15-Aug-1930]
Dentist and Dental Surgeon in Bridgetown 1930-1937 [6] [513: 2-Jun-1933] [50]
Inaugural Treasurer and later Job Master of Bridgetown's Provisional Group of Toc H [513: 2-Jun-1933]
Member of the Bridgetown Golf Club and the Bridgetown Tennis Club [513: 2-Jun-1933]
Dentist and Dental Surgeon in Bunbury 1939-1943 [50] [417: 7-Jul-1939]
In 1954 he and his wife were living at 58 Manning Street in the Perth suburb of Scarborough [50]
They were living at 724 Canning Highway in the Perth suburb of Melville in 1958 and at Flat 8 126 Terrace Drive in Perth in 1963 [50]
In 1968 they were at 259 Cambridge Street in the Perth suburb of Leederville and in 1977 at 7/267 Cambridge Street in Wembley [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Father of Maxine and Jill [39: 30-Jul-1935] [435: 6-Apr-1939]
Died 22 June 1979; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, PE, 25) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Horace Williams' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/horace-williams [reference list] |
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