Llewellyn Edwin Williams

1884 - 1967  (82 years)

• Name	Llewellyn Edwin Williams
  Nickname	Len
  Born	14 Dec 1884	Newtown, NSW, Australia   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Mar 1967	Townsville, QLD, Australia
  Person ID	I5	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	8 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Edwin Williams,   b. 7 May 1848, Wrexham, Denbighshire, Wales ,   d. 9 Oct 1924, Newtown, NSW, Australia  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Sarah Cross Mather,   b. 13 Jun 1852, Pilkington, Lancashire, England ,   d. 24 Jan 1889, Camperdown, NSW, Australia  (Age 36 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1876	Manchester, Lancashire, England   [3]
  	Witness: Frederick Williams Witness: Lavinia Wagstaff
  Notes	Witness: Lavnia Wagstaff, born in Glossop in 1853, parents Samuel and Lewina ran the Viaduct Inn (pub).
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred Sophia Agar,   b. 12 Apr 1889, Carrawabbitty, NSW, Australia ,   d. 5 Apr 1957, Mosman, NSW, Australia  (Age 67 years)
  Married	20 Feb 1915	Sydney, NSW, Australia   [4]
  Children	1. Suzanne Ashley Williams,   b. 24 May 1917, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 6 Jul 1979, Sydney, NSW, Australia  (Age 62 years)   2. John Edwin Ashley Williams, D F C,   b. 6 May 1919, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 28 Mar 1944  (Age 24 years)   3. David Ashley Williams,   b. 10 Jun 1923, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 12 Jul 2006  (Age 83 years)   4. Barry Ashley Williams,   b. 23 Mar 1926, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 9 Dec 1992, Valla, NSW, Australia  (Age 66 years)   5. Owen Ashley Williams,   b. 23 Jan 1929, Wellington, New Zealand ,   d. 9 Mar 1989, Mosman, NSW, Australia  (Age 60 years)
  Last Modified	23 Sep 2013
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Queens Park Clock Tower, Brighton, Sussex - designed by Llewellyn E Williams 1915 http://publicsculpturesofsussex.co.uk/object?id=59 Instructor for the Banks Commercial College in its Correspondence Coaching for the Examination of the NZIA, with Cyril Hawthorn Mitchell (1891-1949). The following text was extracted from this web page: http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=1347 The architect Llewellyn E. Williams was Sydney born and trained. He came to New Zealand in 1917 and joined the notable Wellington architect Frederick de Jersey Clere in practice. With Clere he designed St Mary of the Angels (1919-21, Record no. 36, Category I), St Barnabas Church, Khandallah (1921), St Andrews on the Terrace (Record no. 3571, Category I) and Inverleith Flats, Oriental Bay (1922, Record no. 1396). From 1923 he formed his own practice and designed a number of prominent Wellington buildings, such as the De Luxe Theatre (1924, now Embassy Theatre, Record no. 7500, Category I), Druids Chambers, Lambton Quay (1923, Record no. 3615, Category II), Todd Motors Building, Courtenay Place (1926), Kelvin Chambers, The Terrace (1927), and Civic Chambers, Cuba Street (1927, Record no. 7209) and part of the façade of Kirkcaldie and Stains, Lambton Quay (1928, Record no. 1401, Category II). He also designed or remodelled other theatres; both in Wellington (such as the now demolished Regent Theatre and Kings Theatre - both 1926) and in other cities, such as the Embassy Theatre, Auckland, the Avon Theatre, Christchurch (1934, Record no. 3092, Category II) and Regent Theatre, Greymouth (1935, Record no. 7552, Category II). Many of Williams’ 1930s buildings are in the Art Deco style.

  
  

• Sources

  [S39] NSW Birth Certificate, New South Wales, Australia, Birth Certificate 7973 233 (1884), Llewellyn Edwin Williams. [S162] Family Register - Mather/Williams, 27 Sep 2013. Llewellyn Edwin Williams born in Newtown, Sydney, December 14th 1884 [S179] Marriage Manchester, Lancashire, England (St Mary's Church) 19 Oct 1876 Edwin Williams & Sarah Cross Mather, (8d/360/248). [S37] NSW - Marriage Registration, New South Wales., marriage certificate 1069/303 (1915), Williams-Mansell.