From Ireland. Husband of Elizabeth (née Dixon) (1851-1922). Saddler who owned a shop on Main Street, elected to the Masterton Town Board in 1875; became the first Mayor of Masterton when it gained full Borough status in 1877. See "The Dixon family in New Zealand" / compiled by Lois Burleigh (P q929.2 DIX DIX 1992)
Williams, Robert George, -1899
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Dixon family :Family photographs
Date: [1860s-1940s]
By: Bragge, James, 1833-1908; New Zealand Academy of Photographic Art; Elmar Studios; Goldsmith, Lynley, active 1990s
Reference: PAColl-2971
Description: Portraits and snapshots of the Dixon family and genealogical notes about their English background. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Inscriptions: Verso - [Various, relating to Dixon family] Quantity: 10 b&w copy photographic print(s). 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). 1 b&w original photographic print(s). 2 photocopy/ies Genealogical charts. Provenance: Donated by Lynley Goldsmith, Christchurch, 1993
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Iorns album 4
Date: Between 1877 and 1886
From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa
By: Wyllie, Edward, 1848-1911
Reference: PA1-q-132
Description: Album created by Joseph Iornsl, between 1877 and 1886. The first page consists of a collage of members of the first Masterton Borough Council after the Council gained Borough status in 1877, including portrait of Robert George Williams, mayor. The rest of the album consists of a caricature photographs, or cartoons, by Edward Wyllie. They depicted current public opinion, showing a comic history of the Wairarapa between 1877 and 1886. The cartoons are drawn by Wyllie, or are cartoons taken from published items, with photographed heads of local dignitaries superimposed on the illustrations, and captions relating to local events. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with brown cover; front decorated with black trellis, overlaid with flowers in gold, entitled `Album'; back with impressed decorative pattern; 30.5 x 25.5 cm
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Iorns album 2
Date: Between 1877 and 1886
From: Iorns, Bennett, 1883-1977 :Photographs relating to Masterton and the Wairarapa
By: Wyllie, Edward, 1848-1911
Reference: PA1-q-130
Description: Album created by Joseph Iorns, between 1877 and 1886. The first page consists of a collage of the members of the first Masterton Borough Council after the Council gained Borough status in 1877, including portrait of Robert George Williams, Mayor. The rest of the album consists of caricature photographs, or cartoons, by Edward Wyllie. They depict current public opinion, showing a comic history of the Wairarapa between 1877 and 1886. The cartoons are drawn by Wyllie, or are cartoons taken from published items, with photographed heads of local dignitaries superimposed on the illustrations, and captions relating to local events. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cover decorated with coloured peacock feathers, with a few holly leaves and berries, entitled `Album'; 31.5 x 26.0 cm
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Group outside businesses on Main Street, Masterton
Date: 1877
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 4
By: Masterton Historical Society
Reference: PAColl-5744-18
Description: Group outside R G Williams saddlery shop and R Jones fruit shop on Main Street, Masterton, in 1877. From left to right: unidentified, Mr Gordon Russell, Ralph Bartlett, R G Williams, unidentified, unidentified. A sign advertising `Mrs Humphry, registry office, crockery, tin & brushware' is also visible. Taken by an unidentified photographer. R G William's shop was just north of the Empire Hotel. (Information from back of PAColl-0545-1-02) Same image at PAColl-0545-1-02 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).