George Williams - Builder

George Williams was a building contractor who lived in Park Street, Ipswich.

George Williams worked on:

• Foundations of the Government Asylum at Goodna
• Foundations of the Government buildings at Sandy Gallop, c.1878
• F. Goleby & Sons building (brickwork), corner of Brisbane and Limestone Streets, 1895
• J. W. Reeds Furniture Warehouse, Brisbane Street (brickwork) 
• Ipswich Technical College, Limestone Street
• 'Almondsbury House', 36 Park Street, West Ipswich, c.1873 (his family home)
• 'To-Me-Ree', 7 Macalister Street, West Ipswich, c.1910
• 15 Macalister Street, West Ipswich

George William also worked as foreman for Peter Brown and while working for him he helped to erect:

• Brynhyfryd
• North Star Hotel
• Some of the railway workshops
• Buildings at Goodna Asylum

His son's Frank, Harry Oakhill and George Jnr and grandsons Norman Vincent Williams, Hubert Vincent Williams and Lloyd Vincent were also builders.

Frank built "Dougleen" at 67 Thorn Street, Ipswich. Harry Oakhill built 9 Bennett Street, East Ipswich and another house in Thorn Street. He was also involved in the building of "Stonehouse" at Moore.

George Jnr was involved with the renovations (brickwork) of the old "Queensland Times" building in 1939.

George's brothers, Robert and Charles Williams, built "Stonehouse" at Moore.

Lloyd Vincent (grandson, son of Clara), built his own home at 15 York Street, East Ipswich in the 1920s or 1930s. He helped his Uncle, Harry O. Williams, in the final stages of building 9 Bennett Street, East Ipswich.

Norman Vincent (grandson) set up a building contracting firm in Ipswich in partnership with Horace Harper, called "Harper & Vincent" in the late 1920s. 

Hubert Vincent (grandson, son of Clara) was a bricklayer who worked on many sites around Ipswich.