A documented Williams household on Lovell Street

Liza Gijanto traces a Williams family home at 2 Lovell Street to an 1886 deed. A Wesleyan church stood close to the yard; family members served as organists, government printers and ship pilots. John Williams appeared among six pilots licensed under an 1862 ordinance to guide vessels between the river entrance and Bathurst port. ^{[gijanto-2020]}

Property listings into the 1930s record rooms rented to labourers and migrants, including workers in the United Africa Company and Public Works Department. Excavated local cooking pots, imported tablewares and fish remains reveal domestic choices that cross the easy division between African and European material culture. The archaeologist interprets these as negotiations of status and economic necessity, not a simple inventory of wealth. ^{[gijanto-2020]}

The study also names Julia Williams as a nurse. Its household case shows that women as well as men held skilled positions, while the mixed-class yard linked a prosperous family with working tenants. The record belongs to this documented household and period. ^{[gijanto-2020]}