California State Officials Biographies 1911 THOMAS S. WILLIAMS Submitted by Nancy Pratt Melton This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://calarchives4u.com/ These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. BOARD OF STATE HARBOR COMMISSIONERS THOMAS S. WILLIAMS, appointed Harbor Commissioner on July 26, 1911, was born in London, England, in 1856. His parents arrived in New York City in 1859, and he attended the public school there. Since 1877 he has been in California, and after a business career of twenty-five years as a merchant tailor, he retired in 1902, and has taken an active interest in politics ever since. Source: California Blue Book, or State Roster, 1911 Compiled by Frank C. Jordan, Secretary of State Friend W. Richardson, Superintendent of State Printing, Sacramento, CA, 1913