william j. "commodore" "bill" davies (c. 1830 – 15 april 1903), born in liverpool, skipper and part-owner (as johnson, davies and co. then davies and locke, finally wm. davies and son) of "pride of the murray" 1865–1877 and "nile" 1885– . he also skippered "kelpie", "trafalgar" 1877. he was partner with george dorward in the firm of dorward and davies c. (1875–1884). he married (1) annie (c. 1831 – 8 july 1875) in 1856, and (2) teresa (tassie) helena smith in 1878. tussle over w. j. davies' will