Isabella Williams (née Brough; 1806 – 8 August 1882) was a New Zealand businesswoman.
[1] She established and managed a drapery store in Christchurch, New Zealand, in the late nineteenth century.
The ship arrived on 16 December 1850 and a few days later the Williams decided that John would make the journey over the Port Hills to the new settlement of Christchurch to view their town section alone while Isabella and the children stayed in the immigration barracks in Lyttelton.
[2] The Anglican reverend Edward Puckle opened a subscription fund to raise money for Williams, and the Deans brothers, who were also settlers from Scotland, invited her to stay at their property in Riccarton.
[3] Williams initially sold her husband's baking supplies, such as yeast, to fellow settlers, and then in 1852 opened a drapery business in Colombo Street opposite Market Place (now Victoria Square).