Williams Haverfordwest

[CaroleW]

1871 census for Plymouth

Edwin J Anderson 25 gardener b Devonpool
Hannah M   24 b Torquay
William E  2 b Plymouth
Alice M  2 months b Plymouth
RG10 Piece 2115 Folio 4 Page 2;

Marriages June qtr 1868 
 
Edwin John Anderson / Hannah Matilda L Hellyer   Plymouth  5b 439

[ClaireG77]

Blimey! 

Can you tell me how you did that please?

[Orielbenfro]

His father was William B Williams (b 1871 also in Haverfordwest, a railway signalman) & his mother was Alice (b 1871 Plymouth)

William Benjamin Williams was born in 1871 and baptised at Haverfordwest St Thomas in 1872.
There is an 8 year old William in Haverfordwest St Thomas Work House in 1881.
Rgds
Orielbenfro
ORIEL a welsh window on a surname

[CaroleW]

Births March qtr 1871  
 
William Benjamin Williams   Haverfordwest  11a 838

Unfortunately - cannot find an 1871 entry that I would be happy posting so I think you may have to buy a copy of his birth cert with the money you have saved on Victors to get his parents names

I'll send you a pm re: how to search

[ClaireG77]

Thanks Oriel    I'm hoping it wasn't him in the workhouse - especially as he would have been 10 in 1881.  If it was him would he have done so well in life? (becoming a signalman & having a family?) 

Carole- you've been a star! I just seem to get charged every time I search the census even if I'm not sure it's right - and then the record doesn't hold any new information!

[CaroleW]

Here is the full entry found  by Oriel above

WILLIAM BENJAMIN WILLIAMS  Birth:  18 FEB 1871  Christening:  07 NOV 1872   Saint Thomas, Haverfordwest   Father:  JOHN WILLIAMS  Mother:  ANN  

www.familysearch.org

[CaroleW]

Using Oriel's info here he is in 1871 in the town of St Thomas - all b St Thomas except John.  He was b Pembrokeshire but I cannot make out his actual birthplace

I am sending you a pm

John Williams 31 agric labourer
Ann   29
Mary   3
William  1 month
RG10 Piece 5526 Folio 62 Page 4

[CaroleW]

There are too many possible John William's marriages to an Ann in Pembrokeshire around the mid-late 1860's to determine the correct one so you are going to need a copy of William Benjamin's 1871 birth cert if you want to go further back on that side

If I could decipher John's actual birthplace on that 1871 image it may help a little so I am going to post it on the deciphering and recognition board

[ClaireG77]

Brilliant thanks - will get the cert ordered I think!
Will have a look myself in case I recognise anything