I have a lot of information about my great grandfather. I have his father's name, where he was born, who his sisters were. I know who he married and the names of his children. I have his marriage certificates and his death certificate. The one thing I've never found is any kind of record of his birth or baptism, and therefore I have never found anything that tells me his mother's name. I know his father was called William Campbell Williams or sometimes he was called Campbell William Williams. I know he was married to Julia Williams nee Knox There are several land transaction documents online that name the members of the family including my great grandfather. Not one of them specifically says Julia was his mother although she did leave him property. His name was John Andrew, the same as Julia's brother. He called his first daughter Maria Julia. One of his sisters was called Hannah Maria. I have DNA matches to people in the Knox family. Do you think this is enough evidence to conclude that Julia was his mother or should I keep looking?
The reason this is important to me is that if Julia was his mother, then her family goes back all the way to William the Conqueror. If his mother was Bridie from round the corner, then I'm probably descended from the local washerwoman. I'm not sure if I want the royal ancestors or not. They were pretty awful.
Campbell William Williams and Julia Knox were recorded as getting married in Dublin in 1827.
There are 16 family trees on Ancestry with the so you may like to compare what they have with the info you have.
DNA can validate the lines if you can populate and verify each person with the usual records.
One tree has Hannah Maria b1829 and Julia b1830.
Hello
I am not sure if you have this, nor if it has been spotted already and I hope I have scrolled back to the correct title page to get the Directory Year.
Pettigrew & Oulton's Directory
Published Dublin [believed to be 1838]
Baggot Street. Lower
47 Robert Williams, Surgeon
" Campbell William Williams, Attorney
" H. G. Grady, Solicitor
Two with the surname WILLIAMS at the same address, a relative or coincidence?
If he was a relative, you have another person to go at?
Also attached is unumbered [page 543] (between pages 542 & 544 Religions of Dublin, on the film).
The Directory is recorded as damaged and also appears to be disbound according to the images.
Mark
ADDED:
Reply #12 mentions a George Williams, of that address, it seems?
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=778193.msg6321018#msg6321018
