William Williams

William John Williams (17th July 1891 - 1956) was the first-born child of Samuel Williams and Mary Porter. He was the older brother of Rosina, Mary, Albert, Elsie and Doris, and the younger half-brother of Frederick, Florence, Robert, Ellen and Eleanor, he was the husband of Emily Watts, and the father of Clifford, Gerald, Herbert, Arthur, Pauline and Basil, as well as the grandfather of Kenneth, Sheila, Michael, Helen, Kelly, Kirstie, Katie and Anthony Williams and Charles, Sharon and Sarah Hart.

Biography

Williams married Emily Watts in Bristol, in 1915, together they had six children.

He worked for the Great Western Railway (GWR), as a Shunter, at Stoke Gifford sidings, where in 1934, he found his son Gerald dead, after he was crushed to death, by wagons, he did not see coming.

He died in Bristol, in 1956.

Previous addresses
4 Fairview Cottage, Stoke Gifford, he lived there along with his wife Emily, and their six children. This house has since been demolished and the road is now called Grange Avenue.