Giles Williams

Giles Williams (1817 - 1895) was an Englishman from Bristol, he was the husband of Elizabeth Andrews, and the father of George, William, Charles, John, Mary, Samuel, Robert, Henry and Ellen. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah and the brother of Mary, Sarah, William, Elizabeth, Matilda and Louise.

History
Williams was born in Frampton Cotterell in 1817, to Thomas Williams and Sarah Baser. He had four older siblings named Mary, Sarah, William and Elizabeth and two younger sisters named Matilda and Louise. He married Elizabeth Andrews in 1840, and went on to have nine children.

He and Elizabeth lived in Almondsbury, at the home of his mother's and siblings in 1841, their son George also lived at the address. However, in 1851, they lived in Hempton, with their four children. They continued to live at that address for over a decade, before moving to Rodney Hall Farm in Filton, where they lived with all their children. He was reported as working as a agricultural labourer in both censuses. In 1881, they were living at 414 Gloucester Road in Horfield, along with their daughter Ellen and niece Esther Ball. His job was noted as laundry man. The 1891 census would have been Giles's last known report. He and Mary were living at the same address, along with Ellen and their grandchildren Florence and Henry Stephens. Williams died in 1895, and was buried in Holy Trinity & St Edmund's cemetery in Horfield.