Samuel Williams

Samuel Williams (1855 - 1932) was an Englishman from Bristol, he was the husband of Mary Jane Porter and the widower of Mary Ann Dyer, and the father of Frederick, Florence, Robert, Ellen, William, Rosina, Annie, Albert, Elsie and Doris. He was the son of Giles and Elizabeth and the brother of George, William, Charles, John, Mary, Robert, Henry and Ellen.

History
Williams was born in Bristol in 1855, to Giles Williams and Elizabeth Andrews. He had five older siblings named George, William, Charles, John and Mary and three younger siblings named Robert, Henry and Ellen. He married Mary Ann Dyer in 1878, they went on to have four children, before she died in 1890. He became remarried to Mary Jane Porter in 1891, they went on to have six children, and he adopted her daughter Eleanor.

He was noted as living in Hempton on the 1861 census, along with his parents and siblings. Ten years later, the address changed to Rodney Hall Farm. He was living on New Road in Patchway in 1881, along with his wife Mary and their son Frederick, he was listed as working as a railway labourer. A decade later, he was living on Back Lane in Almondsbury, with his second wife Mary, and children Frederick, Florence, Robert and Ellen, as well as Mary's daughter Eleanor. It is not known when he began work as a platelayer, however, it is more than likely it was before 1891. They remained to live in Back Lane in 1901, along with their children Frederick, Florence, Robert, Eleanor, Ellen, William, Rosina, Annie, Albert, Elsie and Doris. In 1911, Williams and Mary lived with their four children William, Albert, Elsie and Doris. In 1928, they were living at 2 New Road in Patchway, along with Albert. Williams died in 1932.