I believe that the Roose family were very influential in Amlwch,
Anglesey. I think they came there as engineers on the Parys Mountain
Copper Mine, but stayed and were in all the professions. Many families
had middle names in honor of the Roose group.
If I were you, I would go to
www.amlwchdata.co.uk.
There are trade directories, census material, ship material, etc. It is
an off-shoot of the Parys Mountain site. It is marvelous for information
on Amlwch and surroundings. I think you should look into the index of
St. Eleth's church cemetery on that site. If you find a likely
candidate, I would bet that Neil (webmastr) would give you the complete
entry.
I have a Capt. John Williams, b. abt. 1830 or so. Other than his
daughter Mary Jane Williams I have not been able to trace the rest of his
children. There are an awful lot of Capt. John Williams.
JOHN WILLIAMS was a master mariner whose family lived in Amlwch, ANG, in
the 1861, 1871, & 1881 census reports. John himself died between the 1871
and 1881 census reports, perhaps lost at sea. I don't know his exact age
or place of birth, except somewhere in Wales.
His first wife was MARY JONES and she died shortly after 3 May 1852, the
date of birth of her daughter MARY JANE WILLIAMS (1852-1905Liverpool);
this birth was in 8 Court, Edmund St., Liverpool. By the 1861 census the
family was living in Amlwch, ANG and John had remarried a MARY GRIFFITH
(b.1827-28), and she and John had other children: John G., William,
Thomas R. Williams. It is possible that there was a third wife named Mary
between 1861-1881, but I can't pin this down.
These are the known children of JOHN WILLIAMS:
MARY JANE WILLIAMS - b. 1852 Liverpool; (m. G. M. HUGHES 1874 of Amlwch,
then Liverpool in 1902)
JOHN G.WILLIAMS - b. 1864 Amlwch - became a seaman (?)
WILLIAM WILLIAMS- B. 1865 Amlwch (became a joiner)
THOMAS R. WILLIAMS - b. 1869 Amlwch.
In the 1861 census, they lived at "Watermans Arms", Lower Quay St.,
Amlwch
In the 1871 census, they lived in Chapel St. (no house number), Amlwch
In the 1881 census, they lived at 20 Llaneilian Rd., Amlwch with MARY's
brother EVAN GRIFFITH (age 55, unmarried, sailor, b. Amlwch). John
Williams had died by now, but his son John G. Williams is also not in
that residence, perhaps at sea or married.
There is a Mariners-L mailing list. If I were you, I would join it and
post a message there. Someone may have some books that would help you
locate your Capt. Williams.
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Have you tried looking for this family on the 1881 British census, now
free on-line by the LDS.
www.familysearch.org
Betty Pace
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From: "Margaret Pollard" margaret.pollard(a)ntlworld.com
To: WLS-ANGLESEY-L(a)rootsweb.com
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2002 14:32:50 +0100
Subject: [ANG] williams and Roose
I am searching for details on the following
Captain John Roose Williams
Believed to live in Amlwch possibly decorated by the USA government for
helping to save American sailors in 1917
He had a son Hugh Williams possibly born c1900
Hoping somebody can make a connection
Margaret