Hi Margaret
I assume you have seen the answer which was posted to the group earlier which i have
copied below.
As Betty says there were dozen of Captain John Williams in Amlwch at the end of the 19th
century.
She is correct in saying that "Roose" element of the name suggest that your John
Williams was a decendant of Jonathon Roose who was the main engineer for the rediscovery
of the copper on on the mountain in 1762.
I do not have any census data after 1891 but if we assume your John Williams was aged
about 20 +/-02 on the birth of Hugh I have picked out the following possible families all
living around the port from the 1891 census.
robert williams 55 27 bryn gwynant street
mary williams 52
ann williams 19
john williams 11
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richard williams 38 ships carpenter 81 upper quay street
jane williams 57
john williams 14
richard williams 2
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owen williams 36 carter ednyfed hill
margaret williams 37
john williams 16
grace williams 11
hannah williams 6
Do any of these seem to fit?
Neil
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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.
----- Original Message -----
From: Margaret Pollard
To: neil(a)parysmountain.co.uk
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:23 PM
Subject: Captain John Roose Williams
Hi Neil
Wonder if you can help
Captain John Roose Williams a sailor from Amlwch
Said to have been decorated for his part in saving American sailors in 1917
Had a son called Hugh Williams possibly born c1900
Margaret