of Pontrhydfendigaid, Cardiganshire, Wales · documented from the public record
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Thomas J. Williams b. 1848
parentsWilliams (a miner, drowned 1852)
Thomas J. Williams⚭ Catherine Williams
childrenLizzie Williams · Everina Williams · Catherine Williams · Lavitta Williams · Thomas J. Williams Jr. · Myrtle Williams · Elmira Williams
Their story
What the record says
Superintendent for the Hudson Coal Company, Palmyra township, Portage County, Ohio.
Brought to America as an infant (~1849).
Worked in the mines from an early age.
Father was a miner who came to America ~1848, lived in Pittsburg, PA, then Youngstown, OH (managed a blast furnace), and drowned crossing the Mahoning river in 1852.
Mother resided in Deerfield.
Married Catherine Williams Nov 22, 1868.
Daughter Elmira died Sept 27, 1885, aged 1 year 8 months.
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