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Spouses/Children:
Emma Jane Penpraze
- William John Williams
- Amelia Williams (d.y.)
- Louisa Williams
- Joseph Williams
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John Blight Williams of Ishpeming
- Born: 23 Nov 1854, New Row, Illogan, Cornwall, England 1 3
- Married: 1880, Redruth District, Cornwall 2
- Died: 19 Jul 1907, Ishpeming, Marquette, MI, USA 3
 Research Notes:
In 1871 John Williams, aged 16, born in Illogan Cornwall, carpenter, was with his parents in Robarts Terrace, Illogan.
In 1881 John Williams, aged 21, born in Illogan Cornwall, railway laborer, wife Emma J. Williams, aged 18, born in Illogan, and son William J. Williams (6 mo) of Illogan, were with John's widowed mother at 26 Robartes Terrace, Illogan.
In 1883 it was probably this John Williams, aged 29, born in England, carpenter, who arrived in New York, USA aboard the vessel Alaska. 4
At the time of the 1900 U.S. Federal Census John B. Williams, aged 44, born in England (Oct 1855), iron miner, immigrated 1883, and wife of 20 years Emma J. Williams, aged 36, born in England (Oct 1863), mother of 5 children (3 deceased), immigrated 1889, were living in Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan. With them were children (born in Michigan) Louisa (b. Jun 1892) and Joseph (b. Nov 1895).
Marriage Information:
John married Emma Jane Penpraze, daughter of John Penpraze and Amelia Nicholls, in 1880 in the Redruth district, Cornwall. (Emma Jane Penpraze was born on 9 Oct 1862 in Illogan, Cornwall and died on 12 Jul 1933 in Ishpeming, Marquette, MI, USA.)
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