Publications
Obituary: Frank Robert Williams, by J. E. Wadey, published November 1956 in Sussex Notes & Queries (vol. XIV nos. 11 & 12, article, pp.214-215) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 8232][Lib 2213] & The Keep [LIB/500216] & S.A.S. library
The Hastings Gaoler's Murder, by Michael J. Burchall, published June 1979 in Sussex Genealogist and Family Historian (vol. 1 no. 1, article, pp.10-17) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 17603] & The Keep [LIB/501187] & CD SXGS from S.F.H.G.
Preview:The story of John Murdock otherwise known as Joseph Williams
A family conundrum, by Gordon Williams, published June 2011 in Sussex Family Historian (vol. 19 no. 6, article, pp.276-278) accessible at: W.S.R.O. [Lib 15860] & The Keep [LIB/508847] & CD SFH40 from S.F.H.G.
Preview:Despite the fact that the distaff side of family ancestors is usually more difficult to run to ground, it is the male side of my family that has given me grief ever since I started this wild goose chase for ancestors more than three decades ago.
Grandfather Henry WILLIAMS is characterized mainly by what we do not know about him prior to his arrival in Canada, probably in late 1902. His date of birth is problematical: according to anecdotal family information, he was born on 4 May 1867, but census records in both England and Canada have him four or five years younger. His place of birth is also unknown, possibly in Sussex, maybe in Brighton; his father's given name is unknown but perhaps was Stephen; his mother's surname may have been YOUNGER, but her given name is unknown. Henry apparently had siblings, but their number and names are unknown. He and his family should be in the 1881 and 1891 English censuses but there are only tempting possibilities among the dozens of individuals with his very common name. Family anecdotes suggest a brother emigrated to the USA, perhaps to Utah, and another to Australia or New Zealand. When I was eight or ten years old he would tell me stories (which I don't remember) about the Downs, Brighton and Croydon, but those locations cover a lot of southern England and their significance, if any, is unknown!
Grandfather Henry WILLIAMS is characterized mainly by what we do not know about him prior to his arrival in Canada, probably in late 1902. His date of birth is problematical: according to anecdotal family information, he was born on 4 May 1867, but census records in both England and Canada have him four or five years younger. His place of birth is also unknown, possibly in Sussex, maybe in Brighton; his father's given name is unknown but perhaps was Stephen; his mother's surname may have been YOUNGER, but her given name is unknown. Henry apparently had siblings, but their number and names are unknown. He and his family should be in the 1881 and 1891 English censuses but there are only tempting possibilities among the dozens of individuals with his very common name. Family anecdotes suggest a brother emigrated to the USA, perhaps to Utah, and another to Australia or New Zealand. When I was eight or ten years old he would tell me stories (which I don't remember) about the Downs, Brighton and Croydon, but those locations cover a lot of southern England and their significance, if any, is unknown!