Job was an agricultural labourer and gardener of Bredon in Worcestershire.

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Sarah was the daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (née Clarke) Attwood. She married Job Williams at the parish church of St Nicholas in Ashchurch, Tewkesbury, in 1862.

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Henry, known as ‘Harry’, worked as a railway porter before joining the Durham Light Infantry. After serving in the First World War he was employed as a stockman, and later worked at the wireworks of Richard Johnson and Nephew Limited in Ambergate.

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Hannah was the daughter of Francis Harrison Blackham and his wife Ellen (née Briggs).

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After living in Cheltenham, Winifred returned with her family to Ambergate, where she married Harry Knifton.

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Born at Makeney, Derbyshire, Harry was the son of James William Knifton and his wife Sarah Helen (née Russell).

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William ‘Collett’, the son of Esther Collett, a spinster, was baptised on 2nd February 1819 at St Giles’ Church, Bredon. His mother married Job Williams 4 months later and he was known thereafter as William Williams.

William lived with his parents in Hardwick where he was working as an agricultural labourer at the time of the census of 1851 and 1861.

George was baptised on 24th December 1820 at St Giles’ Church, Bredon, but died at the age of 13 weeks. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 9th March.

Charles was baptised on 27th January 1822 at St Giles’ Church, Bredon, but died aged 4 months old. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 16th May.

Henry was baptised on 27th May 1823 at St Giles’ Church, Bredon. He died aged 2 and was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 29th May 1825.

John was baptised on 16th April 1826 at St Giles’ Church, Bredon, but died within 5 months. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 25th August.

Ann was John and Esther’s first daughter, who they had baptised on 21st February 1828. However, Ann died within a month and was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 5th March.

Born at January 1829, Joseph was baptised on 8th February but died at the age of 5 months. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 15th June.

Born at January 1830, David was baptised on 28th February but died at the age of 7 months. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 8th August.

Jane was baptised on 22nd August 1831 but died aged 2 months old. She was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 15th October.

Herbert was baptised on 30th August 1835 but died within a year. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 23rd June 1836 aged 10 months.

Mary was baptised on 8th June 1838 but died at the age of 3 weeks. She was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 26th June.

Walter, the tenth child of John and Esther Williams, was baptised on 21st July 1833. After leaving school, Walter began working as an agricultural labourer.

On 29th August 1870, Walter married a widow Mary Sollis (née Bowles) at St Giles’ Church, Bredon.

By 1881, Walter was employed by the Midland Railway, working at Ashchurch Stores.

On 25th April 1892, Walter went to work at 5:20 a.m. and returned to his cottage at 6:00 p.m. After his tea, Walter went to his allotment, where he spent just over an hour gardening. On his way home, he was within 45 metres of his home when, at around 7:50 p.m., he suffered a stroke. A 12 year old boy who was playing in the road found Walter in a ditch by the roadside with his head on some stones; his head had been cut by the fall. The boy called his mother, who found that Walter was dead.

An inquest into Walter’s death was held three days later at the Cross Keys Inn, where the jury concluded that he had died from natural causes. It was noted that Walter ‘was a very steady man, and although in humble circumstances was much respected’. He was insured by the Prudential Office, and had been a member of the Tewkesbury Blue Club for about 20 years. The foreman of the jury ‘proposed that the jury hand their fees to the widow, which was done.’

The first child of Benjamin Williams and his second wife Emma (née Burford), George was born at the first half of 1898. He died in 1914 aged 16.

The first child of William Albert Williams and his wife Nellie (née Hicks), Benjamin was born in Worcestershire towards the end of 1930 but died within 3 months.

The fourth and last child of William Albert Williams and his wife Nellie (née Hicks), Victor was born in Worcestershire in the Spring of 1938 but died within 6 months.

Herbert was born at Bredon’s Hardwick in July 1876, the sixth child of Job Williams and his wife Sarah (née Attwood). He was baptised at St Giles’ Church on 13th August but died 2 months later. He was buried in the churchyard of St Giles’ Church on 10th October 1876. He was 3 months old.

A twin with his sister Nellie, John Williams was born at Ashchurch, Gloucestershire, towards the end of 1908 but died aged 1.

Benjamin Williams m. (1) 1889 Rebecca Godfrey Tarplee (1864-1892); m. (2) 1897 Emma Burford (1878-1964).