Notes:

Military Service - copy in my possession
Army Air Corps Service number - 36464226
He served in World War ll as an aircraft mechanic (B-29) South Pacific.

Jack married Waters, Bernice Helen 29 Jun 1946, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan. Bernice (daughter of Waters, William Gordon and Williams, Laura Louisa Winifred) was born 25 Jun 1922, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan; died 18 Apr 2009, Orem, Utah, Utah, USA; was buried 22 May 2009, Michigamme, Marquette, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

1. Williams, David John
2. Williams, Janice Rae
3. Williams, Mary Anne
4. Williams, Patricia Kay

Notes:

History of John Henry Williams as told by his son, Jack David Williams July 9, 1978
John Henry Williams was born in England. His mother died giving birth to him. His father was killed a month later in the mine. He came to the United States when he was 5 years old with a family named Hebbard. They didn't want him to come, but one of the daughters said she wouldn't go unless they brought the baby. His life was difficult from then on. The family moved to Calumet, Michigan. John Henry got the last of the food, clothes, etc. Mr. Hebbard beat him often as he was drunk most of the time. When John Henry was 17 years old, he hit him back, putting him under the table. John Henry packed his things and left. As far as we know, he worked as a sharpshooter during the strike in Calumet.
He worked in Detroit for a while - he was a friend of Henry Ford, who referred to him as a "squirrel" because John Henry would climb up places nobody else would.

John married Hendra, Myrtle 12 Jul 1920, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Myrtle (daughter of Hendra, Richard and Rowe, Mary Emily) was born 26 Jul 1895, Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan; died 25 Jul 1929, Negaunee, Marquette, Michigan; was buried 28 Jul 1929, Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Buried:
I looked (May 2009) for her grave at the Ishpeming Cemetery and it was not in the location that the cemetery record office said it was. They looked up in the original record and found someone had crossed out her name and said, "not here."
I believe she is buried there, but the records are incorrect and so we couldn't find it.
We looked again in July 2013 and found her buried in the same plot with her father, Richard Hendra

Notes:

Sent for a birth certificate - Dec 1862 Penzance Vol. 5c pg. 347. It is the wrong one.

Henry married Martin, Margaret Jane 11 Feb 1884, Helston, Cornwall, England. Margaret (daughter of Martin, George and Hebbard, Margaret) was christened 4 Jun 1860, Rinsey Breage, Cornwall, England; died 23 Jun 1884, Beacon, Camborne, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Richard is 7 years old in the 1871 Census of Gwinear. He is living with his grandmother and mother, who is listed as "deaf and dumb from fever."
Researched 12 July 1983: I have a copy of the ship record when Richard returned to the U.S. after his wife Mary died.
Info: New York Passenger List film #821,503
Ship: S.S. Etruria
Date: 5/7/1898
Intended destination: Ishpeming, joining bro-in-law, J.Rowe and mother and father-in-law.
has $43.00
Age: 34 yrs.
Occupation: Miner
with him are: Arthur, age 5 and Myrtle, age 7. (The ages are actually reversed.)

History of Richard Hendra and Mary Rowe AND Richard Williams and Emily Jane Thomas
as told by Bernice H. Williams 7 May 1978
Richard Williams and Emily Jane Thomas were married in England. They had one son, Harold before Richard came to America. Six years later, Emily followed with Harold. They lived at 634 N. 5th Street, Ishpeming, Michigan. They had 6 more children before Richard died.
Richard Hendra was a boarder at the Williams home. Mary Rowe was the maid. They married and had 2 children, Arthur and Myrtle. Mary got homesick, so Richard brought her back to England along with the 2 children. She died while there. Richard returned with the 2 children.
Then Richard Hendra married Emily Jane Thomas Williams. They had a stillborn boy and Roy Irving Hendra.
The home at 634 N. 5th Street stayed in the family until the summer of 1973 when its only occupant, Stanley Williams died. It was then sold to a family by the name of Niemi.

Richard married Rowe, Mary Emily 18 Oct 1890, Ishpeming, Marquette, Michigan. Mary (daughter of Rowe, John and Skinner, Catherine) was born 12 Dec 1868, Phillack, Cornwall, Eng.; died 17 Mar 1898, Treswithian, Camborne, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Marriage certificate: States her name as Mary.
Death certificate: States her name as Millie.
Both certificates are in Generation 6 Document Binder.
There is a Mary Anne b. 27 Dec 1868 with a father John and mother Elizabeth, address,Roskear; occupation, miner found in the All Saints, Tuckingmill, Camborne parish register.

History of Richard Hendra and Mary Rowe AND Richard Williams and Emily Jane Thomas
as told by Bernice H. Williams 7 May 1978:
Richard Williams and Emily Jane Thomas were married in England. They had one son, Harold before Richard came to America. Six years later, Emily followed with Harold. They lived at 634 N. 5th Street, Ishpeming, Michigan. They had 6 more children before Richard died.
Richard Hendra was a boarder at the Williams home. Mary Rowe was the maid. They married and had 2 children, Arthur and Myrtle. Mary got homesick, so Richard brought her back to England along with the 2 children. She died while there. Richard returned with the 2 children.
Then Richard Hendra married Emily Jane Thomas Williams. They had a stillborn boy and Roy Irving Hendra.
The home at 634 N. 5th Street, Ishpeming, Michigan stayed in the family until the summer of 1973 when its only occupant, Stanley Williams died. It was then sold to a family by the name of Niemi.

After studying the English census, I have determined that the best guess for our Mary is Mary E. with the father John and mother, Catherine in 1871 and Mary E. in 1881 with mother Phillippa. John and Phillippa are in the Ishpeming census in 1900. Mary is listed as being born in Phillack which is in the Redruth district. Therefore, I have determined that the civil registration for Mary Emily in Redruth Dec 1868 Vol. 5c, pg 283 is the correct one.
Received certificate: b. 12 Dec 1868 High Lanes, Phillack - father: John Rowe mother: Catherine Rowe, formerly Skinner

Notes:

1851 Census of St. Erth he is a servant unmd. age 16 in the household of Pau Burrell. Isabella Hebbard is also a servant. Residence: Barton of Gurlyn

Thomas married Hebbard, Charlotte 27 Nov 1858, St. Erth, Penzance, Cornwall, England. Charlotte (daughter of Hebbard, William and Polglaze, Margaret) was christened 24 Jan 1836, St. Breage, Cornwall, England; died Before 1881 census. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Personal search by Janice R. Johanson at the Truro Diocesan Record Office - 25 Jul 1979.

George married Hebbard, Margaret 28 Apr 1837, Breage, Helston, Cornwall, England. Margaret (daughter of Hebbard, William and Polglaze, Margaret) was christened 2 Apr 1820, Rinsey Breage, Helston, Cornwall, England; died Yes, date unknown; was buried 12 Oct 1880, Rinsey Breage, Helston, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

When I searched the actual 1881 Census of Gwinear on the film, it indicates Mary Jane is "deaf and dumb from fever". The identical census, which can be accessed on the internet, omits this information.
1871 Census of Gwinear says she is deaf and dumb from fever

Notes:

I searched the parish registers of St. Erth and Phillack 1830-1864 for children of John and Emily Rowe This John is the only one I found. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~phillack/baptisms/bap1840_1844.htm

I searched the Phillack parish burial register from 1900-1929. No John Rowe
I searched the St. Erth parish burial register from 1900-1920. No John Rowe





I did a search for John in 1871 and could not find him in Cornwall at all. His wife and children are there.




There is not a John or Phillipa Rowe in Ishpeming in 1910.

John married Skinner, Catherine 8 Nov 1859, Redruth, Cornwall, England. Catherine (daughter of Skinner, Samuel and Reed, Mary) was christened 29 Feb 1832, St. Erth, Cornwall, England; died Mar 1872, Redruth, Cornwall, England; was buried 8 Mar 1872, Phillack, Cornwall, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

death register for Redruth, Vol. 5c, pg. 204 Mar 1872, age 39
Burial found in Phillack parish register: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~phillack/burials/Bur1870_1874.htm