William James (cal 1835 - 1909)

William James^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11}

Male

Father	John James (cal 1800 - 1873)
Mother	Ann John (cal 1806 - 1882)

Family with Margaret Walters (cal 1835 - )

Son	John William James (1861 - 1923)
Daughter	Sarah Ann James (1863 - )
Daughter	Mary Jane James (1866 - )
Son	Alfred James (1868 - 1875)
Daughter	Agnes James (1869 - 1951)
Daughter	Jane James (1872 - )

Events and attributes

Birth
calculated 1835

Llanfair Nant Y Gof, Pembrokeshire, Wales^3,4,6

Census
6 June 1841

Llysydefaid, Llanfair Nant Y Gof, Pembrokeshire, Wales¹⁰

Occupation
30 March 1851

Labourer⁹

Census
30 March 1851

Llysydefaid, Llanfair Nant Y Gof, Pembrokeshire, Wales⁹

Marriage
16 March 1861

To Margaret Walters
The Tabernacle Chapel, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Notes:
Woman's age: 22y
Man's Age: 24y⁷

Occupation
16 March 1861

Carpenter⁷

Residence
16 March 1861

Plymouth Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales⁷

Occupation
7 April 1861

Carpenter⁸

Census
7 April 1861

14 Cross Thomas Street, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales⁸

Occupation
19 January 1870

Carpenter²

Occupation
2 April 1871

Builder⁵

Census
2 April 1871

91, Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales⁵

Occupation
3 April 1881

Builder⁴

Census
3 April 1881

91, Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales⁴

Occupation
5 April 1891

Builder³

Census
5 April 1891

93, Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales³

Occupation
24 December 1893

Builder¹

Occupation
31 March 1901

Undertaker and carpenter⁶

Census
31 March 1901

92, Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales⁶

Will
12 February 1907

Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales

Notes:
William James left:
- all his personal effects to his wife Margaret, and after her death to his daughter Jane.
- his business as a Builder and Undertaker to his wife Margaret and his daughter Jane in equal shares.
- 5 leasehold houses in Bryn Villas Mountain Hare and a leasehold house in Clare Street to his executors, to be sold and the proceeds (after paying all his debts) to go to his wife Margaret.
- All his other properties in trust for his wife and after her death as follows:
- a leasehold property at 10 Rees Street (where his son-in-law Thomas Jones was living at the time of his marriage) to his son John
- a leasehold property in William Street to his daughter Mary
- another leasehold property in William Street to his daughter Agnes
- the leasehold property 91 Twynyrodyn (where the family was living in 1871 and 1881) to his daughter Jane
- the leasehold property at 92 Twynyrodyn (where the family was living in 1901) to his daughter Sarah Ann.
-After the death of his wife, the residue of his estate was left equally to his four daughters.

The witnesses of the will were: John W. Jones solicitor and William Walters Twynyrodyn Schools Merthyr Tydfil Schoolmaster.¹²

Occupation
18 May 1909

Funeral Undertaker^11,13

Death
18 May 1909

92, Twynyrodyn, Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales
Cause: Bronchopneumonia, Cardiac Failure^11,14,13

Burial
24 May 1909

Cefn Coed Cemetery, Cefn Coed, Vaynor, Breconshire, Wales¹³

Probate
29 June 1909

The Principal Registry of the Family Division, London, England

Notes:
The executors were:
David Phillips of the Cloth Hall, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil, draper.
William Walters of the Schoolhouse, Twynyrodyn, Schoolmaster.
Margaret James of 92 Twynyrodyn widow the relic of the deceased.
Jane James of 92 Twynyrodyn spinster daughter of the deceased.^12,14,15

Citations

[S179] Wales, marriage certificate (certified copy) for Thomas Jones and Agnes James, married 24 December 1893; Merthyr Tydfil 11a/978, Glamorgan. General Register Office, Southport
[S186] Wales, birth certificate (certified copy) for Agnes James, born 9 Dec 1869; registered Mar quarter 1870; Merthyr Tydfil district 11a/365, Merthyr Tydfil Lower Sub-district, County of Glamorgan; General Register Office, Southport.
[S190] 1891 census of Wales, Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, William James; digital image, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 9 December 2017); citing Class: RG13; Piece: 4436; Folio: 39; Page: 40
[S240] 1881 census of Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, William James; digital image, Findmypast(http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 29 December 2017); citing Class: RG11; Piece: 5311; Folio: 88; Page: 4
[S241] 1871 census of Wales, Merthyr Tydfil, William James; digital image, Ancestry(http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 29 December 2017); citing Class: RG10; Piece: 5393; Folio: 41; Page: 3
[S323] 1901 census of Wales, Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, William James; digital image, Ancestry(http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 16 January 2018); citing Class: RG13; Piece: 5024; Folio: 136; Page: 15
[S325] Wales, marriage certificate (certified copy) for William James and Margaret Walters, married 16 March 1861 Merthyr Tydfil district in the County of Glamorgan. General Register Office, Southport
[S328] 1861 census of Wales, Glamorgan, Merthyr Tydfil, William James; digital image, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 17 January 2018); citing Class: RG09; Piece: 4054; Folio: 14; Page: 2
[S329] 1851 census of Wales Pembrokeshire Llanfair Nant Y Gof, John James; digital image, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 29 December 2017); citing Class: HO107; Piece: 2480; Folio: 195; Page: 3
[S330] 1841 census of Wales Pembrokeshire Llanfair Nant Y Gof, John James; digital image, Findmypast (http://www.findmypast.co.uk : accessed 29 December 2017); citing Class: HO107; Piece: 1444; Book: 20; Folio: 8; Page: 10
[S345] Wales, death certificate (certified copy) for William James, died 18 May 1909; registered 20 May 1909, Merthyr Tydfil district 11a/714, Merthyr Tydfil Lower Sub-district, County of Merthyr Tydfil C.B., &c; General Register Office, Southport.
[S346] The Principal Registry of His Majesty's High Court of Jutice (London, England). Grant of Probate for the estate of William James dated 29 June 1909 with annexed will (transcript) for William James dated 12 February 1907; temporary digital image provided by "Find a Will," (https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk : 23 January 2018).
[S331] Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. "The Merthyr Express" 22 May 1909 (digital images), Welsh Newspapers Online(https://http://newspapers.library.wales, accessed: 17 January 2018), page 1, column 5, headed Births Marriages and Deaths.
[S324] "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966, 1973-1995", digital images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.co.uk : accessed 16 January 2018), entry for William James died 18 May 1909 in Merthyr Tydfil Wales; citing Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration
[S332] Cardiff, Wales. "Evening Express and Evening Mail" Second Edition July 2 1909 (digital images), Welsh Newspapers Online(http://newspapers.library.wales, accessed: 17 January 2018), page 2, column 5, headed Local Wills.