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Surname Saturday : Timmins (WOR, STS, CHS); Hayes (CHS); Williams (FLN, CHS); Benyon (SAL, CHS)

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I’m concentrating this post on the surnames of my grandparents.  Timmins and Hayes are my paternal side, whilst Williams and Benyon are my maternal side.

My aim (wishfull thinking!) is to find all my living cousins that descend from these lines.  So here goes with a list of my grandparents, their siblings and spouses; hoping that my cousins see this post at some time and get in contact.

Children of Albert TIMMINS and Hannah Jones:
Joseph Timmins (1883 – 1955); married 1907
Mary Jones (1884 – 1957)
Frances Timmins (1885 – 1942); married 1915
Frank Tibbetts (  – 1966)
Albert Charles Timmins (1887 – 1967); married 1910
Ethel Maud Simmonds (1889 – 1975)
William Timmins (1889 –  1971); married 1913
Annie Hayes (1887 – 1958)
My Timmins’ are mainly found in the Dudley and Wolverhampton area’s of the West Midlands (Worcestershire and Staffordshire).  My grandfather moved to Chester (Cheshire) around 1911.
Children of Edward HAYES and Jane Smith:
George Edward Hayes (1879 – 1943); married 1905
Charlotte Fish (1883 – 1959)
William Hayes (1881 –  ); married 1909
Edith Basnett (1883 – 1950)
James Hayes (1884 –  )
Mary Jane Hayes (1886 –  ); married 1907
John William Cobb (  –  )
Annie Hayes (1887 – 1958); married 1913
William Timmins  (1889 – 1971)
Joseph Hayes (1889 – 1950); married 1927
Ada Cox (  –  )
Elizabeth Hayes (1890 – 1890)
Thomas Hayes (1892 – 1917)
Sarah Hayes (1894 –  ); married 1920
Robert Hancock
John Hayes (1896 –  ); married 1923
Alice Goodwin
My Hayes clan are all found in and around the Chester area (Cheshire) from the end of the 18th century.
Children of William WILLIAMS and Mary Ann Thomas:
Emma Williams (1874 –  )
John Henry Williams (1875 – 1925); married 1897
Martha Benyon (1876 – 1954)
Mary Jane Williams (1879 –  ); married 1899
George Tattum (1879 –  )
Isaac Williams (1880 –  )
William Owen Williams (1883 –  ); married 1918
Elizabeth Humphries (1886 –  )
Margaret Ann Williams (1886 –  ); married 1904
William Thomas Smith (1878 –  )
Llewelyn Williams (1889 –  ); married 1912
Ruth Ellen Morgan (1889 –  )
Robert Thomas Williams (1891 –  ); married 1909
Mary Elizabeth Parry (1890 –  )
Alice Ann Williams (1894 –  ); married 1915
James Thomas Henry Blythin (1888 –   )
Sarah Elizabeth Williams (1897 –  ); married 1919
Francis Thomas Hughes (1890 –  )
My Williams’ are centred around the Holywell area of Flintshire.  My grandfather moved his family to Chester (Cheshire) about 1900.
Children of Robert BENYON and Mary Fennah:
Thomas Benyon (1868 –  1936); married 1892
Alice Amelia Povey (1870 – 1952)
John Benyon (1870 –  ); married 1892
Mary Jane Vickers ( – )
William Benyon (1874 –  ); married
Martha Evans (1880 –  )
Martha Benyon (1876 – 1954); married 1897
John Henry Williams (1875 – 1925)
Robert Henry Benyon (1879 – 1934); married 1903
Alice Underhill (1879 – 1937)
George Benyon (1882 – 1884)
Joseph Benyon (1884 – 1916); married 1905
Lorna Grace Harris
Sarah Ann Benyon (1886 – 1947); married 1921
Charles Bent
Mary Benyon (1890 –  ); married 1919
Philip Woollam Baker (1892 –  )

               Florence Benyon (1893 – 1893)

My Benyon ancestors originally came from the Wem and Ruyton-IX-Towns area’s in Shropshire.  My 2xgt grandfather moved his family to Chester via Birmingham in the middle of the 19th century.
I wish that more descendents of my ancestors would use LostCousins it would save me all this Blogging!

Not So – Wordless Wednesday – John Henry Williams 1875 – 1925

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My Maternal Grandfather
John Henry WILLIAMS (aka Jack)
Born Holywell North Wales 25 March 1875

My Grandfather (right) with his eldest son John (also called Jack)

Jack jnr was born 31 Jan 1898 in Leigh Lancashire


In 1900 the family moved to Hoole in Chester
These two photographs were taken during the First World War.  They illustrate the effect that the war had on people.  If you look at the first photo this shows a proud man in his new uniform ready to serve his country.  The second shows a dejected, weary, thin man a couple of years later.

To date I have been unable to find the war records of either my grandfather or uncle, so I don’t know what they did, or where they served?  From their uniforms I surmise that they were in the Royal Artillery – Clarification and help welcomed.

Family remember that JH signed up for the army to keep an eye out for his 16 year old son who had run away to join up.  JH would be about 40.  They both ‘survived’ the war.

My grandfather died in 1925 – aged 50.  On his death certificate it states he died from Tuberculosis.  His wife and children doubted this, they thought he actually died from the results of coming into contact with mustard gas.

Following the war JH had joined the fire service in Sandycroft near Chester.  During his service it is believed he “visited” the munitions factory where mustard gas bombs were being dismantled.