Henry Morgan Williams (1868 - 1945)

Born 13 Nov 1868 in Llanelly, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Gwendoline Williams — married 24 Dec 1889 (to 26 Nov 1941) in Scofield, Emery, Utah, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Jul 1945 at age 76 in Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States

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Biography

Harry was born in 1868 in Wales. He was the son of John Williams and Janet Morgan.

Harry immigrated to the United States around 1878, according to the 1910 census.^[1]

Harry married Gwendoline Williams, daughter of Thomas Reece Williams and Sarah Price. They married on 24 Dec 1889. By 1900, the couple and their children were living in Carbon County, Utah.^[2] The household included:

• Harry Williams Head M 32 Wales
• Gwendeline Williams Wife F 27 Wales
• Annie C. Williams Daughter F 9 Utah
• Jeanette Williams Daughter F 5 Utah
• Myrtle Williams Daughter F 2 Utah
• Jeanette Williams Mother-in-law F 61 South Wales (most likely his mother, not mother-in-law since his wife's mother was named Sarah)
• John Williams Brother-in-law M 20 Utah
• Loreuys Williams Brother-in-law M 18 Utah

By 1910, the family was living in Cleveland, Emery, Utah, where Harry was farming in the summer and working for the coal mines in the winter.^[1] The household included:

• Harry M Williams Head M 41 Wales
• Gwendoline Williams Wife F 39 Wales
• Janet Williams Daughter F 14 Utah
• Myrtle Williams Daughter F 12 Utah
• Mary E Williams Daughter F 9 Utah
• Gwendoline Williams Daughter F 6 Utah
• Gladys Vilate Williams Daughter F 1 Utah

According to family history, Harry was literate and a scholar, as well as a singer with a deep bass voice. He enjoyed reading to others and acting out the characters. He also played the harmonica and Jews harp. Harry staged plays in the Cleveland Ward, and sang in the Cleveland Ward Choir as well as Emery Stake Choir, and at many funerals.^[3]

The family was still living in Cleveland, Emery, Utah in 1920.^[4] Two more children had been born since the previous census:

• Harry M Williams Head M 51 Wales
• Gwen Williams Wife F 46 Wales
• Gwendoline Williams Daughter F 16 Utah
• Gladys V Williams Daughter F 11 Utah
• Harvey W Williams Son M 7 Utah
• Frances I Williams Daughter F 4 Utah

By 1930, the the couple had only 2 children still at home, Harvey and Frances, and a granddaughter, Elverdis Williams.^[5]

Harry had numerous mining accidents including one in which his heart stopped and others in which his face was cut wide open. His great faith pulled him through each incident. Harry held numerous offices within the Church of Latter Day Saints, including "ordained teacher, Elder, Seventy and High Priest." He was a very modest man who believed in the thirteenth Article of Faith which stated: "We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and doing good to all men."^[3]

By 1940, only Harvey remained with his parents, but a new daughter-in-law, Elmurtis Eden, had joined the household.^[6]

After his wife died in 1941, Harry was bereft and lonely. He wasn't content anywhere, and walked many miles.^[3]

Harry passed away in 1945 in Utah from yellow jaundice. His parents were named on his death certificate as John R. Williams and Jeanette Morgan.^[7] Burial was in the Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5XS-B18 : accessed 12 January 2019), Harry M Williams, Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 43, sheet 18A, family 333, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1603; FHL microfilm 1,375,616.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRJ-584 : accessed 12 January 2019), Harry Williams, Minnie Maud, Price, Sunnyside, Precincts Price town, Carbon, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 86, sheet 13A, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,682.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "John R Williams and His Son Harry Morgan Williams Life History", Compiled and written by Gladys W Bradfield in 1964, taken from family records, old letters, documents and memory. Gladys was the daughter of Harry Williams. Copy of the five page history in possession of Holly Waugh.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8PF-P2T : accessed 12 January 2019), Harry M Williams, Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States; citing ED 68, sheet 1A, line 1, family 1, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1862; FHL microfilm 1,821,862.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH64-WGR : accessed 12 January 2019), Harry Williams, Cleveland, Emery, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 2B, line 62, family 34, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2415; FHL microfilm 2,342,149.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT49-JVH : 14 March 2018), Harry Williams, Cleveland Election Precinct, Emery, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 8-6, sheet 3B, line 67, family 57, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4212.
7. ↑ "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZPN-2D4 : 11 September 2015), Harry Morgan Williams, 1945.
8. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 January 2019), memorial page for Harry Morgan Williams, Sr (13 Nov 1868–27 Jul 1945), Find A Grave: Memorial #15890915, citing Cleveland Cemetery, Cleveland, Emery County, Utah, USA ; Maintained by Nancy K (Wilcock) Atwood (contributor 46514372) .

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