He emigrated to the United States and settled in Massachusetts where he was a building contractor.
He married twice.
Children with wife Gertrude Helena (Lena), who said on the 1900 US census that she was the mother of 8, only 1 living -
Beatrice, b. 1892
Clifford, 1895
Hazel Pearl, 1896
Ruth E. 1899
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"Canada, Prince Edward Island Baptism Card Index, 1721-1885," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KCXK-V2V : 8 March 2021), William Albert Williams, 03 Apr 1867; citing p. 52, volume 1, Port Hill , Prince Edward Island, Public Archives, Charlottetown; FHL microfilm 1,487,768.
"Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVN7-9GT : 2 March 2021), William A Williams in household of William Williams, Lot 12, Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing William Williams, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
"Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FH6J-RVW : 10 November 2020), William A. Williams & Lena G Nichols, 5 Nov 1891; citing Marriage, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004277721.
"United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2KB-JS3 : Tue Jul 18 18:50:46 UTC 2023), Entry for William A Williams and Gertrude D Williams, 1910.
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