Job Williams of John

WILLIAMS, Job[e]
      Born: circa 1842
      Died: 1930
      Father: John Williams
      Mother: Hannah Maria
      Married: 1866
      Spouse: Bridget Burfitt of Bay du Nord
      Born: 1844
      Died: 11 February 1931
      Father: Benjamin Burfitt of Burin [moved to Bay du Nord]
      Mother: Frances Wagg of Burin
      Children:
           [1] Frances Williams, 1870
           [2] Charles Williams, 01 August 1876, Bay du Nord
           [3] John Benjamin Williams, 13 August 1878, Bay du Nord; died 25 September 1879
           [4] Anna Maria Williams, 16 September 1880, Bay du Nord
           [5] Amelia Williams, 23 June 1883, Pool’s Cove
           [6] Mary Ann Williams, 1868
           [7] Edith Williams, 1874
           [8] Martha Williams, 12 January 1886, Pool’s Cove

WILLIAMS, Frances
      Born: 1870 [age 6- in 1935]
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget Burfitt
      Spouse: James Hancock
      Born: [age 6- in 1935]
      Children:
           [1] Maud Hancock, born circa 1933 [age 2 in 1935]
           [2] Murdock Hancock, circa 1905 [wife Selina Alice, circa 1909; children: Levi, circa 1930; George Robert, circa 1932; William Charles, circa 1934]

WILLIAMS, Charles
      Born: 01 August 1876, Bay du Nord
      Died: 12 December 1927
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget Burfitt
      Married: 11 December 1918
      Spouse: Sarah Jane Vaters of Anderson’s Cove, widow
      Born: circa 1879 [married at 39]
      Children:
           [1] John Robert Vater
           [2] Daisy Maud Williams [born circa 1920, married Cyril Brown]
           [3] Marjorie Williams[ married Carl Welsh]

Note: Charles was 42 when he married widow Sarah Jane Vaters, but he was not listed as a widower, so must have married late. Charles had a harrowing experience when he was shipwrecked, but miraculously survived. It appears that John Robert Vater may have been Sarah Jane’s son from her first marriage; he was listed as age 2- in 1935.

WILLIAMS, Anna Maria
      Born: 16 September 1880, Bay du Nord
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget Burfitt
      Spouse: married Julian Briand from St. Pierre; lived at Gloucester, Massachusetts
      Children:
           [1] Edith Briand; married Henry McCarthy; son Newton McCarthy

WILLIAMS, Amelia
      Born: 23 June 1883, Pool’s Cove
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget
      Married: 01 December 1904, Pool’s Cove
      Spouse: Kish Caines Jr.
      Born: baptized 1872 at Rencontre East
      Father: Kish Caines
      Mother: Ann
      Children:
           [1] Oscar Caines; 1905; died at St. John’s
           [2] Muriel Caines; 1913; died early, buried at Pool’s Cove
           [3] Leslie Caines; 1916

Note: Kish, Amelia and Oscar died at St. John’s in a home or hospital.

WILLIAMS, Mary Ann
      Born: 1868
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget Burfitt
      Spouse: Clarke, from St. Joseph’s [lived at Baine Harbour]
      Children:
           [1] Job Clarke
           [2] Charlie Clarke
           [3] Edward Clarke

WILLIAMS, Edith
      Born: 1874 [married at 19]
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget Burfitt
      Married: 30 November 1893
      Spouse: Levi Jonathan Drakes of Belleoram [listed as being 'of Thomas' on marriage record]
      Born: circa 1867 [married at 26]
      Father: Thomas Drake; born June 1845 at Little Bay West; widower, living with Stanley and Winifred in 1921
      Children:
           [1] Stanley Drakes, born October 1897

WILLIAMS, Martha
      Born: 12 January 1886, Pool’s Cove
      Father: Job Williams
      Mother: Bridget Burfitt
      Married: 10 February 1913, Pool’s Cove
      Spouse: William Miles of Grand Bank
      Born: circa 1888 [married at 23]
      Children:
           [1] Laura Winifred Miles, circa 1917
           [2] Wilfred Joseph Miles, circa 1919
           [3] Howard Miles, circa 1922
           [4] Myrtle May Miles, circa 1927

DRAKES, Stanley
      Born: October 1897
      Father: Levi Jonathan Drakes
      Mother: Edith Williams
      Spouse: Winifred
      Born: circa 1901, Corbin
      Children:
           [1] Levi Drakes, April 1920
           [2] Murdock Dicks Drakes, circa 1923
           [3] Gertrude Drakes, circa 1926
           [4] Edith Linda Drakes, circa 1928
           [5] Allan Drakes, circa 1931

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