Thomas Pearson WILLIAMS

Birth:
Chr:
12 Nov 1837
Bedworth, Warwick, England
Death:
1 Aug 1922
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Burial:
5 Aug 1922
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Marriage:
27 Jun 1859
Coventry, Warwick, England
Sources:
1880 U.S. Census - Grantsville, Tooele, UT
1920 U.S. Census - Grantsville, Tooele, UT, Living with son, James
Mormon Overland Pioneer Database - LDS.org/churchhistory/
Ancestral File - Version 4.19
Pedigree Resource File
Ancestry World Tree
New FamilySearch.org, Feb 2010
Death Certificate - Utah State Archives, Thomas Pearson Williams
Grantsville, UT, Cemetery Index - Ancestry.com, parents listed
Notes:
                   OCCUPATION: 
    School Teacher and Bookkeeper

PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN OF UTAH:
    - (Excerpt) Williams, Thomas (son of Thomas Williams, born 1800, and Sarah Pearson, both of Bedworth, Eng.).  He was born Nov. 12, 1837.  Bedworth, Warwickshire, Eng.  Came to Utah Sept. 15, 1861, Ira Eldredge company.  Married Jane Fawson June 27, 1859 (daughter of Abraham Fawson and Ann Hodrienne, latter died May 18, 1864, on the way to Utah)...Married Emma Fairless Brown (daughter of David Brown and Emma Fairless), who was born Nov. 28, 1865, Salford, Yorkshire, Eng... Assistant clerk of Tooele stake; tithing clerk.  Clerk of Grantsville ward 38 years; city and county assessor and collector.

PIONEER:
    Came to Utah in the Ira Eldredge Company, 1861, as specified above.

PARENT CONNECTION:
    Evidence of correct parentage comes from Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, his Utah Death Certificate, and the Grantsville Cemetery Index.
Jane FAWSON
Birth:
4 Jun 1839
Coventry, Warwick, England
Chr:
24 Jun 1839
Coventry, Warwick, England
Death:
21 Jun 1882
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Burial:
25 Jun 1882
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Sources:
Grantsville, UT, Cemetery Index - Ancestry.com, parents listed
Notes:
                   BIRTH:
    Family records give a birthdate of 4 Jun 1839, and a christening of 24 Jun 1839.  Headstone gives birth of 6 Apr 1839.  Further research necessary.

PARENT CONNECTION:
    Evidence of correct parentage comes from her husband's entry in Pioneers and Prominent Men of Utah, and the Grantsville Cemetery Index.
Children
Marriage
1
Priscilla Jane WILLIAMS
Birth:
2 Feb 1861
Coventry, Warwick, England
Death:
10 Aug 1957
St Anthony, Fremont, Idaho
Timothy Henry PARKINSON 
Marr:
3 Mar 1881
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
2
Sarah Ann WILLIAMS
Birth:
6 Feb 1863
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
10 Jun 1919
Oakley, Cassia, Idaho
3
Thomas Ariah WILLIAMS
Birth:
28 Sep 1865
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
2 Jun 1932
Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho
Anna Eliza BELL 
Marr:
14 Oct 1891
Logan, Cache, Utah 
4
George WILLIAMS
Birth:
6 Oct 1867
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
17 Aug 1868
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
 
Marr:
 
5
James WILLIAMS
Birth:
12 Jul 1870
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
8 Jun 1954
Tooele, Tooele, Utah
Merlin Ann RATCLIFFE 
Marr:
12 Oct 1893
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Uta 
Notes:
                   PARENT CONNECTION:
    Evidence of correct parentage comes from his Utah Death Certificate, the Grantsville Cemetery Index, and the 1880 and 1920 US Censuses.
6
Esther Helen WILLIAMS
Birth:
13 Sep 1872
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
26 Oct 1927
Twin Falls, Twin Falls, Idaho
Chester RYDAICH 
Marr:
30 Oct 1893
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah 
7
Hannah Louisa WILLIAMS
Birth:
17 Apr 1875
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
27 Sep 1922
Burley, Burley, Cassia, Idaho
Charley JENKINS 
Marr:
26 Sep 1895
Burley, Cassia, Idaho 
8
Amas Henry WILLIAMS
Birth:
Abt 1877
Grantsville, Tooele, Utah
Death:
Abt 1877
 
Marr:
 
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Thomas Pearson Williams - Jane Fawson

Thomas Pearson Williams was christened at Bedworth, Warwick, England 12 Nov 1837. His parents were Thomas Williams and Sarah Pearson.

He married Jane Fawson 27 Jun 1859 at Coventry, Warwick, England . Jane Fawson was born at Coventry, Warwick, England 4 Jun 1839 daughter of Abraham Fawson and Ann Hodriene .

They were the parents of 8 children:
Priscilla Jane Williams born 2 Feb 1861.
Sarah Ann Williams born 6 Feb 1863.
Thomas Ariah Williams born 28 Sep 1865.
George Williams born 6 Oct 1867.
James Williams born 12 Jul 1870.
Esther Helen Williams born 13 Sep 1872.
Hannah Louisa Williams born 17 Apr 1875.
Amas Henry Williams born Abt 1877.

Thomas Pearson Williams died 1 Aug 1922 at Grantsville, Tooele, Utah .

Jane Fawson died 21 Jun 1882 at Grantsville, Tooele, Utah .