Helen Williams, fifth child and third daughter of John and Betsy Sophia Williams of Chester. She was baptised at St. Oswald's Church, Chester on 13th April 1818 and married at the same church on 9 November 1843 to William Guy Shearing, druggist. They had two daughters; Fanny and Ellen. William Shearing died before 1848. Helen married again on 15 November 1848, in St. Michael's Church, Chester. Her second husband was Theophilus Jones, also a druggist. They had 4 children, George, Theophilus, Walter and Eliza Annie. By 1861, Helen was living in Liverpool where her daughter Eliza Annie was born, at No. 2 Court, Brown Street. She died on 28th January 1895 at 54, South Hill Road, Liverpool, the house where Eliza and her husband David Rogers lived. She was buried at Toxteth Park Cemetery.
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Helen Williams, fifth child and third daughter of John and Betsy Sophia Williams of Chester. She was baptised at St. Oswald's Church, Chester on 13th April 1818 and married at the same church on 9 November 1843 to William Guy Shearing, druggist. They had two daughters; Fanny and Ellen. William Shearing died before 1848. Helen married again on 15 November 1848, in St. Michael's Church, Chester. Her second husband was Theophilus Jones, also a druggist. They had 4 children, George, Theophilus, Walter and Eliza Annie. By 1861, Helen was living in Liverpool where her daughter Eliza Annie was born, at No. 2 Court, Brown Street. She died on 28th January 1895 at 54, South Hill Road, Liverpool, the house where Eliza and her husband David Rogers lived. She was buried at Toxteth Park Cemetery.
1818-1895
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