Williams Family Tree

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth	between 1921-12-00 and 1922-03-00	Merthyr Tydfil Registration District		1
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Birth	between 1922-07-15 and 1923-07-14			2
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Emigration	1925-04-18		Arrived at Montreal	3
	Event Note Ceinwen Arscott, Margaret Ann Arscott and Sarah Arscott left Liverpool on board the SS Montcalm on 18 April 1925, and arrived at "Quebec and montreal" 26 April 1925. They travelled 3rd class. They were planning to meet Ceinwen's husband at "The Mines, Anyox, British Columbia". {Actually it says Anyoz.] Their UK contact was Ceinwen's sister, Mrs. Evans, 42, Ovatmorlais [which means Pontmorlais], Merthyr. Ceinwen was carrying £20. They planned to reside permanantly in Canada.			3
Immigration	1928-07-14		Arrived from Montreal	2
	Event Note Name: Ceinwen Arscott Birth Date: abt 1899 Age: 29 Port of Departure: Montrã©AL, Quã©Bec, Canada Arrival Date: 14 Jul 1928 Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England Ports of Voyage: Belfast, Greenock Ship Name: Andania Search Ship Database: View the 'Andania' in the 'Passenger Ships and Images' database Shipping Line: Cunard Line Official Number: 145934 Ceinwen was listed as "not accompanied by husband or wife". She was with Margaret Arscott, aged 9, and Sarah Arscott, aged 5. They were headed for (perhaps) Camarthen Stores, 42, Pontmorelais [sic], Merthyr. They listed their future permanent residence as "other parts of the British Empire", perhaps back to Canada. Ceinwen listed herself as "Housewife" and British, along with her children. They travelled in "class T/T/C", whatever that was. Aha! On an unrelated passenger list, I see someone listed as travelling "Tourist Third Cabin". Here's a forum post: "Olympic had 'tourist third cabin' introduced in 1925, to cater for the finest third class or less attractive second class accommodation; travellers paid more than a standard third class fare and a little less than a second class fare. From what I remember, it wasn't really a bona fide separate class, just a different set of rates. " Both the Canadian emigration records for Ceinwen say that Her sister, Myfanwy Evans, lived at 42, Pontmorlais. So Myfanwy was already married by April 1925.			2
Emigration			Missed the boat!	4
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Emigration	1930-05-23		Arrived at Quebec	5
	Event Note Ceinwen, Margaret and Sarah Arscott sailed abord the SS Antonia from Liverpool on 23 May 1930 and arrived Quebec 1 june 1930. They travelled 3rd class. They were planning to meet Ceinwen's husband, Mr James Arscott, at The Mine, Anyox, British Columbia. He paid for the tickets. THeir UK contact was ceinwen's sister, Myfanwy Evans, at 42, Pontmorlais, Merthyr. [Merhtyr]. Ceinwen had $95 on her. They planned to reside permanently in Canada.			5

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Arscott, James [I0290]	between 1895-12-00 and 1896-03-00	1976-05-01
Mother	Williams, Ceinwen [I0289]	1898-12-08	1978-07-06
Sister	Arscott, Margaret Ann [I0292]	between 1916-12-00 and 1917-03-00
	Arscott, Sarah [I0293]	between 1921-12-00 and 1922-03-00

Narrative

Margaret and Sarah Arscott were the daughters of Ceinwen Williams, born in Merthyr Tydfil. They went with their parents to Canada sometime in the 1920s, since there is a record of them returning in 1928. That record says thet they intend to return to Canada.

These are the grandchildren of Thomas Williams, allegedly brother of John Thomas Williams. It's thought that Thomas and John Thomas had a mother called Sarah, and that she had a sister called Margaret. Margaret was rich and was still alive when these children were born. Were they named after great-grandma and her sister?