Ancestry of Sir
George Williams

Founder of the Y.M.C.A.

George Williams

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • Amos Williams 
  • Mother:
  • Ann Betty Vickery   
  • Birth Date:
  • 11 Oct 1821 
  • Birth Location:
  • Dulverton, Somerset, England 
  • Christening Date:
  • 10 Dec 1821 
  • Christening Location:
  • Dulverton, Somerset, England 
  • Death Date:
  • 6 Nov 1905 
  • Death Location:
  • London, England 
  • Burial Date:
  •  
  • Burial Location:
  • St. Paul's Cathedral, London, England 
  • Notes: 

  • Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA)

• Marriages for George Williams

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  • Spouse:
  • Helen Jane Maunder Hitchcock
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Jun 1853
  • Marriage Location:
  • St. James, Paddington, Westminster, England

• Sources for George Williams

  • ¹ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1908, Including All the Titled Classes, London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent and Co., Ltd. (1908), 1018.
  • ² England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1384-1858, 12 FEB 1841, Will of father Amos Williams.
  • ³ England Census, 1861, Middlesex, Bloomsbury St George, Dist. 05, Image 46 of 53.
  • ⁴ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, Baptism record for George Williams.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/16/2020).
  • ⁶ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, Marriage record for son Frederick George Williams and Blanche Annie Dannit.
  • ⁷ London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938, Marriage record for George Williams and Helen Jane Maunder Hitchcock.
  • ⁸ The New York Times (New York, New York), 07 NOV 1905, p. 9, Obituary for Sir George Williams.
  • ⁹ Wikipedia, "George Williams (YMCA)", (accessed 04/16/2020).