Louisa Williams

Rank:Civilian
Died:28/11/1940Age:22
Incident Date:28/11/1940
Incident Address.10 Nelson Street, Failsworth
Died Address:10 Nelson Street, Failsworth
Grave Details:H - N17
Grave Photo:No
Cemetery or Memorial:Oldham (Failsworth) Cemetery
Town Memorial:Not Listed
Extra Information:
CWGC - Daughter of Samuel and Emma Williams. Died
at 10 Nelson Street.

"The Williams family were one of those affected by
the Failsworth bomb in Nelson Street on 28th
November 1940, with mother, father and their
youngest daughter being killed. They lived at
number 10, and the bomb killed many of the
neighbours on their side of the street. Samuel
Williams with his wife Emma and daughter Louisa
were buried on the 6th December in Failsworth
cemetery, imagine the grief of their five
surviving sons and daughters.




"The Williamses were closely associated with the
nearby Ebenezer Baptist Church, where several of
the daughters (none of whom married) were Sunday
School teachers. Living across the same small
street of a dozen terraced houses and surviving
the bomb were the Joynes family, whose son Harold
would later become Pastor of the church. Being
very much God-fearing people one wonders what they
made of their families' contrasting fate.




"The old map shows Nelson Street off Hobson
Street, the second map represents the area now.
Hobson Street runs parallel to Oldham Road (A62)
as it enters Failsworth from Newton Heath (the
boundary line can be seen on Linwood Street on the
modern map). The Baptist Church is marked in the
bottom left corner of the old map. The wider map
shows the location relative to Manchester."

District:
Failsworth (Oldham MBC)
Memorials found on:
C.W.G.C.
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