Individual Details
Edmund Sydney WILLIAMS
(28 Jan 1817 - 1 Sep 1891)
Edmund Sydney WILLIAMS and Catherine Kate GOODBAN had 15 children, 11 of which were stillborn. The dates of birth for the unnamed stillborns were:
1. Boy 09 January 1853
2. Boy 21 March 1856
3. Boy 16 March 1858
4. Boy 15 January 1859
5 & 6. Twin Boys February 1861
7. Girl 29 January 1862
8. Boy 04 June 1863
9. Boy 09 My 1864
10. Boy 19 May 1865
11. Boy 29 July 1866 - Mother died at this birth
Of the four live births, two died within two weeks of birth.
1. Boy 09 January 1853
2. Boy 21 March 1856
3. Boy 16 March 1858
4. Boy 15 January 1859
5 & 6. Twin Boys February 1861
7. Girl 29 January 1862
8. Boy 04 June 1863
9. Boy 09 My 1864
10. Boy 19 May 1865
11. Boy 29 July 1866 - Mother died at this birth
Of the four live births, two died within two weeks of birth.
Events
| Birth | 28 Jan 1817 | Beeston, Nottinghamshire, England | |||
| Occupation | Abt 1832 | Apprentice Bookseller - Hamburg, Germany | |||
| Occupation | Aug 1836 | Clerk - London, Middlesex, England |  | ||
| Occupation | 1842 | Publisher - Covent Garden, London, Middlesex, England | | ||
| Marriage | 18 Jul 1849 | St Georges Church, Canterbury, Kent, England - Catherine Kate GOODBAN | |||
| Marriage | 14 Aug 1868 | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England - Nora Selina DOBELL | |||
| Death | 1 Sep 1891 | Bromley, London, Middlesex, England | |||
| Known as | Sydney | ||||
| Religion | Radical or Heretic | |
Families
| Spouse | Catherine Kate GOODBAN (1828 - 1866) |
| Child | Fanny Field WILLIAMS (1851 - ) |
| Child | Algernon Sydney WILLIAMS (1852 - 1852) |
| Child | Stillborn (3) Boy WILLIAMS (1853 - 1853) |
| Child | Gertrude Julia WILLIAMS (1854 - ) |
| Child | Herbert Edmund WILLIAMS (1855 - 1855) |
| Child | Stillborn (4) Boy WILLIAMS (1856 - 1856) |
| Child | Stillborn (5) Boy WILLIAMS (1858 - 1858) |
| Child | Stillborn (6) Boy WILLIAMS (1859 - 1859) |
| Child | Stillborn (7) Boy (Twin) WILLIAMS (1861 - 1861) |
| Child | Stillborn (8) Boy (Twin) WILLIAMS (1861 - 1861) |
| Child | Stillborn (9) Girl WILLIAMS (1862 - 1862) |
| Child | Stillborn (10) Boy WILLIAMS (1863 - 1863) |
| Child | Stillborn (11) Boy WILLIAMS (1864 - 1864) |
| Child | Stillborn (12) Boy WILLIAMS (1865 - 1865) |
| Child | Stillborn (13) Boy WILLIAMS (1866 - 1866) |
| Spouse | Nora Selina DOBELL (1841 - 1924) |
| Child | Edmund Sydney (2) WILLIAMS (1869 - 1938) |
| Child | Geoffrey Sydney WILLIAMS (1871 - 1952) |
| Child | Juliet Norah WILLIAMS (1872 - ) |
| Child | Eric Sydney WILLIAMS (1873 - ) |
| Child | Amyas Sydney WILLIAMS (1875 - 1875) |
| Child | Katherine Caroline WILLIAMS (1879 - ) |
| Child | Ursula Anne WILLIAMS (1881 - ) |
| Father | Thomas Sydney WILLIAMS (1786 - 1869) |
| Mother | Caroline Eliza HEATH (1793 - ) |
| Sibling | Caroline Joanna "Cary" WILLIAMS (1815 - 1880) |
| Sibling | John Heath WILLIAMS (1819 - 1899) |
| Sibling | Betsy Field WILLIAMS (1820 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Edward Philip WILLIAMS (1822 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Mary Catherine WILLIAMS (1824 - ) |
| Sibling | Lydia Jemina WILLIAMS (1826 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Emma Adela WILLIAMS (1828 - 1881) |
| Sibling | Henry (3) WILLIAMS (1831 - 1831) |
| Sibling | Fanny Malvina WILLIAMS (1832 - 1833) |
| Sibling | Alfred Heathcote WILLIAMS (1835 - 1874) |
| Sibling | Jessie Carr WILLIAMS (1839 - 1911) |
Notes
Occupation
Worked for Black & Armstrong, Booksellers, Publishers, and Printers, London.Occupation
Formed a publishing house "Williams and Norgate" of Covent Garden, London, and South Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, in partnership with Frederick Norgate. Specialised in scientific works.Publishers of the Natural Review.
He was acquainted with Charles DICKENS, and had much dealings and correspondence through business with Charles DARWIN, who visited and stayed with Edmund's uncle William WILLIAMS in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.