Frederick Wanklyn Williams

Frederic Wanklyn Williams was born at the Turanga mission station at Whakato, Poverty Bay, New Zealand, probably on 13 October 1854, the eldest of 10 children of the CMS missionary William Leonard Williams and his wife, Sarah Wanklyn.

Frederic Williams married Elina Mary Brathwaite at Havelock North on 13 September 1883; they had had one son. Elina Williams died on 27 December 1910, and on 8 July 1912 Frederic married Kate Constance Standish at Ashburton. They were to have two sons. Williams died at his home, Te Rawhiti, in Napier on 27 July 1940, survived by Kate Williams and his three sons.

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