William (Will) Prosser

William (Will) Prosser
Birthdate:	circa 1884
Birthplace:	Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
Death:	Bristol, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:	Son of ?? and Emily Prosser Husband of Persis E. Phipps Father of James H. Prosser and Jack Prosser Half brother of W. Mark Simpson; Illo Florence Simpson; Rose M. Simpson; Lily M. Simpson; Private and 1 other
Occupation:	Railway porter/carman

Managed by:	Alan J. White
Last Updated:	November 28, 2014

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Known as Willie or Will.
1884 (approx): born to Emily Prosser in Llangovan, Monmouthshire (father unknown).
1890: age 6 mother married William Simpson in Dingestow, Monmouthshire.
1891: age 7, living at 1, New Houses, Brithwynydd Road, Ystradyfodwyg, Home Penrhys, with mother and William Simpson.
1901 census: age 17, a railway porter, living at 3, Taff Cottages, Llwynypia, Ystradyfodwg, Glamorgan, with parents and their 7 children plus visiting grandmother, Mary Ann Prosser.
1911: married Persis E. Phipps Jan-Mar in Pontypridd
1911 census: age 27, a carman for the Taff Vale Railway Company; a visitor to the home of his uncle Robert Prosser in Leighterton, Gloucestershire; wife Perris (Persis) Prosser also present, married less than one year.
no details found after 1911 - possibly the Will who worked on railways and lived at Tyllwyd Farm in the 1950s.
1912: son James Hopkins Prosser born in Pontypridd
1912: son (assumed) Jack Hopkins born in Pontypridd
Wife's death entry gave his occupation as yard worker (timber yard) in Bristol.
pre-1973: died (presumably in Bristol)

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1884	1884	Birth of William (Will) Prosser Monmouthshire, Wales (United Kingdom)
1912	April 1912	Birth of James H. Prosser Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales (United Kingdom)
1916	July 1916	Birth of Jack Prosser Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales (United Kingdom)
????		Death of William (Will) Prosser Bristol, England (United Kingdom)

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