Sydney
Leonard
Williams
Born in Waikahua, Poverty Bay, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of William Leonard Williams
and Sarah (Wanklyn) Williams
Brother of
Frederick Wanklyn Williams, Emily Jane (Williams) Gray, Margaret Ellen (Williams) Maclean, Edith Mary Williams, Herbert William Williams, Agnes Maria (Williams) Gardiner, Alfred Henry Williams, Francis James Volkner Williams and Arthur Edward (Williams) Turner Williams
Died
at age 23
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Feb 2015
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Biography
Sydney was killed in an accident while a medical student at Edinburgh Universitty.
- Poverty Bay Herald 28th February 1890 page 2.
- In last evening’s issue was recorded the death at Edinburgh of Mr. Sydney Leonard Williams, son of the Ven. Archdeacon Williams. The deceased was a student of Christ’s College, Christchurch. He left New Zealand in February 1886 for the Old Country and entered as a medical student at Edinburgh University where he passed his examinations in due course. Great sympathy will be felt for the family in their sad bereavement.
Sources
- Faith and Farming, the legacy of Henry Williams and William Williams (a 720p family record), copyright Rex Evans, Evagean Publishing 1998. ISBN-1-877194-53-0
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sydney by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sydney:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Sydney by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Sydney:
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~6.25%
Simon Harvey Williams
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Rejected matches › Leonard L. Williamson (1865-)
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