Children and relationships of William Kingdom Rains
Historical Attribution list the following children as being his progeny
Anna Eve Williams the mother of:
1. Archer Morgan Rains
2. Lissa Martha Rains
3. Melita Katherine Fletcher Rains
4. Nura Dorothea Rains
5. Eva Sophia Rains
6. Conrad Benjamin William Rains
Frances Doubleday as the mother
1. Tudor Maddoc Rains April 1830 Lambston Pembrokeshire Wales
2. Owen Roland Rains 25 March 1831 Simcoe Ontario Canada
3. Walter William Rains 31 July 1832 Simcoe Ontario Canada
4. Edith Doucher Rains 3 Aug 1835 Sutton York Ontario Canada
5. Alicia Gray Rains 5 Nov 1838 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
6. Allen Wilfred Rains 14 Feb 1841 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
7. Arthur Morgan Rains 18 April 1841 Rains Point St Joseph Island Ontario
8. Hoel Doubleday Rains 6 May 1844 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
9. Constance Heating Rains 15 May 1845 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
10. Rupert Raymond Rains 12 Sept 1847 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
11. Linda Rains 11 Oct 1850 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
12. William W Rains 12 Oct 1852 St Joseph IS Algoma District Ontario
13. Alma Maria Rains 4 Mar 1855 Rains Point St Joseph Island Ontario
Tudor Madoc Rains was baptised 27th April 1830 in Lambston Pembrookshire Wales
Elizabeth Doubleday as the mother
1. Agnes Doubleday Rains 25 Mar 1832 Rains Point St Joseph Is Algoma Dist.
2. Evan Ernest Rains 10 June 1838 St Joseph Is Algoma District
3. Ellen Rains 1841
4. Rosee Rains 1848
5. Norman William Rains 8 Nov 1849 St Joseph Is. Algoma District Ontario
6. Xavier Rains 8 Jan 1851 St Joseph Is Algoma District Ontario
1. Children with Anna Eve Williams
1. Lissa Martha Rains 15 Jun 1812
2. Nura Dorothea Rains 1 May 1814
3. Archer Morgan Rains 7 Jan 1815
4. Melita Katherine Fletcher Rains 7 Jul 1817
5. Eva Sophia Rains 11 Apr 1819
6. Conrad Benjamin William Rains Born 1827 in Malta
Of those six children, there is only one who can be confirmed as being born with that name.
Previous research provides that the above Rains children were all born in Malta. There are a lot of Malta records of British Residents born overseas available through genealogy services and births can be checked over the world, providing source documents to verify the births. Perhaps they are still in the records in the National Archives to be digitised, as is the case with some Chinese overseas births, as despite extensive research the source documents have not been found, as yet.
Likewise there is no marriage source record for William Rains and Anna Williams. From the birth of the first daughter, they perhaps married in 1811.
However, there was a notice in the Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware's Whitehaven Advertiser 24 December 1811.
At Mcffina, W.K. Rains, Esq, of the royal artillery, to Ann, second daughter of John Williams, Esq, clerk of the works at Malta, and grand-daughter of the late Lieut-General Archer of the Royal Engineers.
The assumed dates of birth for Nura and Archer, could not be correct. There is less than 9 months between the births and he was in Europe during those years on active service.
It is interesting that all the children carry a name from her family - William, Katherine, Archer, Fletcher, Morgan. however not one person carries the name of William's family. No Stephen, No Ann, which would be expected in established naming patterns, particularly as her own name is Ann.
Tracing his Army records provides a timeline of where he was stationed during the years 1809 - 1819.
The five children were all baptised in Lambston, in Pembrokeshire, on 27th July 1819. That would match the birth date of Eva Sophia Rains.
Why would Ann Eve Williams be living in Lambston in Wales, in 1819? The purpose of the baptism is no doubt to allow them to later marry within the Church of England. The naming of her first son as Archer Morgan Rains, is significant as her brother was named John Archer Williams, and he died at Waterloo.
However there is another son, who was born in 1821, and not included in the previous research.
William and Ann were also the parents of Conrad Bingham William Rains. He was born in 1821, and died 1826, as per the records from the 38th Regiment:
1 Aug Conrad Bingham William Rains son of Brevet Major William Kingdom Rains and Ann Eve, born on 6 March 1821 was buried on 1 August 1826.
After the death of Conrad Bingham William Rains, they had another son Conrad Benjamin William Rains in 1827. The birth of this son Conrad Benjamin William Rains was recorded in the Army returns from 1796 to 1880.
Lissa who died in 1827, may also have died in Malta, as he was back in the 51st Regiment in 1827.
Conrad Bingham William Rains sailed to New Zealand in 1847 on board the John Wickcliffe, in 1847 and was granted land in Otago Province. He married Mary Eliza Blatch in 1860 and they had three sons before he died in 1877.
The boys were William Henry Alfred Rains, Edward Thomas Rains and Arthur Archer Rains.
The question is now, where was he between 1827 and 1847, and who was he living with?
Nura Dorothea Rains married Walter Rose in 1840, he died 1844, and Robert John Turner in 1846.
He was a barrister in Toronto, and his family came from Yarmouth. In census and marriage records with Robert Turner, Nura become Nora.
Melita Katherine Fletcher Rains married Kenneth McKay Sutherland, c 1846 in Toronto. He died prior to 1871 and she died in 1899. Kenneth was from Scotland and they lived in York in Toronto.
Archer Morgan Rains - no information.
Eva Sophia Rains married James Sutherland and she died in 1906. She stated the year of immigration was 1835.
There has to be a logical answer for the lack of records and places where Ann lived.
There are two children whose death records cannot be found, Archer Morgan Rains and Leesa Martha Rains.
Perhaps they died on Malta, and Ann remained there with the children, while William returned to England.
The Family of Ann Eva Williams
Ann Eve Williams was born in 1790, and baptised at Soho in London. She was the daughter of John Williams b 1760 and his wife Katherine Archer. Katherine Archer was the daughter of Lieut General Archer.
John ARCHER
Regimental Service: Colonel 1 January 1783
Brevets & Staff Service: Brevet Colonel 20 November 1782; Major-General 12 October 1793; Lieutenant-General 1 January 1798
Died: Antigua 1807.
1810 John Williams Esq was Secretary to the Commissioners for inquiring into Abuses in the Naval Department.
(There was a John Williams 1730 who married Jane Morgan in London, maybe parents, given the surname Morgan)
At the time of marriage, John was living at Portsea, which was the Navy Barracks. They were married in 1786 at St Mary's Portsea in Hampshire.
They had three children born in England, and two born in Malta.
1. John Archer Williams b 1786 at Portsea d 1812 in Spain at the Seige of Burgos.
2. Katherine Williams b 1787 at Portsea
3. Henry More Williams b 1789 at Portsea in Malta or 1829 Kensal Green
4. Ann Eve Williams b 1790 at London
5. Frances Williams b 1793 at Malta
6. Eliza Louisa Williams b 1795 at Malta d 1874 m Sir Fairfax Moresby Adm Fleet
Both sons joined the military.
1. John Archer Williams became a 2nd Captain in the Royal Engineers in 1807. His father purchased his commission. He trained at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich. He died at Seige of Burgos in 1812. The Royal Engineers loss was heavy at this battle.
WILLIAMS, John Archer 2nd Captain. Royal Engineers. Named on the Regimental Memorial: Rochester Cathedral, Rochester, Kent 2nd Lt 1 Jan 1804. Lt 1 Mar 1805. 2nd Capt 24 Jun 1809. Served in the Peninsula Aug 1808 – Sep 1812. Present at Torres Vedras, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz (severely wounded at the third siege ..
2. Katherine Williams married Henry Fletcher on 22nd April 1810, as per the newspaper notice.
Married On the 22nd ult at Malta, Mr. H. Fletcher, Secretary to the Committee of British Merchants there, to Miss Catherine Williams, granddaughter of the late Major-General Archer, formerly commanding the Royal Engineers at Portsmouth.
3. Henry More Williams joined the Royal Navy in 1812, and became a Lieutenant.
Henry married Patty Hussey at Gosport in Hampshire 1817.
They had several children
1. Katherine Elizabeth Williams 1818 At Gosport
2. Michael Buxton Henry Williams 1823 - 1861
3. Marcia Williams 1826
4. Thomas Lawson Williams 1827 - 1913 At Malta
In following the linage, some interesting points evolve.
3.1 Katherine Elizabeth Williams married Rev Bencer Richardson Browne in 1838, and they lived at Bakewell in Derbyshire. Bencer died prior to 1851.
3.2 Michael Buxton Henry Williams married Frances Raymond Buxton and they had three children. He died in 1861.
Walter Bruxton Williams, Eva Melita Williams and Fanny Emily Maria Williams.
Her father was also rather important in the Royal Navy, his biography -
RICHARD BUXTON was born, in June, 1795, at Redenhall, co. Norfolk.
This officer entered the Navy, 3 Sept. 1808, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the MAJESTIC 74, flagship in the North Sea of Vice-Admiral Thos. Macnamara Russell; removed, as Midshipman, in Jan. 1809, to the LYNX 18, Capt. John Willoughby Marshall; and, until the conclusion of the war, became in succession attached to the ROEBUCK 44, Capt. Richard Curry, QUEBEC 32, Capt. Chas. Sibthorp John Hawtayne, SHELDRAKE 16, Capt. Jas. Gifford, and FORTH 40, Capt. Sir Wm. Bolton, on the Home, West India, and American stations.
During that period he was engaged on various harassing services; took part in several cutting-out expeditions, particularly, under Capt. Hawtayne, in capturing four French gun-boats; acted on many occasions as Prize-Master; was twice cast away, and once taken prisoner; and, in the FORTH, aided at the blockade of New York. He passed his examination 1 Feb. 1815, and from Dec. following until the receipt of his commission, 27 March, 1826, was employed, as Admiralty Mate, chiefly on that arduous service the protection of the Revenue, in the ACTIVE 38, Capt. Philip Carteret, GRECIAN schooner, Lieut.Commander Henry Jewry, the boats of the QUEEN CHARLOTTE 100, Capt. Edm. Boger, SEVERN 40, Capt. Wm. M‘Culloch, QUEEN CHARLOTTE again, Capt. John Baker Hay, BASILISK 4, Lieut.-Commander David John Dickson, SEVERN again, Capt. M‘Culloch, DIAMOND 38, Capt. Lord Napier, PRINCE REGENT 120, Capt. Wm. Henry Webley Parry, and HYPERION 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye.
He continued to serve, as Lieutenant, in the last-mentioned ship until 15 April, 1829; was then transferred to a station in the Coast Guard; and, from 1837 until 1846, was next employed in the Quarantine service at Standgate Creek. He is now on half-pay.
Lieut. Buxton is married, and has issue seven children. AGENTS – Messrs. Goode and Lawrence.
3.4 Thomas Lawson Williams married Henrietta Mc Kittrick in 1853, and had a daughter Ida Augusta Williams. In 1854, he joined the Lodge at Malta, giving his occupation as engineer. He appears to have been in the Merchant Navy, as he is recorded as landing in Australia in 1864 as ship's crew.
5. Frances Williams was born in Malta in 1793, and in 1815 she married Peter Paul Joseph Zohrab.
Peter was born in Persia in c 1780 and was educated in Scotland with his brother. When the Napoleonic wars broke out, he was appointed secret British Minister to Constantinople and sent to Malta in the ship "Isis". He settled in Malta. He had married Elizabeth Hitchens, in London, and then Frances around 1816. He worked from 1830 in Turkey for 8 years .
They had a large family, all born in Malta
1. Peter Henry Thomas Gordon 1817 m Marianne Walker at Bakewell Derbeyshire, and the family emigrated to New Zealand.
2. Edward John Paul Zohrab 1818 m Emily Busby Lohrab Col in 17th Lancers
3. Cecilia Alexander Sophia Zoharb 1821
4. Adela Harriet Louise Carmella Zohrab 1824 m Sir William Holmes British Consul
5. Evalina Ann Marie Zohrab 1825 m James Brant CB Consul at Damascus*
6. Matilda Nura Eliza Thurburn Zohrab 1829 m Capt George Rawstone Gibson to Canada
7. James Ernest Napolean Zohrab 1830
5.4 Adela Zohrab married Sir William Richard Holmes, of the Manor-house, Kilrea, Co. Londonderry, formerly of the Consular Service, which occurred on Thursday, at Yewshurst, Belvedere, Kent. He was the son of the late Mr. William Holmes, of Kilrea, by his marriage with Harriet, daughter of Mr. Richard Brant, and was born in 1822. He entered the Consulate at Erzeroum in 1841. and in 1846 was appointed Vice-Consul at Samsoon, in Asia Minor, and served at Batoum, Monastir, &c.
He was appointed Consul at Bosnia in 1860, acted as British delegate to the European commission for the pacification of Herzegovina in 1861, and retired in July, 1877. He was thereupon knighted by the Queen in recognition of his long services. Sir William Holmes was the author of a work, entitled "Sketches on the shore of the Caspian." He was a magistrate for the county of Londonderry, and married in 1847, Adela Louisa Zohrab, daughter of Mr. P. Zohrab, of Malta. [The Times, obituary, 21 Jan 1882]
*5.5 Evalina Zohrab married James Brant who produced maps and books - "By James Brant Esqr. H.M. Consul at Erzrum 1836. Published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by John Murray Albemarle Street, London 1836." Evanlina and James had a son Commander James Brant in the Royal Navy. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 22 December, 1874. In February, 1887, Brant stranded Firm on the Northumbrian Coast, for which he was severely reprimanded by a Court Martial. Brant was placed on the Retired List on account of age with the rank of Commander on 20 May, 1895
5.6 Matilda Nura Eliza Thurburn Zohrab m Capt Gibson
Obituary: The Ottawa Free Press (Hand dated Date: 17 Jul 1903) By Lorraine Gibson Head SERVED HIS COUNTRY Capt. George Rawstorne Gibson Died on His 79th Birthday. His Career, Death on the 79th anniversary of his birth came today to Captain George Rawstorne Gibson, an old and respected resident of Sandy Hill. He was born in the Madras Presidency on July 17, 1824, and he died early this morning at the family residence, 243 Wilbrod Street.
The late Mr. Gibson during his eventful life had seen service in many quarters of the British domains, and by executive ability and gallantry won mention in dispatches and promotion on several occasions. At the time of his death he held the position of Deputy Assistant Commissary General H.M. forces and was on the retired list. Deceased was the son of Lt. Colonel George Washington Gibson, Royal Madras Artillery, E.I.C.S..
As a boy he was educated at St. Paul's Church Yard, London and later became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford University. He joined the Austrian imperial service as a cadet, served in several engagements and was wounded at the action of Moreno and was mentioned in the despatches. At the outbreak of the Crimean War he volunteered for service and was in the commissariat department until the close. He received a commission and held the Crimean and Turkish medals and clasps. Later he served in the West Indies and twice on the coast of Africa and Canada, putting in the full term of ten years foreign service.
In 1850 the deceased married Matilda Zohrab, daughter of the British consul at Erzurum, Asia Minor, by whom he had two daughters, Mrs. W.A. Gaetz, of Lunenburg, N.S., and Miss Nina Mary Gibson, in the post office department, this city. Later he married Harriet, daughter of the late George Reading, prothonotary, Truro, N.S., by whom he leaves one son, Charles Godfrey Rawstorne Gibson, of the Dominion Coal company's works, at Glace Bay, C.B.
5.7 Zohrab, James Ernest Napoleon (1830-1860)
Herbarium Natural History Museum (BM)
James Ernest Napoleon Zohrab
Western Asia: Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Armenia Europe: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania
Associate(s) Brant, J. (fl. 1839)(brother-in-law)Calvert, Henry Hunter (1816-1882)(co-collector) Lindley, John (1799-1865)(specimens to)
Biography
Son of a merchant, interpreter and refugee Peter Paul John Zohrab (-1852), who became naturalised British in Malta, and Frances (Fanny) Williams (fl. 1816). The Zohrab family had been important and influential in Persian controlled Armenia but escaped from the political assassinations of Aga Muhammad Khan (1742-1797). J.E.N. Zohrab was born on Malta and worked as an interpreter for the British army in the Crimean War (1855); a painting showing him is in the National Army Museum, Chelsea, London. James later became a British consul, best known for his report from Sarajevo in 1860 on treatment of Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Both of his sons also became diplomats and worked in Eastern Europe, the Caribbean, and the Near East or Middle East. Specimens at BM are from collections made H.H. Calvert who was Vice-Consul at Alexandria. They also sent material to J. Lindley. Crocus zohrabi Maw was named in his honour in 1881.
References Jackson, B.D., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew (1901): 71; Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. A-D (1954): 112;
6. Eliza Louisa Williams m Fairfax Moresby
Eliza was born in 1795, and baptised in London in 1807. That indicates that her parents had returned to London, for some time.Admiral of the Fleet Sir Fairfax Moresby GCB (1786 – 21 January 1877) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he took part in the unsuccessful expedition to capture Ferrol in Spain during the French Revolutionary Wars. He later saw action during the blockade of Brest during the Napoleonic Wars before becoming commanding officer of a sloop which was sent to the Aegean Sea to defend the population of Malta from pirates; the grateful people presented him with a sword. He then sailed to the Adriatic Sea where he led a naval brigade providing artillery support to the Austrian forces during the siege of Trieste. He went on to be senior naval officer at the Cape of Good Hope and then senior officer at Mauritius, with orders to suppress the slave trade: he concluded the Moresby Treaty with Seyyid Said, the imam of Muscat restricting the scope of local slave trading and conferring on English warships the right of searching and seizing local vessels.
Moresby later became Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station. His main responsibility was to protect British commercial interests in Valparaíso in the face of unrest among the people of Chile. He also took an interest in Pitcairn Islands at this time and planned the emigration of the islanders to Norfolk Island
Born the son of Lieutenant Colonel Fairfax Moresby and Mary Moresby (née Rotton), Moresby joined the Royal Navy in December 1799. He was assigned to the second-rate HMS London as an able seaman but was promoted to midshipman and took part in the unsuccessful expedition to capture Ferrol in Spain in August 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars. He transferred to the first-rate HMS Royal George later that year, to the sixth-rate HMS Alarm in the Channel Squadron in March 1802 and to the fifth-rate HMS Amazon in the Mediterranean Fleet in November 1802.
In HMS Amazon he took part in the pursuit of the French Fleet, under the command of Admiral Pierre-Charles Villeneuve, to the West Indies and back in Summer 1805. He became mate in the third-rate HMS Puissant at Portsmouth in December 1805 and then transferred to the first-rate HMS Hibernia, flagship of the Earl St Vincent, and saw action during the blockade of Brest during the Napoleonic Wars.
Promoted to lieutenant on 10 April 1806, Moresby was appointed to the first-rate HMS Ville de Paris and, after transferring to the third-rate HMS Kent in 1807, took part in the blockade of Rochefort.[3] He subsequently transferred to the third-rate HMS Repulse in the Mediterranean Fleet and later to the third-rate HMS Sultan. He was then made acting commanding officer first of the sloop HMS Eclair and then of the sloop HMS Acorn observing French and Venetian ships in the Adriatic Sea in Spring 1811.
Promoted to commander on 18 April 1811, he became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Wizard and was sent to the Aegean Sea to defend the population of Malta from pirates; the grateful people presented him with a sword. He then returned to the Adriatic Sea where he led a naval brigade providing artillery support to the Austrian forces during the siege of Trieste in October 1813.
He was appointed a Knight of the Austrian Military Order of Maria Theresa on 23 May 1814 and, having been promoted to captain on 7 June 1814, was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath on 4 June 1815.
Moresby became commanding officer of the sixth-rate HMS Menai in April 1819 and went on to be senior naval officer at the Cape of Good Hope early in 1820 and then senior officer at Mauritius in 1821, with orders to suppress the slave trade: he concluded the Moresby Treaty with Seyyid Said, the imam of Muscat in September 1822 restricting the scope of local slave trading and conferring on English warships the right of searching and seizing local vessels. In one action he boarded the schooner Camilla and freed 140 slaves. Moresby became commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Pembroke in the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1837 and commanding officer of the third-rate HMS Canopus in the Channel Squadron in March 1845.
Promoted to rear admiral 20 December 1849, Moresby became Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Station, with his flag in the fourth-rate HMS Portland in August 1850. His main responsibility was to protect British commercial interests in Valparaíso in the face of unrest among the people of Chile. He also took an interest in Pitcairn Islands at this time and planned the emigration of the islanders to Norfolk Island which took place in 1856. Moreover, he proposed the establishment of the Esquimalt Naval Base on the West Coast of Canada, a recommendation which was taken up by the Admiralty in 1860.
Moresby was advanced to Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath on 5 July 1855, promoted to vice-admiral on 12 November 1856 and promoted to full admiral on 12 April 1862. He was advanced again to Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath on 28 March 1865 and appointed Rear-Admiral of the United Kingdom on 20 April 1867 and then Vice-Admiral of the United Kingdom on 17 July 1869. He was promoted to Admiral of the Fleet on 21 January 1870.
Moresby died at his home near Exmouth in Devon on 21 January 1877 and was buried at St Margaret and St Andrew's Church, Littleham. After his death Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea and Fairfax Harbour on which it stands were named after him, as was Moresby Island in British Columbia.
In August 1814, Moresby married Eliza Louisa, daughter of John Williams of Bakewell, Derbyshire: they had two daughters and three sons (including Commander Fairfax Moresby (1826–1858) who died in the wreck of the brig HMS Sappho off the coast of Victoria and Rear Admiral John Moresby who surveyed the coast of New Guinea).
HMS Sappho was a Royal Navy brig that gained public notoriety for causing a diplomatic incident over the slave trade with the United States of America and then went missing off the Australian coast in 1857–58.
Sappho left Portsmouth in March 1856 with a crew of about 140 under the command of Commander Fairfax Moresby, eldest son of Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, to be part of a British squadron patrolling the coast of West Africa to suppress the slave trade.
On 9 May 1857, Sappho seized the American barque Panchita at Porto de Lenha on the Congo river, commanded by Captain Sladden. Lieutenant Ireland and 12 men were transferred to Panchita and she was sailed to New York under arrest, arriving on 9 July. On the following day, the owner – J. P. Weeks – brought suit against the prize crew on the grounds of unlawful seizure, as a result of which they were arrested, and held in bail to $15,000.
Ultimately, the American courts found for the owners, although compensation had not been settled over two years later. The incident was also raised in the United States Congress.
On 10 September Sappho legally intercepted a 150 long tons (150 t) schooner preparing to board slaves, and burned her. On 18 September Sappho legally engaged a much larger slaver, the 1,088-long-ton (1,105 t) full-rigged ship Charles of New Orleans, about 40 mi (64 km) from Loanda, Portuguese West Africa, and drove it ashore – about 380 slaves were rescued but about 150 were drowned. The Royal Navy later awarded prize money to the crew of Sappho for this capture.
Commander Moresby was censured for his handling of the Panchita incident and Sappho was ordered to proceed to the Australian Station. She sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for Sydney on 8 January 1858 but failed to arrive. As she was not expected in Sydney, her non-appearance caused no concern until late in the year. In October 1858, Admiral W Loring in Sydney was informed that Sappho had been seen by the crew of the schooner Yarrow off Cape Bridgewater, Victoria at the western entrance to Bass Strait on 18 February. Extensive searches by a number of vessels including HMS Elk and HMVS Victoria failed to find any trace of the missing vessel.
Late in 1858, rumours began spreading in England that the vessel had been wrecked on "an island off the coast of Australia," that some survivors had been rescued and that Capt. Moresby had gone insane. These rumours did the rounds of the international press for over a year as they were picked up and passed along. There was no truth to any of these rumours.
(Near Cape Otway, presumably wrecked on rocks one of 775 shipwrecks in the same area).
In 1816 Eliza Louisa Moresby was living in Wales, as her daughter Ellen was baptised at Swansea. Ellen married James Charles Prevost, the Naval Superintendent at Malta in 1864.
What an amazing rich history that those in Ann Eve William's family possess. When she married William Kingdom Rains, he followed the family traditions of marrying "well". She was no exception, with impeccable credentials.
When her father died in 1843, he left her £15 in his will. She was named as the wife of William Kingdom Rains, and the money was for her own use.
Her father, at least, had no idea of what was the truth with regard to her marriage to William Kingdom Rains.
Perhaps William Rains met John Williams at the Royal Military Academy where they both studied.
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