Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Williams, Henry H. May 9, 1856 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

HENRY H. WILLIAMS, Mortician. Henry H. Williams arrived in Honolulu with his 
parents when he was only one year old, and since his young manhood has figured 
in the life of the community. During the Hawaiian revolution in 1893 he had an 
active part in safeguarding public life and property. He has been closely 
associated with the development of fraternal organizations in Honolulu.
  Born at Castlemain, Australia, May 9, 1856, Mr. Williams is the son of the 
late C. E. Williams and Harriet A. Williams. The elder Mr. Williams arrived in 
Honolulu the second time in 1857, bringing his family here. He had gone to 
Australia from Boston in 1852 during the gold rush, stopping at Honolulu en 
route. In Hawaii he first worked as a carpenter and cabinetmaker and in 1859 
established himself as an undertaker and furniture dealer.
  Henry H. Williams entered his father’s business after graduating from 
Punahou School. He eventually acquired ownership and disposed of the furniture 
part of the business in 1900. He has followed the undertaking business 
exclusively since.
  During the last years of the Hawaiian monarchy, Mr. Williams was a member of 
the National Guard, and during the Hawaiian Revolution in 1893 he was a member 
of the Citizen’s Guard, serving as a sergeant. He was commissioned in 1888 by 
King Kalakaua to represent Hawaii at the World’s fair in Melbourne, Australia.
  In recent years Mr. Williams has devoted much of his time to traveling in 
all parts of the world. He plans to make a world tour, which will include 
Iceland and Scandinavia in 1925.
  Mr. Williams married Sarah L. Andrew in Honolulu, Feb. 4, 1893. Mrs. 
Williams passed away June 18, 1922, while en route from San Francisco to New 
York. He is a 33rd degree Mason, Rotarian, Shriner, Elk, Odd Fellow and a 
member of the Commercial, Ad and other clubs. In his profession he is a member 
of the National Selected Morticians, California State Board of Morticians and 
the National Funeral Directors of America.


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