As a first-time user I'm impressed by the speed and helpfulness of the responses. The cleaned-up photo is much appreciated - I have another I'll be sending. I'm still clinging to the possibility they're the same person as the age seems to be right. In the first photograph William is young and full of the joys of life. Later his wife left him and he disappeared obviously suffering a considerable trauma. The later photograph seems to be of an unhappy man with drawn features with a receding hairline. It was once suggested it might be one of the ghoulish Victorian post-mortem photographs, but I don't think so. Pity that facial recognition isn't available.
William was the son of Evan Davies and Mary, née Woolam. I've been looking for Evan's parents, but they're not in St. Martins PR. Evan was a lay preacher and must have been non-conformist. His parents might have been a William and Ann, but I can't be sure.
I'm interested in the names' interests mentioned. My mother-in law's birth name was Isabella Johnston Bee, born Galashiels, 1896. Her mother was Mary Brown, born Walnockhead, Dumfries, the daughter of Thomas Brown and Isabella Johnston.
I also have a connection to Jack Perry, born 1921, Nantwich.
Many thanks to all,
Don Tomkinson
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