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His life
Name William King Birth Abt May 1865 Glastonbury, Somerset, England 
[1, 2] - Registered as William Matthews, no mother’s maiden name, before his mother married John King (1867); a King in 1871 (5) and 1881 (15). No baptism found.
Gender Male Census 2 Apr 1871 Glastonbury, Somerset, England [3] Age: 5 
1871 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset (John King) Census 3 Apr 1881 Glastonbury, Somerset, England [4] Age: 15 
1881 Census: Glastonbury, Somerset (John King) Occupation 3 Apr 1881 [4] Shoemaker
Parents’ family
Father John King, b. Bef 15 Aug 1830, Street, Somerset, England d. Abt Sep 1899, Glastonbury, Somerset, England (Age > 69 years)Mother Eliza Matthews, b. Bef 27 Sep 1826, West Horrington, Somerset, England d. Abt Jan 1906, Glastonbury, Somerset, England (Age > 79 years)Marriage 7 Apr 1867 St Benedict’s Church, Glastonbury, Somerset, England [5] 
Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867) Notes - Eliza Matthews’s children before her marriage were baptised as Matthews with no father named: George (Wells, 1850, born in the workhouse), Eliza (I1578), Elizabeth (1862), and John and Joseph (both 1864). John King was head of her household by 1861, so he may be the father of John, Elizabeth and Joseph (marked putative); in 1871 and 1881 they are entered as Kings.
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Event Map 
Birth - Abt May 1865 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England 
Census - Age: 5 - 2 Apr 1871 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England Census - Age: 15 - 3 Apr 1881 - Glastonbury, Somerset, England = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S46] 1871 Census, RG 10/2450, f. 56, p. 13 (Reliability: 2).
- [S7] GRO Index, 1865 Q2, Wells, Vol 5c, pg 652 (Reliability: 2).
MATTHEWS, WILLIAM; - - [S46] 1871 Census, RG 10/2450, f. 56, p. 13 (Reliability: 3).
- [S47] 1881 Census, RG 11/2412, f. 84, p. 21 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1382] Marriage Record: John King and Eliza Matthews (1867), Glastonbury St Benedict marriages 1838-1914, p. 69, no. 138, D\P\Gla.B/2/1/10. (Reliability: 3).
- [S46] 1871 Census, RG 10/2450, f. 56, p. 13 (Reliability: 2).