Background
Williams, Robert Einion was born on March 15, 1856 in Parish of Llanengan, Carnarvonshire, North Wales. Son of Griffith and Jane (Hughes) Williams.
Williams, Robert Einion was born on March 15, 1856 in Parish of Llanengan, Carnarvonshire, North Wales. Son of Griffith and Jane (Hughes) Williams.
Preparatory education Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Institute, Clynog, Wales, 1881-1883. Student W.C.M. Theological Seminary, Bala, N. Wales, 1883-1886.
Began preaching in Australia, 1879. Ordained Welsh Calvinistic Methodist ministry, 1888. Pastor 1st Church Bangor, Pennsylvania, 1886-1889, Statington, Pennsylvania, 1889-1893, Plymouth, Pennsylvania, 1893-1900, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1900-1902, Butte, Montana, 1902-1910, 1st Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1910-1917.
Stated clerk W.C.M.
Member Executive Committee Commision on Evangelism of Federal Council Churches of Christ in America. Naturalized citizen of the United States in 1892. Chaplain Welsh Society of Philadelphia.
Married Winifred J. Williams, December 24, 1890.