| Born: | 28th January 1861, Hemingfield, Yorkshire | |
| Father: | George GUEST | |
| Mother: | Ann KENWORTHY | |
| Married: | Emma HEELEY, 12th October 1886, Register Office, Rotherham, Yorkshire | |
| Children: | Rhoda Ann GUEST, born c. 1886 | |
| Frank GUEST, born c. 1888 | ||
| Edith Alice GUEST, born 1890 | ||
| Frances GUEST, born c. 1893 | ||
| Maggie GUEST, born c. 1894 | ||
| Ethel GUEST, born c. 1896 | ||
| George GUEST, born c. 1899 | ||
| William GUEST, born 1901 | ||
| Annis Ann GUEST, born 1903 | ||
| Albert GUEST, born 1905 | ||
| Hilda Marjorie GUEST, born c. 1908 | ||
| Alfred GUEST, born 1911 | ||
| Thomas GUEST, born c. 1914 | ||
William Guest was born in Hemingfield in 1861, the son of George Guest and Ann Kenworthy. By 1881 the family were living in Brampton Bierlow and William was working as a coal miner. In 1886 he married Emma Heeley in Rotherham.
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