Born: 31 December 1851.
Place of Birth: 159 Bromsgrove Street, Birmingham.
Died: Birmingham, August 1898.
Parents: Benjamin and Mary Ann Nokes, nee Pinson.
Marriages: Mary Kate Davis, 31 August 1872 at Birmingham Registry Office.
Children: Kate 1874, Thomas 1876, James 1879, Charles 1881, Alfred 1883, Frank 1885 and Samuel 1886.
Occupation: Brass polisher.
Notes: William's son Alfred appears to have migrated to Canada, for he married Agnes Black in the Algoma District of Ontario.