Obadiah Williams
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Obadiah Williams was a 19th Century wealthy Irish
merchant of Huguenot
origin. About 1840 he built and resided in the Dartry House, an imposing two-storey mansion in the Dublin suburban area of the same name. In 1891, he was a co-founder of the The Penygraig Industrial Co-Operative Society.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
merchant of Huguenot
Huguenot
The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...
origin. About 1840 he built and resided in the Dartry House, an imposing two-storey mansion in the Dublin suburban area of the same name. In 1891, he was a co-founder of the The Penygraig Industrial Co-Operative Society.