He was born in
England,[9] specifically in the district
Chippenham in the county
Wiltshire,[2] to William Henry Williams[4] and Mrs. Haines.[2] During the
1939 Register, he lived at 12 The Vicarage St Mary Street, Chippenham
M.B., Wiltshire, England[10] with Joseph Haines (born 1871), Eva F Williams (born 1903), and William H Williams (born 1883).[11] William H Williams (born 23 July 1883) and Eva Florence Haines (born 13 March 1903) were married on 29 January 1929 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.[12][13][14] Eva Florence Haines (born in Chippenham) was the daughter of Joseph Haines and Florence Ellen Light (born circa 1884).[12][15][16]
On 3 March 1962, John William Joseph Williams (mathematician,[9] age 31) married Ann[3][6] Zerny (nurse,[6] age 23) at Christ Church in
Chorleywood Parish in
Hertfordshire County.[4] They had children named Peter (Carey), Rob (Rick) and Richard (Charlotte), who had children named Rowan, Derek, Emmett, Reed, and Seth.[3]
On 29 September 2012, he died at age 82; on 6 October, he had a Celebration of Life at the Ron Maslin Playhouse, requesting donations in his memory to be given to Kanata Theatre and
Ottawa Heart Institute.[3]
After moving to Canada in 1974, he worked for
Bell-Northern Research Ltd., Ottawa (BNR) and
Northern Telecom (Nortel) until retiring in 1995.[3][6] At BNR, he worked on various software and hardware systems such as the
DMS-100 digital telephone switch, publishing a paper about their software in June 1982.[9] On 10 March 1988, Northern Telecom (retroactively initially Bell-Northern Research[20]) filed a US, and subsequently international, patent for a "Digital Key Telephone System", listing him as an inventor.[21][22][23][1] In 1992, he told Andre Vellino of Nortel Networks that "Design is the art of defining a system to meet a set of constraints".[24]
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1962. Marriage solemnized at Christ Church in the Parish of
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No: 61
When married: March 3rd, 1962
Name and surname: John William Joseph Williams / Ann Zerny
Age: 31 / 23
Condition:
Bachelor /
Spinster
Bank or profession: Mathematician / Staff Nurse
Residence at the time of marriage: 1, Windham Cottage, Wild Hill,
Hatfield / <redacted as per
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Father's name and surname: William Henry Williams (Deceased) / <redacted as per
WP:BLPNAME>
Rank or profession of father: <not specified> / <redacted as per
WP:BLPPRIVACY>
Married in the Parish Church according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church after
Banns by me, John H. G. Gilliet,
Vicar.
This marriage was solemnized between us, } John William Joseph Williams / Ann Zerny } in the presence of us, { <redacted as per
WP:BLPNAME>.
CERTIFIED to be a true copy of an entry in the certified copy of a register of Marriages in the Registration District of
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