Frances Williams 1904-1978 emigrated to the United States with her family in 1914, they settled in Seattle, Washington. She was born in Waunfawr, Gwynedd, North Wales. Her father worked in the slate quarries. She became a successful and well known composer and conducter.Frances was educated at the Cornish School of Music in Seattle, studying with Calvin Brainard Cady and Anna Brant Dall; holding scholarships in piano and in composition. She held a fellowship in composition with Rubin Goldmark and in piano with with James Friskin, at the Juilliard Graduate School. She married Hugh Eric Davies 1905-1984 in 1932, in New York.