Hi Liz, I am forwarding a copy of your letter to the Stanislaus County list with my reply as they may be able to help get an obituary and a death certificate transcription. First I looked for Maude Hickman and found none in the California Death Index which is located at rootsweb ( http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi ). So then I tried the mothers maiden name of Hughes and fathers name as Williams and selected Female. The closest I could come up with is: HICKEY MAUD HUGHES Birth: 02/23/1885 Mother: HUGHES Father: WILLIAMS Female Birth: PENNSYLVANIA Death: STANISLAUS Death Date: 08/27/1958 73 years old Here is Ethel's info: SCHMITZ ETHEL D 07/14/1890 HUGHES WILLIAMS F PENNSYLVANIA KERN 02/15/1982 549-10-8749 91yrs William Lloyd Williams death info was there as well. However, I couldn't find anything for William Percy Williams. Perhaps someone here can check the pre 1940 death index for you. Good luck! Wendy "William W. Allen" wrote: > We are looking for Maude (Williams) Hickman. Maude was the daughter > of Wm. Lloyd and Mary (Hughes) WILLIAMS. She was born in PA in Feb., > 1886. and grew up in Madera. When her father died in 1941 (Madera, CA) > his obituary said that she lived in Modesto, CA. Mauda had a sister > Ethel (Williams) Schmitz who may have died in Kern county, Feb,1982. > William Percy Williams (brother/my grandfather) was born in April, > 1884 in PA. We need to locate Wm.Percy so any information on Maude > Hickman living family would be very helpful. Thank you, Elizabeth > (Liz) Allen, Portland, OR