I'm trying to gather information on my Quinlan/Williams ancestors. My grandmother, Florence Monica Williams was supposedly born May 4, 1911. She used the middle name of Elizabeth because she didn't like Monica. My dad passed away in October and had a box of my grandmother's papers at his home. She had written that she was born in Detroit, MI at Dr. Taylor's house. (I would like to find her birth certificate.) She wrote that her father was Francis J. Williams from Wales and that he had left her mother before she was born. Her mother was Katherine Julian Quinlan, born about 1881 in Michigan. My grandmother mentioned something about her parents being married in Niles, Michigan. (I would like to find her birth certificate and a marriage license.) Katherine's parents were Patrick Quinlan (born Ireland per census) & Susan Meehan (born Montreal, Canada). They had several children besides Katherine - Joseph, Mary Ann, Rachel Bridget & Ellen. I did find Katherine Quinlan in the 1910 census in Part of Vicksburg Village, Brady Township, Kalamazoo County, Michigan with a 7 year old son named Anthony J. (I'm wondering if Francis J. Williams is also Anthony's father.) I found her in the 1920 census as Kathryn Williams living with her children (Anthony & Florence) & her mother Susan Quinlan still in Brady Township. On both censuses she claims she is a widow but my grandmother mentions this in her paper that her mother did that because she was embarrassed her husband had left her. I found her in the 1930 Dallas Township, Clinton County, Michigan census married to a man named Jaspar Wagar. I have no record of her death. I could not find my Quinlans on any of the census prior to 1910. If anyone has any information I would love to hear it and also any suggestions as to how I might locate the birth certificates and marriage license. Thank you! Terri