This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Williams, Halliday Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/oRB.2ACI/679.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, My great-grandmother and her mother are very much mysteries to the family. I do not know who Emeline's immediate family really are and can only make educated guesses. She may very well have had a sister or a brother, etc., I am on a fishing expedition at this point. I KNOW this and that is that Emeline Williams was born 1815 and died 1881 from the inscription on her gravestone. She is buried next to her daughter in Riverview Cemetery, Port Ewen, Ulster Co., NY. However, there is no husband buried beside her. She may have been widowed at a young age or not properly married at all. Evidently, she requested to be buried by her daughter. My own mother did not know who she was until I was able to have verified that she was buried next to her daughter in the family burial plot. Someone did some research for me about census, gravestones, etc., and now I know for sure that she was born in New Jersey, but not exactly where. If I find out anything about Caroline Williams, I! will post it. My great-grandmother, Maria Estelle Williams, Emeline's daughter, never spoke about her family, was a fervent Baptist and Christian all her life. I suspect that she may have had a first marriage that turned out badly and women in the late 1800s had to flee such marriages as they had very few rights. Naturally, they tried to cover their trails by not talking about things. Also, although she could easily pass for White, I have a picture of her standing by her "Uncle Halliday", who is sitting in a chair. Frankly, if one uses his/her imagination and pictures him with a feather/feathered headress, instead of European style clothes, the Indian blood is obvious. I may have placed this picture on AncientFaces, but am not sure. Maybe you may see some family resemblance, try: http://www.ancientfaces.com If I did put a picture there it should be under "Williams" family and you should look under her name. Or, perhaps I may have put it under "Smith" since she married Lucius Darling Smith. As you are researching Caroline, look for first names, such as: Oscar and George (Maria Estelle Williams named her two sons these names and since they do not run in her hubby's family I suspect that they run in hers.) Sorry, I could not be more help, but I will check out the areas you mentioned.