May I ask what you show for an estimated birth year for James W.? There is a James W. Williams in the house of what looks to read Isalim Williams and wife Sarah in Buck Prairie, Lawrence Co., MO. James W. is 19 their son and single working on a farm. If you have Ancestry it is 1880 census District 90-Buck Prairie Twsp., Lawrence Co., MO-Image 17. If not try www.familysearch.org and search their free 1880 census database. I can try to help more if I have a bit more to go on with James W. if you know it. Just for the record there is no Jessie in any of the pages previous down as far as page 13, but there is a Samuel Williams on page 13.There is another Williams family on page 12 but she is not there either. That is the family of John, Margaret and daughter Flora Williams. I do not see her up to page 20 which is as high as this part of the census goes. Sharon Dover Romanek Primary e-mail: [email protected] Secondary e-mail: [email protected] Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen, Blancett I hear ethereal whispers, persuasive, soft and still, "Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will ?"----------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 10:46 AM Subject: [WILLIAMS] SW Missouri Williams > > I am going to end the old year and begin the new year looking for a family > for my great-grandmother. I have been posting her information > periodically > for the past ten years, and have made no progress toward my quest. > > Her name is Jessie May Williams, born January 7, 1870. Census records > of > her children state that their mother was born in Missouri. > > In November 1885 she married James Wiley Williams in Mt. Vernon, Lawrence > County, MO. His family lived in Buck Prairie Township - near the Barry > and > Stone County lines. James and Jessie were likely neighbors, and may have > gone > to the same school. Both were underage, which required parental consent. > Consent for her marriage was given by F. M. Williams. > > James and Jessie had two children while in Missouri. Around 1899, the > family migrated to Hunt County, Texas. Two more children, including my > grandmother were born there. The youngest child died in August 1893. > Jessie May > became ill and was taken to Hot Springs, AR for treatment - she died > there in > January 1894 - a couple of weeks following her 24th birthday. > > Jessie May Williams should have appeared in the census of 1870 and 1880. > In > the 1880 census, I have examined everyone with a variant name (Jessie, > Jessey, Jess, May, Mae, J.M.) in every state. I have not found anyone > that has a > parent or sibling with the initials F. M. Williams. F. M. could be a > father, > mother, grandparent, brother, uncle or other guardian. Jessie May could > have been orphaned before 1885. It is also possible the that the name > was > written on the marriage license incorrectly. > > I would like to hear from anyone researching any Williams family in this > tri-county area or anyone who has a family in which the name Jessie (or > any > variation) appears. Thanks in advance. > > Larry > > > > ==== WILLIAMS Mailing List ==== > List web page: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/w/williams.html > Genealogy Links - http://www2.netdoor.com/~cch/GEN-links.htm > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.9/217 - Release Date: 12/30/2005 > >

I am looking for a Charles Edward Williams, and wife, possibly named Hannah, the wife possibly from Ireland according to family info. They lived in Watertown New York Sometime around 1894 (plus or minus). My grandfather was born February 14 1894 in watertown and I know that he lived in Jacksonville Illinois by the time he was a young man because I found his draft card. He worked in a cigar factory at the time, but his lifelong career was as a detail painter. I understand that his father was also in the same line of business. My grandfather did the old gold leaf painting that they used to do in the grand old theaters. He also did detail painting on airplanes during WWI and that is how he escaped military duty. He had two wives, one according to my mother was and older woman of 20 who married him when he was 16 and was quickly anulled by his strong willed mother. The later was to my grandmother who had a love hate relationship with him until the day he died. Anyway. If you have info please let me know. I'm looking for the lost link to the East Coast. We have long wondered about the relatives on the East Coast. Lori Helderman __________________________________ Yahoo! for Good - Make a difference this year. http://brand.yahoo.com/cybergivingweek2005/