Hello. Have you tried to get the death certificate or death record for Ella in 1941? By then, they were keeping pretty good records and it might give you her parents' names. It's worth a try. You'd want to contact the County Clerk for Anderson or Madison Co. probably. The library might have copies of those records or at least a listing of when people died in Anderson. Something really good about Madison Co. is that they have an interactive online site where you can see the cemetery listings for most of the cemeteries in the county. That might give you a clue as to when she died and in what area of town. Best of luck ferreting this out... Janni Smith Salés ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 12:12 PM Subject: [WILLIAMS] Ella Williams family > I'm interested in Williams family in Indiana. Some of my Williams family > may > have connections between having been located in Illinois then migrating to > Indiana. > > My Grandmother was Ella Russell Williams. I have never been able to > correctly > identify her parents and consequently where she was born. I believe, > however, > that she was born about 1862 and I know she was married to John Williams > in > 1883 in Tipton, Indiana. > > John deserted his family some time around 1901 and was absent until 1927 > when > he was found, returned home in Elwood, Indiana and died there that same > year. > > Ella and her three children lived in Elwood, Indiana for many years. > Subsequently she moved to Anderson Indiana and was a resident of that city > at > least in > late December 1941. After that date the trail ends for me. > > Carrie Williams, Ella's first child, married Ben Kennedy in March 1901. > They > had one child. Glen Kennedy who passed away in 1948 in Tampa, Fla. Ben > died > early in the marriage and is buried in Elwood. Carrie remarried in 1933 to > a > fellow named Emery Lee (nickname "Curly" ) Matthew's. Carrie passed away > in > 1959 > in Elwood and "Curly" followed in 1969. > > Ella's second child was Cora Edith Williams who was my adopted mother. She > first married a fellow named Omer Robinson in 1912 and they divorced about > 1915. > In 1923 she married my father, Edward Paul Jennings from Tipton, Indiana. > She > died in September 1936 in Troy, Ohio. She is buried in the Fairview > Cemetery > in Tipton, Indiana. > > The third member of Ella's family was a son named Herschel Williams. He > also > lived in Elwood for years but accompanied Ella to Anderson, Indiana. He > passed > away in Middletown, Indiana in July 1962. > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >