Hello all! My mother was Nancy Irene WILLIAMS, b. 1928 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co., CA. She died 24 Apr 2000. Nancy was the daughter of I.O. WILLIAMS (that was, to the best of my knowledge, his true first name -- I even asked what it stood for once, and was told "nothing") who married Hazel Amalva WILSON c 1927. I.O. was b. 1903 in Carney, Lincoln Co., Oklahoma, the son of Darius H. and Annie E. [COTTINGHAM] WILLIAMS. He died in May 1962 in Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon. Darius was born in 1856, somewhere in Illinois, the son of George & Matilda [unknown] WILLIAMS (Geo. b. in NY; Matilda b. in Canada). George & Matilda lived in Clinton Twp., DeKalb Co., Illinois in 1860. I.O. WILLIAMS was the youngest of several known siblings, namely: Arthur Deloise WILLIAMS, b. 1881 Buel H. WILLIAMS, b. 1886 Robert Harrison WILLIAMS, b. 1888 Neoma Frances WILLIAMS, b. 1894 Darius A. WILLIAMS, b. 1900 Arlo Frederick WILLIAMS, b. 1901 I.O. 'Ace' WILLIAMS, b. 1903 All were born in Oklahoma. Because there was no census enumeration of the Oklahoma Territory until 1890 (and we all know what happened to THOSE records), I have been at an absolute loss finding any record of this family. I knew some of these people, so it is extremely frustrating not to have access to some sort of hard evidence of their family structure & relationships. I do know that the entire family relocated from Oklahoma to southern California circa 1906 (based on info gleaned from the death certificates of Darius and Annie WILLIAMS), but have been unable to locate their whereabouts in that state in either 1910 or 1920. Darius H. WILLIAMS died in 1931, in Venice, Los Angeles Co., California, but L.A. County was the proverbial "haystack", even in 1910. And Darius & family are a mighty small "needle" :( I am anxious to locate any descendants of this family group, or anyone with knowledge of them. I am also anxious to learn more about Darius' parents, any siblings and other ancestors. Hopefully, someone will recognize a name or two, and be able to jump in and rescue me :-) Can anyone "out there" help me? Thank you in advance! Clarissa Stuart