1920 US Census of Willow Springs Precinct, Garfield County Nebraska; Enumeration District 127, 19 February 1920, Sheet # 8 A, Lines 26-31, Farm, Dwelling 41, Family 41: WILLIAM E. MATTLEY, Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 years old, Married, Can read/write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Indiana, Mother Born England/English, Speaks English, Farmer, General Farm, Works for Self, Farm Schedule #41; MAY J., Wife, Female, 26 years old, Married, Can read/write, Born Nebraska, Father Born U.S, Mother Born U.S.; VENDA, Daughter, Female, White, 10 years old, Single, Attended School, Can read/write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Nebraska, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English; IVAN, Son, Male, White, 8 years old, Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Nebraska, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English; MERTON, Son, Male, White, 4 4/12 years old, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Nebraska, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English; STANLEY, Son, Male, White, 1 6/12 years old, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Nebraska, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English.
Email received 26 September 2002
Vicky - A friend of mine came across some information that you had worked on in ancestry.com regarding the Mattley family. I am currently working on my husband's side of the family and have not made it to my side yet. I am Elaine Mattley Magner. William Eustice Mattley was my grandfather. He had another son Ivan Gerald Mattley (b 9/25/11, Burwell, NE, d 12/19/71, Albany, OR) in addition to Venda, Merton, Stanley and Lois. I have additional information concerning them if you are interested. I am interested in any other info that you may have on Stella, Nora and Ediths family.
Elaine Mattley Magner [ELMagner@aol.com]Email received 29 September 2002 from Elaine Mattley Magner
"...... My mom and dad divorced about 37 years ago so I have been estranged from most of that side of the family. I am an only child and most of my cousins are much older than I am. My father passed away in 1971 and his siblings have passed one by one after that. ......"
Letter from Auntie Arlene (daughter of Bert and Nora Williams) to Vicky Lou Williams Winfield, dated 13 January 2001.
"............ Mom's borther "Uncle Eustes" raised his family in South Dak.
(Merton, Verda, Stanley, Lois) I think they are all dead & I don't know from what. ..........."The below information might pertain to Lois Mattley child of William Eustice Mattley:
OBITUARY: MATTLEY, LOIS; Ansley Herald; Date: 03/23/1917; Comment: Child
OBTAIN OBIT when in Broken Bow, Nebraska.Email received 29 September 2002 from Elaine Mattley Magner
"...... Lois lived all over - at last count prior to her death - she had been married about 6 times and had 6 kids - 3 of which are still alive either living in the Denver or Rapid City, SD area. ......"
1910 US Census of Ord City, Ward 3, Ord Township, Valley County, Nebraska; Enumerator Milford C. Stacy, Enumeration District 237., Sheet 18A & 18B, 3 May 1910, Lines 47-50 & 51, Haskett Street, Dwelling 394, Family 404: WILLIAMS, Bert; Head, Male, White, 27 yrs, Married 6 yrs, Born Vermont, Father Born U.S., Mother Born U.S., Speaks English, Occupation Laborer, Telephone Co., Worker, Out of work April 15, 1910-NO, Weeks out of work in 1909-0, Able to read & write English, Rented, House ----- 7-2-X-8: WILLIAMS, Nora; Wife, Female, White, 27 yrs, Married 6 yrs, 3 children born, 3 children living, Born Nebraska, Father Born Indiana, Mother Born England, Speaks English, Occupation none, Able to read & write English: WILLIAMS, Walter S.; Son, Male, White, 5 yrs, Single, Born Nebraska, Father born Vermont, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none, Not able to read & write, no school: WILLIAMS, Ila; Daughter, Female, White, 3 yrs, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Vermont, Mother born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none Not able to read & write, no school: WILLIAMS, Glenn; Son, Married, White, 2 yrs, Born Nebraska, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none, Not able to read & write, no school.
1920 US Census - Loup Township, Custer Co., Nebraska, (1920 US Census, Nebraska, Custer Co., District 90, Loup Township; 12th and 13th of January), Sheet 3A, Lines 16-22, LINE 16 - FM; 41; 42; Williams, Bert E.; Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 yrs, Married, Can read/write English, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, Speaks Enlgish, Farmer, Grain Farm, Working on own Accoutn, Farm Schedule 47: Nora O., Wife, Female, White, 34 yrs, Married, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Ohio, Mother Born England, Speaks English: Walter L; Son, Male, White, 14 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Farm Hand, Home Farm, Worker: Ilsla P., Daughter, Female, White, 13 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Glene C., Son, Male, White, 11 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Elma O., Daughter, Female, White, 8 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska: Loren O., Son, Male, White, 6 yrs, Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska.
MY NOTE - Married to at least two women - have no idea which children belong to whom - Thelma was the first wife - and Josephine was possibly the last wife. (I think from looking at pictures and reading the small thank you note after he died - VLWW)
''CARD OF THANKS: We wish to express our sincere thanks and appreciation to the many friends of our beloved husband, father and brother, Lee Williams, for their gifts of food, flowers, and cards and acts of kindness during our recent bereavement; especially to the minister and members of the Alano club for their services. Mrs. Josephine Williams, Jacqueline, Ernie and Leroy Williams; Mrs. Betty Smalldone; Mrs. Nora Brockmoller and his brothers and sisters.
GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In The Heartland The Williams Clan by Virginia Ferguson Hayden
''......Uncle Lee, the oldest of the seven, was what one referred to as the ''black sheep'' of the family. He succumbed to alcohol at an early age and was an alcoholic for as long as I can remember him. Though the results ultimately took his life, he was always a good provider for his various wives and children. He was fun to be with whether drunk or sober, and we looked forward to his infrequent visits. ......''
1910 US Census of Ord City, Ward 3, Ord Township, Valley County, Nebraska; Enumerator Milford C. Stacy, Enumeration District 237., Sheet 18A & 18B, 3 May 1910, Lines 47-50 & 51, Haskett Street, Dwelling 394, Family 404: WILLIAMS, Bert; Head, Male, White, 27 yrs, Married 6 yrs, Born Vermont, Father Born U.S., Mother Born U.S., Speaks English, Occupation Laborer, Telephone Co., Worker, Out of work April 15, 1910-NO, Weeks out of work in 1909-0, Able to read & write English, Rented, House ----- 7-2-X-8: WILLIAMS, Nora; Wife, Female, White, 27 yrs, Married 6 yrs, 3 children born, 3 children living, Born Nebraska, Father Born Indiana, Mother Born England, Speaks English, Occupation none, Able to read & write English: WILLIAMS, Walter S.; Son, Male, White, 5 yrs, Single, Born Nebraska, Father born Vermont, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none, Not able to read & write, no school: WILLIAMS, Ila; Daughter, Female, White, 3 yrs, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Vermont, Mother born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none Not able to read & write, no school: WILLIAMS, Glenn; Son, Married, White, 2 yrs, Born Nebraska, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none, Not able to read & write, no school.
1920 US Census - Loup Township, Custer Co., Nebraska, (1920 US Census, Nebraska, Custer Co., District 90, Loup Township; 12th and 13th of January), Sheet 3A, Lines 16-22, LINE 16 - FM; 41; 42; Williams, Bert E.; Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 yrs, Married, Can read/write English, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, Speaks Enlgish, Farmer, Grain Farm, Working on own Accoutn, Farm Schedule 47: Nora O., Wife, Female, White, 34 yrs, Married, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Ohio, Mother Born England, Speaks English: Walter L; Son, Male, White, 14 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Farm Hand, Home Farm, Worker: Ilsla P., Daughter, Female, White, 13 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Glene C., Son, Male, White, 11 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Elma O., Daughter, Female, White, 8 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska: Loren O., Son, Male, White, 6 yrs, Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska.
Letter from Isla Peal Williams Ferguson dated Jan. 19, 1991 Baker City, Or. to Vicky L. Williams Winfield
''......Did I tell you that one of your cousins (Nellie Arlene) lives quite close? She is Ruby's daughter. Virginia is gone now but when she gets home, we are going to see her. I went to high school with your Aunt Ruby, so it will be good to visit with her daughter. ......''
MY NOTE: Aunt Ruby is the daughter of Alfred Franklin Jones and Nellie Belle Ferguson Jones - sister to my mother. Virginia is her Aunt Isla's oldest daughter. VLWWISLA PEARL FERGUSON - FUNERAL CARD
Leaf after leaf, flower after flower, some in the dawn of day, some in the after hour.
Alive they flourish, and alive they fall --- and the earth that sustained them receives them all.
Isla Peal (Williams) Ferguson's grandsons were her Pallbearers:
Gary Hayden, Michael Hayden, Rick Hayden, Jon Ferguson, Scott Ferguson
Wade Ferguson, Greg Best, Casey Best, Mark Best
Funeral Services from the Pioneer Chapel of Gray's West & Co., Baker City, Oregon
Officiating: Pastors Steve and Linda Toth; First Presbyterian Church; Internment and Concluding Service Mont Hope Cemetery
"If it were possible for me to know the day before I die, I think I would suddenly be aware of the little things that say I am alive. To awaken to the fragrance of morning after a spring rain. To bite into a juicy red apple, to run barefoot in the grass. To hold in my hand a velvet rose and let my fingers caress the petals. To listen to the sound of music, to listen with my eyes closed and not be envious because it is other hands that play and not mine. To walk thru a meadow and listen in silence to the life that surrounds me, while the sun's warmth filters thru the trees and a leaf drifts to the ground. I would look up at the blue sky and shout to the heavens, Dear God, I love life." ------------- ISLA PEARL FERGUSON ---------
Address as of January 2000
Hayden,Buck
207 Terrace, #2
La Grande, OR 97850
Aunt Isla's daughter's (Virginia) husband, siblings to Virginia - Billy, Beverly & Jack---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Virginia Ferguson Hayden is the author of GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In the Heartland The Williams Clan --- this is quoted throughout the Williams family part of the tree. VLWW
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Letter from Virginia Ferguson Hayden dated 6 Jan 1996 207 Terrace #2 La Grande, Or 97850''...... along with a poem our grand-daughter Chelsee wrote the day Mom died. It was so sensative and helped me get thru those awful moments following the death of a loved one. ...... We have a grand son in the Army in England. He'll be home for 3 wks in Febr and we can hardly wait! ''
The following poem was in WILLIAMS FAMILY YEARLY Vol.1, No.1 January 1966 editor and writter Virginia Ferguson Hayden.
FOR MY GREAT ''GRANDMA SQUEEZE''
Written on the day she died, June 24, 1991
By Chelsee Jane HaydenIt was dark!
Will there be others there with me? Are they
new to me or friends from long ago? Will they
know me and will I be welcome?Yes, he said.
And she believed him because it was dark.Will my dog be there? She was always a good
ole' sport, and they always promised she'd be
waiting for me.Yes, he said.
And she believed him because it was dark.Oh, will there be trees...the big kind you
climb on and have secret forts in...the strong
trees that protect mother earth in worst of
storms?Yes, he said.
And she believed him because it was dark.I am so terrified! The dark is frightening,
it is cold, and you are the only one whom I can
trust. Will you be with me always?Yes, he said. I will take care of you from
now until eternity. My home has all you have re-
quested, and much more than you will ever know.
There will be no sickness, hurt or pain any long-
er, but mostly there will be no fear. Take my
hand lamb, and trust in me.She took his hand and he kissed her forehead.
And she believed him becauseIt was light!
--------------------------------------------------------
(MY NOTE - Virginia is the daughter of Isla Williams Ferguson - daughter of Bert and Nora Williams)
GROWIN' UP COUNTRY
Early Years In The Heartland
The Williams Clan
by - Virginia Ferguson Hayden''My story would not be complete without a segment devoted to the Williams. Although many of my childhood memories center around the Fergusons, I do recall the wonderful times spent with Mom's family on the old farm a few miles west of Ansley, Nebraska. The clan consited of Grandad, Grandma and their seven children; Bert Ernest, Nora Oleva (Mattley), Lee, Isla, Glen, Elma, Loren, Dale and Arlene. Aunt Elma's pleasantly rounded body fulfilled the myth that fat people were jolly and loving...for that she was! When she was a teen-ager she came for visits to our house, often bringing Dale and Arlene with her. She would pile in bed with the four of us captivating us with her most wonderful bed-time stories. She loved telling us spooky ones and we'd be so frightened we'd pull the covers over our heads...and then the whole bed began to dance about from her laughter. Her words transported us from the plains of Nebraska into an imaginary world of beauty, adventure and intrigue. It was a world not unlike the one created by Eugene Field in his poem, '' Wynken, Blynken and Nod.''
''Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe.
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.Wynken and Blyken were two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed.''Glen, who we called ''Uncle Red'' because like my Mom and Aunt Arlene was a carrot-top, was a very favorite. He was kind and gentle and loving, always giving warm hugs and kisses and making us feel very special. We didn't see him and Aunt Vivian and their three children, Beverly Ann, RobRoy and Jeannie often, but when we did it was a happy time for all. Uncle Lee, the oldest of the seven, was what one referred to as the ''black sheep'' of the family. He succumbed to alcohol at an early age and was an alcoholic for as long as I can remember him. Though the results ultimately took his life, he was always a good provider for his various wives and children. He was fun to be with whether drunk or sober, and we looked forward to him infrequent visits. I don't remember much of Uncle Loren. He was the youngest of the first five and was a young man working away from home when I was a small child. He married one of the school teachers who boarded with Grandma and by the time they began their family of three daughters I had moved from Nebraska. Mom's youngest brother and sister, Dale and Arlene, came along later in the marriage and were the same age as my brother Billy and me. They seemed more like cousins rather than our aunt and uncle. Most of my memories of the farm include the four of us as we were bosom buddies in those days of our childhood. Bert, my grandad, was a knarly old cuss. He took great delight in teasing us or the animals or the neighors or his wife. We four children however, would devise ways of getting even. Once when we found his chew stashed away in the barn, we carefully wrapped it around a piece of dried chicken manure. We hung around the barn for what seemed like hours until he came in and popped that wad of soggy tobacco in his mouth. It was difficult to keep quiet and control our mirth as he began to chew and swear and spit. Grandad liked to whittle and would sit by the hour in a chair leaned back on the shady side of the house. He made wonderful whistles from willow branches for us. He carved beautiful wooden chains from one long board. It was magical how he could make each link interlock with the adjoining one without a break. He taught us mumbly-peg, a game of skill using a pocket knife. His favorite pastime was listening to the boxing matches broadcast on radio, especially when a championship was at stake. Since most of the time his radio did not pick up the sound waves he'd make a trip into Ansley and sit in front of Shada's Grocery Store sharing a bench with several other old cronies as they listened to the fights on a more powerful radio. Grandad had the ''wanderlust'' as Grandma described his sudden disappearances. He would be gone for several weeks or even months traveling about the country, visiting old haunts, and looking for long-lost relatives. He must have hitch-hiked or caught a freight as he left the car for Grandma's use. To my knowledge he would never call nor write as to his where-abouts and as suddenly as he left he would return to pick up life where he'd left it. Grandma was hard working and provided the steadiest income for the family. She raised chickens and sold the eggs as well as milk and cream from the cows they milked. I remember her pet chicken ''Bobby,'' so named because of her bobed off tail. Either from birth or by accident she lost her tail when she was a chick. I always imagined the sky fell on it. Grandma kept her in a warm box behind the old wood range. When Boby grew into a hen she would scratch at the screen door wanting to come in the house. Much to everyone's amazement she would go to the back room where the crates of eggs were kept and hop up on a crate and deposit her egg there with all the rest...true story! In some of the small towns where they later live Grandma was a telephone operator with the switch board set up in their house. She often went the extra mile especially during World War II when a service man called home. She sent Arlene running to fetch the parents who had no phone to come quickly as a call was waiting from their loved one. She also provided room and board for the school teacher which brought in a little extra money during those frugal times. She had big vegetable gardens and sold the produce as well as churning butter for people who lived in town. She had a sharp tongue and little patience with the antics of the two children who came along late in her life. She was a beautiful spirited lady with black snappy eyes. She loved to go dancing. Looking back at her life one has to admire her for putting up with the likes of Grandad. Grandad's mother, Great Grandma Zarr visited occasionally bringing most of her belongings in an old dilapidated trunk. I don't remember any of her husbands, though I know there were several. It is told that she made her last husband change his name to hers. She feigned deafness but we children didn't beleive it and we dreamed up a way of testing it out. We stood behind her rocking chair and whispered, ''Grandma Zarr's a mean ole witch, Grandma Zarr's a mean ole witch!'' Suddenly her cane came whooshing around missing our heads by mere inches. At least we proved to ourselves she could hear. When she married her second husband she told her sons, Frank who was 12 and Bert who was 8, they had to leave home. They left never to return to live with her again. Frank worked at any job available for food and housing for he and my grandfather. Knowing her, one has to surmise that some of Grandad's orneriness was inherited. I believe Dale also inherited some of the same. He was the ring-leader of us four and could dream up the most interesting things to do, some of which caused us great pain and distress. With his leadership, we were never bored nor lacked for something interesting to do. An example was the time the four of us slept all night on the fold-out couch in the living room. He found a tiny hole in the worn leather back and pulled a small wad of cotton out through the hole. He started tossing it in the air and soon we each had a bit of cotton and the hole grew large enough to stick in our fists to extract handsful of cotton. Oh what fun we had jumping on the bed with a million cotton balls flying through the air like a great Nebraska blizzard! Suddenly the door from the kitchen flew open and there stood Mom and Grandma. To say they were angry does not in any way describe their rage. After a few swats to our backsides we were given bushel baskets and told to pick up every smidgen of that white stuff and then the two women disappeared as they slammed the door behind them. The baskets filled quickly and needed to be emptied so they could be filled again. We opened the front door and dumped them over the porch railing. Needless to say we then had a yard full of cotton to pick up. We worked all day at our task but months later little puffs of cotton could be seen blowing about the yard, caught on thistles and barbed wire fences or floating on the breeze. Another time we decided to hatch some chickens in the six round seed containers on the corn planter. We began by placing a layer of clean straw in the bottom of each and then we selected about 4 eggs for each box. We had fun catching six of the old Rhode Island Red hens. When we put them on the eggs, the hens were a bit large and we'd sorta stuff them in. They squawked with dismay and wiggled out. At last Dale came to the conclusion that if we mashed them in far enough we could close the lids and keep the hens on the nest until the baby chicks hatched. As we knew this would take several weeks we decided to make some peanut butter and banana sandwiches and spend the remainder of the day on our raft at the ole smelly pond in the cow pasture. The hens were soon forgotten as we floated and ate and swatted mesquitoes and shooed the flies from our sandwiches, and threw sticks out into the water for old King to fetch, laughing with glee when he'd shake the smelly green slime from the pond all over us. Several weeks later the terrible rancid smell of rotting flesh floated about the farm. Grandad and Grandma searched in vain for the source, but to no avail. It was only the next spring as Grandad prepared to plant corn that the mystery was solved. Again we were doomed to pain and distress as we all ''fessed up'' as perpetrators of the crime. Many memories crowd my mind and I'm sure that Dale, Arlene and Billy could add their own versions of visits to the farm and the escapades that only four lively and inquisitive children could dream up and endure. Poor as we were, life was full of riches in those years following the Great Depression, a life that lives on in precious memories of a time long ago and far away.''
1 _MDCL Died of skin cancer that developed into other cancers.
1910 US Census of Ord City, Ward 3, Ord Township, Valley County, Nebraska; Enumerator Milford C. Stacy, Enumeration District 237., Sheet 18A & 18B, 3 May 1910, Lines 47-50 & 51, Haskett Street, Dwelling 394, Family 404: WILLIAMS, Bert; Head, Male, White, 27 yrs, Married 6 yrs, Born Vermont, Father Born U.S., Mother Born U.S., Speaks English, Occupation Laborer, Telephone Co., Worker, Out of work April 15, 1910-NO, Weeks out of work in 1909-0, Able to read & write English, Rented, House ----- 7-2-X-8: WILLIAMS, Nora; Wife, Female, White, 27 yrs, Married 6 yrs, 3 children born, 3 children living, Born Nebraska, Father Born Indiana, Mother Born England, Speaks English, Occupation none, Able to read & write English: WILLIAMS, Walter S.; Son, Male, White, 5 yrs, Single, Born Nebraska, Father born Vermont, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none, Not able to read & write, no school: WILLIAMS, Ila; Daughter, Female, White, 3 yrs, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Vermont, Mother born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none Not able to read & write, no school: WILLIAMS, Glenn; Son, Married, White, 2 yrs, Born Nebraska, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Occupation none, Not able to read & write, no school.1920 US Census - Loup Township, Custer Co., Nebraska, (1920 US Census, Nebraska, Custer Co., District 90, Loup Township; 12th and 13th of January), Sheet 3A, Lines 16-22, LINE 16 - FM; 41; 42; Williams, Bert E.; Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 yrs, Married, Can read/write English, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, Speaks Enlgish, Farmer, Grain Farm, Working on own Accoutn, Farm Schedule 47: Nora O., Wife, Female, White, 34 yrs, Married, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Ohio, Mother Born England, Speaks English: Walter L; Son, Male, White, 14 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Farm Hand, Home Farm, Worker: Ilsla P., Daughter, Female, White, 13 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Glene C., Son, Male, White, 11 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Elma O., Daughter, Female, White, 8 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska: Loren O., Son, Male, White, 6 yrs, Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska.
GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In The Heartland The Williams Clan Virginia Ferguson Hayden
''......Glen, who we called ''Uncle Red'' because like my Mom and Aunt Arlene was a carrot-top, was a very favorite. He was kind and gentle and loving, always giving warm hugs and kisses and making us feel very special. We didn't see him and Aunt Vivian and their three children, Beverly Ann, RobRoy and Jeannie often, but when we did it was a happy time for all. ......''Uncle Red and Daddy used to love to tell me horror stories late at night - especially about people being buried alive. Always remember him with a pipe. Vicky L. Williams Winfield
An old address I have is: Mrs. Vivian Williams, Good Samaritan Village, Hastings, Nebraska;
This was given to me by my mother (Laura Eleanor Jones Williams Winfield. VLWW - 9 January 2000
1 _MDCL Diabetes and heart
1920 US Census - Loup Township, Custer Co., Nebraska, (1920 US Census, Nebraska, Custer Co., District 90, Loup Township; 12th and 13th of January), Sheet 3A, Lines 16-22, LINE 16 - FM; 41; 42; Williams, Bert E.; Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 yrs, Married, Can read/write English, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, Speaks Enlgish, Farmer, Grain Farm, Working on own Accoutn, Farm Schedule 47: Nora O., Wife, Female, White, 34 yrs, Married, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Ohio, Mother Born England, Speaks English: Walter L; Son, Male, White, 14 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Farm Hand, Home Farm, Worker: Ilsla P., Daughter, Female, White, 13 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Glene C., Son, Male, White, 11 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Elma O., Daughter, Female, White, 8 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska: Loren O., Son, Male, White, 6 yrs, Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska.1930 US Census of Ansley Township, Custer County, Nebraska; Ennumeration District 5, Enumerator D.O. Thompson; Enumeration Date 24 April 1930, Sheet #4B [image 8], Lines 81-86, Household #93, Family #94: BERT O. WILLIAMS, Head, Own, Radio Set, Lives on a Farm, Male, White, 46 years old, Married at age 21, Can read & write, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, CODE 65, Speaks English, Farm, Farming, Class of Worker - O, Not a Veteran, Farm Schedule 93: NORA O., Wife, Female, White 44 years old, Married at age 19, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born U.S., Mother Born England, CODE 69, 00, 2; Speaks English: LOREN O., Son, Male, White, 16 years old, Single, Attended School, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English: DALE D., Son, Male, White, 4 1/2 years old, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: E. ARLENE, Daughter, Female, White, 2 2/12 years old, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: ELMA O., Daughter, Female, White, 19 years old, Single, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English.
GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In The Heartland The Williams Clan Virginia Ferguson Hayden
''......Aunt Elma's pleasantly rounded body fulfilled the myth that fat people were jolly and loving...for that she was! When she was a teen-ager she came for visits to our house, often bringing Dale and Arlene with her. She would pile in bed with the four of us captivating us with her most wonderful bed-time stories. She loved telling us spooky ones and we'd be so frightened we'd pull the covers over our heads...and then the whole bed began to dance about from her laughter. Her words transported us from the plains of Nebraska into an imaginary world of beauty, adventure and intrigue. It was a world not unlike the one created by Eugene Field in his poem, '' Wynken, Blynken and Nod.''''Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe.
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.Wynken and Blyken were two little eyes,
And Nod is a little head,
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one's trundle-bed.'' ............''
1 _MDCL Diabetic
An old address I have is:
Dick Kaelin
3617 69th
Lubback, Texas 79413----------------------------------------------------------------------
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1 A-K, Ed. 7, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: Jan 15, 2000, Internal Ref. #1.111.7.141145.99]
Individual: Kaelin, Richard
Social Security #: 507-30-9285
Issued in: NebraskaBirth date: Nov 23, 1930
Death date: missing
ZIP Code of last known residence: 79413
Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:Lubbock, Texas
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Letter from Dick Kaelin to Vicky Williams Winfield dated February 27, 1992 ----
Dear Vicky & family - We received your card - it was forwarded from Wichita Falls, Tx. We were sure happy to hear from you. In 1977 we moved back to Luback, TX. When my mother passed away Dec. 7th 1990 I had the opportunity to see your mom (my first grade teacher). She sure looked good. All of my family have moved out. Our oldest dau. Cindy has never married and she teaches school. About 150 miles South of here. We have 12 Grandchildren - and Boy I have fun with them - 5 of them live here in Lubbock and that's JUST GRREAT!! Here is our address -
Dick & Dee Kaelin
3617 - 69th St.
Lubbock, TX
79424
phone 1-806-797-8726
Let's keep in touch - come and see us!! Love Dick--------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 _NAMS
2 PLAC Donald Loren Winfield
1 _MDCL Removal of 2/3 of stomack due to ulcers; Heart Condition.
1920 US Census - Loup Township, Custer Co., Nebraska, (1920 US Census, Nebraska, Custer Co., District 90, Loup Township; 12th and 13th of January), Sheet 3A, Lines 16-22, LINE 16 - FM; 41; 42; Williams, Bert E.; Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 yrs, Married, Can read/write English, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, Speaks Enlgish, Farmer, Grain Farm, Working on own Accoutn, Farm Schedule 47: Nora O., Wife, Female, White, 34 yrs, Married, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Ohio, Mother Born England, Speaks English: Walter L; Son, Male, White, 14 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Farm Hand, Home Farm, Worker: Ilsla P., Daughter, Female, White, 13 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Glene C., Son, Male, White, 11 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Elma O., Daughter, Female, White, 8 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska: Loren O., Son, Male, White, 6 yrs, Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska.1927 - Williams, Loren O. - Diploma, Custer County, Nebraska, Scanned copy, Custer County this certifies that Loran Williams of District No. 205, Custer County, Nebraska, has completed the Course of Study covering the work of eight years in the Common Branches required by law to be taught in the Public Schools of the State, and is therefore entitled to this DIPLOMA. In witness whereof, my signature is hereunto attached. Given at Broken Bow, Nebraska, this 3rd day of June A.D. 1927 Hany E. Weekly - County Superintendent of Schools.
1930 US Census of Ansley Township, Custer County, Nebraska; Ennumeration District 5, Enumerator D.O. Thompson; Enumeration Date 24 April 1930, Sheet #4B [image 8], Lines 81-86, Household #93, Family #94: BERT O. WILLIAMS, Head, Own, Radio Set, Lives on a Farm, Male, White, 46 years old, Married at age 21, Can read & write, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, CODE 65, Speaks English, Farm, Farming, Class of Worker - O, Not a Veteran, Farm Schedule 93: NORA O., Wife, Female, White 44 years old, Married at age 19, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born U.S., Mother Born England, CODE 69, 00, 2; Speaks English: LOREN O., Son, Male, White, 16 years old, Single, Attended School, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English: DALE D., Son, Male, White, 4 1/2 years old, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: E. ARLENE, Daughter, Female, White, 2 2/12 years old, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: ELMA O., Daughter, Female, White, 19 years old, Single, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English.
1940 --- Williams, Loren O. - Statement of Wages and Social Security Tax, copy of Statement, STATEMENT OF WAGES AND SOCIAL SECURITY TAX: Date: Oct. 28, 1940; Employee: Loren O. Williams; No.: 701-03-5401 Social Security Account Number; For the period beginning July 1, 1940 and ending Sept. 30, 1940, the total amount of wages paid to you by the undersigned, and the Social Security Tax imposed, were as follows: Wages $228.60; Social Security Tax $2.28
Employer Wester Mot... C.... ; No. 04590-15-55 ; Employer's Identification Number 28.Loren graduated from Ansley HS, Ansley, NE. Played football at Ansley HS and was Captain of the team.. He spent time in California before marriage working in a Barrell factory. ? Worked at a bomb factory in Grand Island, NE during WWII (was a member of the Military Police at the bomb depot - Ammunition Depot, Grand Island, NE.] Was very upset when not accepted for military service due to bleeding stomach ulcers and flat feet. Worked at the Meston Ford Dealership in Broken Bow, NE. Started as a salesman, then the Sales Manager (won a car) and eventually became the 'Acting' Manager. He was a member of the Elks Club in Broken Bow, NE. Deacon and then Elder of the 1st Christian Church of Broken Bow, NE (Disciples of Christ). Loren O. Williams was Initiated to the Masonic Temple October 10, 1951 and was Passed on November 21, 1951 and Raised on January 9, 1952. This was the Masonic Temple in Broken Bow, NE. Master: Orvis M. Meston. He became a trouble shooter for the Ford Company and moved his family to Lexington, NE. Was then a shoe salesman in Alliance, NE. Daddy and Mother sold all (or most) of their furniture and moved to Lincoln, NE where he sold insurance for a while. He then became a guard at the NE State Pen in Lincoln, NE and told me (Vicky L. Williams Winfield) once that he had finally found his calling from God - counseling young men coming through the State Pen. He had always wished to be a minister. (most of the above information was obtained orally from Laura Elenor Jones Williams Hockman - the rest is from my memories) VLWW
1951 - 1952 -- MASONIC BIBLE Presented to Page, Emmet Crawford Masonic Lodge No. 148; Presented to Brother Loren O. Williams; Initiated October 10, 1951; Passed November 21, 1951; Raised January 9, 1952 By Orvis M. Meston - Master; Leonard C. Waditer - Senior Warden; Henry J. Dean - Junior Warden; Attest Ross F. LeLeo Chein - Secretary; more names on the following 2 pages.
His SS# appears to be a Railroad SS# - so far have been unable to find another source for it --- still searching. VLWW December 2000
GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In The Heartland; The Williams Clan by Virginia Ferguson Hayden
''......I don't remember much of Uncle Loren. He was the youngest of the first five and was a young man working away from home when I was a small child. He married one of the school teachers who boarded with Grandma and by the time they began their family of three daughters I had moved from Nebraska. ......''- Broken Bow, Custer Co., Nebraska newspaper, "Williams, Loren Otis -
Obituary of Loren Williams," December 1964, Loren O. Williams was born at Burwell on July 16, 1913, to the late Bert and Nora Williams of Ansley. He died Dec. 22, 1964, at the age of 51 years. Loren grew up on a farm near Ansley. He graduated from Ansley high school in 1935. On June 23, 1940, he was united in marriage to Laura Elenor Jones. To this union were born three daughters. The famly resided in North Platte for a short time; however, most of Loren's married life was spent in Broken Bow. There he was employed as the sales manager for the Meston Motor Co. While living in Broken Bow, Loren became a memer of the First Christian Church and he served it in many ways. He was a member of the Emmet Crawford Masonic lodge No. 148 and served as the Associate Guardian of Jobs Daughters Bethel No. 20. In 1961 the family moved to Alliance where they resided for a period of two years. In June 1963, they moved to Lincoln where they were living at the time of his death. In Lincoln, he was employed at the State Penal Institution as an officer in the Reception Dorm. This work was of a social nature and he enjoyed it very much. He transferred his membership to Bethany Christian church in Lincoln and continued in his service to the church. His survivors include his wife, Elenor; daughters, Mrs. Sharon Sutton of Bristol, Va., Mrs. Carol Liggett of Lincoln, Miss Vicky Williams, residing at home; sisters, Mrs. Williams Ferguson of Baker, Ore., Mrs. Louis Kaelin of Ansley, Mrs. Robert Sheehan of Grand Island; brothers, Glen C. Williams of Hastings, Dale D. Williams of Grand Island; many nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends. Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother.BROKEN BOW CEMETERY - public cemetery, accessible from west side of Highway 21, located on south edge of Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.
1 _MILT
2 PLAC Served in the Navy
2 SOUR S07586
3 PAGE Tree #0005
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 16, 2000
1930 US Census of Ansley Township, Custer County, Nebraska; Ennumeration District 5, Enumerator D.O. Thompson; Enumeration Date 24 April 1930, Sheet #4B [image 8], Lines 81-86, Household #93, Family #94: BERT O. WILLIAMS, Head, Own, Radio Set, Lives on a Farm, Male, White, 46 years old, Married at age 21, Can read & write, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, CODE 65, Speaks English, Farm, Farming, Class of Worker - O, Not a Veteran, Farm Schedule 93: NORA O., Wife, Female, White 44 years old, Married at age 19, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born U.S., Mother Born England, CODE 69, 00, 2; Speaks English: LOREN O., Son, Male, White, 16 years old, Single, Attended School, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English: DALE D., Son, Male, White, 4 1/2 years old, Single, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: E. ARLENE, Daughter, Female, White, 2 2/12 years old, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: ELMA O., Daughter, Female, White, 19 years old, Single, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English.GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In The Heartland The Williams Clan by Virginia Ferguson Hayden
''......I believe Dale also inherited some of the same. He was the ring-leader of us four and could dream up the most interesting things to do, some of which caused us great pain and distress. With his leadership, we were never bored nor lacked for something interesting to do. An example was the time the four of us slept all night on the fold-out couch in the living room. He found a tiny hole in the worn leather back and pulled a small wad of cotton out through the hole. He started tossing it in the air and soon we each had a bit of cotton and the hole grew large enough to stick in our fists to extract handsful of cotton. Oh what fun we had jumping on the bed with a million cotton balls flying through the air like a great Nebraska blizzard! Suddenly the door from the kitchen flew open and there stood Mom and Grandma. To say they were angry does not in any way describe their rage. After a few swats to our backsides we were given bushel baskets and told to pick up every smidgen of that white stuff and then the two women disappeared as they slammed the door behind them.
The baskets filled quickly and needed to be emptied so they could be filled again. We opened the front door and dumped them over the porch railing. Needless to say we then had a yard full of cotton to pick up. We worked all day at our task but months later little puffs of cotton could be seen blowing about the yard, caught on thistles and barbed wire fences or floating on the breeze.
Another time we decided to hatch some chickens in the six round seed containers on the corn planter. We began by placing a layer of clean straw in the bottom of each and then we selected about 4 eggs for each box. We had fun catching six of the old Rhode Island Red hens. When we put them on the eggs, the hens were a bit large and we'd sorta stuff them in. They squawked with dismay and wiggled out. At last Dale came to the conclusion that if we mashed them in far enough we could close the lids and keep the hens on the nest until the baby chicks hatched. As we knew this would take several weeks we decided to make some peanut butter and banana sandwiches and spend the remainder of the day on our raft at the ole smelly pond in the cow pasture. The hens were soon forgotten as we floated and ate and swatted mesquitoes and shooed the flies from our sandwiches, and threw sticks out into the water for old King to fetch, laughing with glee when he'd shake the smelly green slime from the pond all over us.
Several weeks later the terrible rancid smell of rotting flesh floated about the farm. Grandad and Grandma searched in vain for the source, but to no avail. It was only the next spring as Grandad prepared to plant corn that the mystery was solved. Again we were doomed to pain and distress as we all ''fessed up'' as perpetrators of the crme. ......''[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with W, Date of Import Feb 10, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.101487.85]
Individual: Williams, Dale
Birth date: Feb 5, 1926
Death date: Nov 1971
Social Security #: 506-22-6272
State of issue: NE[Brøderbund WFT Vol. L1, Ed. 1, Tree #0005, Date of Import: Feb 16, 2000]
1 _MILT
2 PLAC Served in the Navy
2 SOUR S07586
3 PAGE Tree #0005
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: Feb 16, 2000
An old address I have is: Edna Williams, 1415 West 4th, Grand Island, Nebr. 68801 -- It also states: She has lots of the "family tree" pictures and had copies made up for her children."
The note is in my mother's handwriting - LEJWH wrote this note to me. VLWW - 9 January 2000Cute story told by Edna's children about when she was a child. Her surname in German is spelled Wuerstlin. "Wuerstlin" in German means 'little sausage'. Other kids would tease her that 'Edna ate her little sausage'. Edna Ata Wuerstlin!! The community she lived in was largely ethnic Germans. [this story was in Ron Williams Family tree information] Her children have traced her lineage back to Germany.
[Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 3, Social Security Records: U.S., SS Death Benefit Records, Surnames Beginning with W, Date of Import: Feb 10, 1996, Internal Ref. #1.112.3.101556.140]
Individual: Williams, Edna
Birth date: Jan 21, 1919
Death date: Dec 1984
Social Security #: 507-32-8677
Last residence: NE 68801
State of issue: NE[Brøderbund WFT Vol. L1, Ed. 1, Tree #0005, Date of Import: Feb 16, 2000] My cousin - Ron Williams - his database.
