Hello Williams and Cavender list members,
I am trying to expand my paternal family tree. Please see if any of these family
connections look familiar. My grandfather is Jack Williams son of Thomas H. Williams and
Carrie Cavender.
Thomas Homer Williams (b:18 Sep 1874,d:abt1940) married Carrie Cavender (b:08 Sep
1879,d:05 Jul 1959).
Children Sex Birth Edwin Williams M abt 1904 in Texas, USA Elmer
Williams M abt 1906 in Texas, USA Bessie Williams F abt 1908 in Texas, USA
Jack Williams M 12 Apr 1910 in Texas, USA
This is my paternal great grandfather:
Name: Thomas Homer Williams
Given Name: Thomas Homer
Surname: Williams
Sex: M
Birth: 18 SEP 1874 in Lavaca Co., TX 1
Death: Y
Father: Thomas R. Williams b: 19 NOV 1836 in Gonzales County, Texas
Mother: Mary Antoinetta Beckham b: 1846
Marriage 1 Carrie Cavender
/Thomas R. Williams b: 19 NOV 1836 d: 8 AUG 1919
Thomas Homer Williams b: 18 SEP 1874
\Mary Antoinetta Beckham b: 1846 d: 1905
Name: Thomas R. WILLIAMS
Sex: M
Birth: 19 NOV 1836 in Gonzales Co., TX
Death: 8 AUG 1919 in Charco, TX
Burial: Salem Cem., Lavaca Co., TX
Military Service: 13 MAR 1862 1st Sgt Co. E 21st TX Cav
Military Service: Enlisted in Lavaca Co.
Military Service: 31 OCT 1863 Present at last roll call
Marriage 1 Mary Antoinetta BECKHAM b: 1846
Married: 23 FEB 1859
Children
Mary Estella WILLIAMS b: 10 JUN 1860 in Nueces Co., TX
Lula Lavinia WILLIAMS b: 25 JAN 1868 in Lavaca Co., TX
Bishop Burns WILLIAMS b: 3 JAN 1870 in Lavaca Co., TX
Lewis Beckham WILLIAMS b: 3 AUG 1872 in Lavaca Co., TX
Thomas Homer WILLIAMS b: 18 SEP 1874 in Lavaca Co., TX
John Paul WILLIAMS b: 19 NOV 1876 in Lavaca Co., TX
Silas Ward WILLIAMS b: 5 JUL 1879
Mabel Grace WILLIAMS b: 1881 in San Antonio, TX
POSSIBLE PARENTS FOR THOMAS R. WILLIAMS
Name: Thomas R. WILLIAMS
Sex: M
Birth: ABT 1838 in Jackson County, Texas
Death: UNKNOWN
Note: Jackson County, Texas Census 1850-genealogy and ancestry image 7 of 16-Texas,
JACKSON, Roll 912 Book 1, Page 213a -age 12-household 49-enumerated 9-14-1850
Father: Malkijah WILLIAMS b: ABT 1803 in Tennessee
Mother: Cynthia Ann BURNS b: ABT 1813 in Missouri
/William WILLIAMS b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN
/Malkijah WILLIAMS b: ABT 1803 d: UNKNOWN
| | /Alambee WILLIAMS b: 1757 d: ABT 1823
| \Elizabeth WILLIAMS b: ABT 1787 d: ABT 1843
| \Sarah "Sally" (?) WILLIAMS b: UNKNOWN d: UNKNOWN
Thomas R. WILLIAMS b: ABT 1838 d: UNKNOWN
\Cynthia Ann BURNS b: ABT 1813 d: UNKNOWN
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This is my paternal greatgrandmother:
Name: Carrie CAVENDER
Sex: F
Birth: ABT 1879 in Texas
Census: 1880 Rocky Springs, Dimmit Co., Texas Page 217C
Father: Thomas Jefferson CAVENDER b: 4 JUL 1843 in Mississippi
Mother: Sarah Jane Welsh b: ABT 1850 in Texas
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Name: Thomas Jefferson CAVENDER
Sex: M
Birth: 4 JUL 1843 in Mississippi
Census: 1880 Rocky Springs, Dimmit Co., Texas Page 217C
Father: Isaac CAVENDER b: in Mississippi
Mother: Susan A. RATLIFF b: in Mississippi
Marriage 1 Sarah Jane Welsh. b: ABT 1850 in Texas
Children
Thomas G. CAVENDER b: ABT 1869 in Texas
George R. CAVENDER b: ABT 1871 in Texas
Rebecca E. CAVENDER b: ABT 1874 in Texas
Charles CAVENDER b: ABT 1876 in Texas
Carrie CAVENDER b: ABT 1879 in Texas
Ada CAVENDER b: AFT 1880
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Name: Isaac CAVENDER
Sex: M
Birth: in Mississippi
Death: 1861 in Atascosa Co., Texas
Burial: Poteet, Atascosa Co., TX
Marriage 1 Susan A. RATLIFF b: in Mississippi
Married: 24 NOV 1836 in Rankin Co., Mississippi
Children
Isaac Hayes CAVENDER b: ABT 1837
George Washington CAVENDER b: 31 MAR 1838 in Mississippi
Green R. CAVENDER b: ABT 1841
Thomas Jefferson CAVENDER b: 4 JUL 1843 in Mississippi
Susannah Catherine CAVENDER b: ABT 1845
Marriage 2 Susan Ann KENNARD
Married: 1846 in Mississippi
Children
Francis E. CAVENDER b: ABT 1847
John F. CAVENDER b: ABT 1850
Isaac CAVENDER b: ABT 1855
Susan CAVENDER b: ABT 1857
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In addition to Thomas H. Williams and Carrie Cavender.
Thomas' brother Silas Ward (b:05 Jul 1879) married Carrie's sister Ada Cavender
(b:abt 1880).