I am looking for information which I have not been able to determine at a
distance. I am in Texas.
Im looking for information on the birth of William Francis Williams, born in
1862 in Evansville, IN. His father, we were told George Francis Williams,
died in 1869. I know where William and his sister ended up but I cannot
determine where his mother was, who his father was, etc. His mothers name
was Sarah Jane Alstott married to either George Francis Williams or Francis
Marion Williams. Why the confusion? One Sarah Jane was in Franklin Co., AR.
The other was in Clark Co., IN. They were cousins. The Sarah in AR came
from Clark Co, IN and moved there in the late 1830's. There are family
stories of her being Native American which I have determined not true.
Needless to say, Im not that popular with the family. Regardless, one of the
Sarah's was left with two young children, possibly more, when her husband
died. If I could find some reference of her with the children of Vicie and
William Williams on a census or find a birth record, perhaps it would show
the fathers name. For now, all I know is that William F. Williams was born
to a mother named, Sarah Williams, in Evansville IN in 1862. Anyone help or
have an idea?
Mary Dougherty