William Williams

parents: unknown

	*Birth:* Mar 1836 County Caven, Ireland
	*Death:* 31 Oct 1913 Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada
	*Burial:* Halbrite Cemetery, Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada

Marriage #1

Jane Freckleton

c. 1859 probably Ontario, Canada

Children

Mary Ann Williams		02 Feb 1860
George Thomas Williams		01 Jan 1861 or 1863
Jane "Jennie" Williams		c. 1868
Agnes Franklin "Maggie" Williams		20 Aug 1870
Ellen "Ella" Williams		18 Feb 1872
Emma Lois Williams		21 Jul 1874
Lida Alice Williams		c. 1877
William Robert "Willie" Williams		Aug 1881
unknown Williams		1860-1900

notes regarding the children of William Williams and Jane (Freckleton) Williams

Sources

1870 Federal census	Covington, Kenton, KY - age 33
1880 Federal census	Covington, Kenton, KY - age 43
1900 Federal census	Towner Co, North Dakota - age 63
Ancestry.com	WWI and WWII draft registration cards; Social Security Death Index; Minnesota birth records (1935-2002 index); Minnesota death records (1908-2002 index); City Directory listings; CA Voter Registrations; SD census; Canadian passenger lists; Attestation papers (Canada); KY Birth Records 1852-1910;
Family History Center, Salt Lake City, Utah	Cemetery Records of Coffey County Kansas Volume II (personally viewed and copied or transcribed)
Hamilton County Library, Cincinnati, OH	Various obituaries
"From Forest to Farmland" (book)	Volunteer Oren Robison sent information on the Balfour family
Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project	Halbrite Cemetery index
Saskatchewan, Canada volunteers Stacey Starkell, Harold Whiteoak and Juliann Hales	Tombstone and cemetery photos - Halbrite Cemetery, Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada; Woodlawn Cemetery, Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Find-A-Grave volunteers Janis Humbert and Diana Staresinic-Deane	Tombstone photos - Lincoln Cemetery, Lebo, Coffey, Kansas
Family records	Photos belonging to Ruth (Holum) Ward
Family records	Records belonging to Lyle Balfour
Family records	Records belonging to Kristi Nee
Family records	Research, records and photos belonging to Joni Griffith
Family records	Research, records and photos belonging to Valerie (Biberdorf) Boman

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Miscellaneous Information

1) William Williams and his wife both emigrated to the United States in 1865. He was born in Ireland and she was born in Canada. They met and married in Canada (likely Ontario).

2) Wife of William Williams: Jane Freckleton - born 06 Mar 1841 Ontario, Canada; see photo below; died 21 Dec 1916 Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada; buried Halbrite Cemetery, Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada - unmarked*; daughter of William Freckleton and Mary Kennedy.

* Jane is buried in the same plot as her husband William, but has no marker. Her parents' names are listed in the indexing for Halbrite Cemetery on the Saskatchewan Cemeteries Project website. According to a volunteer in the area, the indexing includes names from burial records that the municipality kept for the cemeteries in their jurisdiction.

Photos and/or signatures

photos owned by Valerie (Biberdorf) Boman

William Williams and his wife Jane (Freckleton) Williams

unknown date

Jane (Freckleton) Williams

unknown date

thanks to Harold Whiteoak for this photo

William Williams and his wife Jane (Freckleton) Williams*

Halbrite Cemetery
Halbrite, Saskatchewan, Canada

thanks to Juliann Hales for this photo

* note: should be County Caven, Ireland