Mother of
[private son (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1920s - unknown)], [private daughter (1930s - unknown)], [private son (1930s - unknown)] and Arlene Williams
Died
at age 94
in Washington Parish, Louisiana, USA
Vanda was born in 1907. She was the daughter of Joseph Seal and Lula Stevens. She passed away in 2001. She married Wecie Williams sometime before 1930 in Washington Parish, Louisiana. She is listed in the 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 Census for Washington Parish, Louisiana. She worked in nursing for many years in Washington Parish, Louisiana.
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Sources
"United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JYPM-H2K : accessed 28 April 2015), Vanda Williams, 12 Dec 2001; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Find A Grave Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2W-HW37 : accessed 28 April 2015), Vanda Seal Williams, 2001; Burial, Bogalusa, Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States of America, Seal Cemetery; citing record ID 63979193, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VY5Y-L5N : accessed 28 April 2015), Vanda Williams in household of Wiece Williams, Police Jury Ward 1, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 59-1, sheet 12A, family 208, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1463.
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMTD-64G : accessed 28 April 2015), Vanda Williams in household of Wecie Williams, Police Jury Ward 1, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0001, sheet 2B, family 37, line 82, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 824; FHL microfilm 2,340,559.
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPBF-XZP : accessed 28 April 2015), Joseph L Seal in household of Joseph C Seal, Police Jury Ward 1, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 124, sheet 7B, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,374,547.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVW6-M2N : accessed 28 April 2015), Earnest Seal in household of Joseph C Seal, Police Jury Ward 1, Washington, Louisiana, United States; citing sheet 3A, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,635.
I wouldn't feel right passing by with just legal sources on Aunt Vanda Williams. She meant so much to so many people and the name "Big Mama" certainly fit her character.
Her sister, Vera who was my grandmother passed away in the early 1950's before any of my siblings were born so Aunt Vanda stood as a surrogate grandmother figure for a lot of Vera's grandchildren.
When we would visit as children we ran wild around her house while the adults visited. As an adult I enjoyed my time visiting in her home probably more than anywhere else in the parish. You knew you were going to have a good day when you got an Aunt Vanda hug.
In the many years I visited her home I heard her solve many a problem and sooth many hurt feelings without ever saying a harmful or mean word against anyone. In this regard I wish I were more like her in character. There truly are not amongst us still many people who really exemplify the fine characteristics that Aunt Vanda had. She was plain and simple a good Christian woman who worked hard, raised a fine family, and did it never faltering and losing her way.
Some of my most cherished memories are at her birthday gatherings as she got older. There I met cousins who I remember to this day such as J. Y. Seal, Uncle Maruice Seal's son who was a fine man. I met my Husser cousins there and will most probably not ever encounter another one. But what I enjoyed most was when the "company" left and Aunt Vanda, her girls, and Aunt Lutha Mae, Becky, and I would pull our chairs into a circle in the yard and just laugh and laugh.
If your part of our family and you missed spending time with "Big Mama Williams" well you just plain and simple missed a great blessing.
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Her sister, Vera who was my grandmother passed away in the early 1950's before any of my siblings were born so Aunt Vanda stood as a surrogate grandmother figure for a lot of Vera's grandchildren. When we would visit as children we ran wild around her house while the adults visited. As an adult I enjoyed my time visiting in her home probably more than anywhere else in the parish. You knew you were going to have a good day when you got an Aunt Vanda hug. In the many years I visited her home I heard her solve many a problem and sooth many hurt feelings without ever saying a harmful or mean word against anyone. In this regard I wish I were more like her in character. There truly are not amongst us still many people who really exemplify the fine characteristics that Aunt Vanda had. She was plain and simple a good Christian woman who worked hard, raised a fine family, and did it never faltering and losing her way. Some of my most cherished memories are at her birthday gatherings as she got older. There I met cousins who I remember to this day such as J. Y. Seal, Uncle Maruice Seal's son who was a fine man. I met my Husser cousins there and will most probably not ever encounter another one. But what I enjoyed most was when the "company" left and Aunt Vanda, her girls, and Aunt Lutha Mae, Becky, and I would pull our chairs into a circle in the yard and just laugh and laugh. If your part of our family and you missed spending time with "Big Mama Williams" well you just plain and simple missed a great blessing.