Willard Leonard Williams (1905 - 1999)

Born 18 Oct 1905 in Rhodesdale, Jefferson, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Helen Christiana (Fink) Williams — married about 1928 (to about 1940) in New Jersey, United States [uncertain]

Husband of Florence Ichiko (Kimura) Williams — married about 1955 (to 4 Oct 1999) in Hawaii, United States

Died 4 Oct 1999 at age 93 in Kailua, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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Biography

Willard Williams was born in West Virginia.

Willard Leonard 'Bill' Williams was born October 18, 1905 and is the son of Lafayette Williams and Jennie Whitecotton.^[1] Bill grew up in Ohio and Henry Clay Township, Pennsylvania^[2] along with eight siblings; Edith Azelia Williams, Ira Noah Fielding 'Jack' Williams, Kenneth Charles 'Ken' Williams, Vyrl Elmer 'Pete' Williams, Eleanor Belle 'Elnora' Williams, Leo Huth Williams, Lee Burris Williams, Eldora Marie Williams and one half-sibling Norma Jean Williams.

Bill married Dorothy Helen Christiana Fink about 1928 and they made their home in Saint Michaels, Maryland^[3] until her death about 1938. Together they had two children, Richard I Williams and Nathalia Elaine Williams.^[4]

Family rumor was that Uncle Bill went to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii after the Japanese attack to work on clean-up and never returned to his children. It was always a mystery as to what happened and when and how he actually died. Another WikiTree member gathered information and found that Bill had a new family in Hawaii and did not die in the 1940s as previously thought.^[5] About 1955, Bill married Florence Ichiko Kimura and made their home in Kailua, Hawaii.^[6] In this last record, it shows Chantelle P Williams, Csigi Andrew Williams, John Wayne Williams and Luisa Ann Williams were living with them at that time.^[7]

Willard Williams Obituary

Sources

1. ↑ "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6FT-252 : 22 December 2016), Willard L. Williams, 18 Oct 1905; citing Birth, Rhodesdale, Jefferson, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 900,040.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX9T-JC3 : 14 December 2015), Willard W Williams in household of Layofette [Lafayette] Williams, Henry Clay, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States; citing sheet 9B, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,569.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X341-Z1K : accessed 4 August 2017), Willard L Williams, Saint Michaels, Talbot, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 14B, line 93, family 401, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 879; FHL microfilm 2,340,614.
4. ↑ "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSM-QQ67 : 28 November 2018), Willard Williams in entry for David Joseph Dubinsky and Nathalia Elaine Williams Whittington, 1 Mar 1969; citing Camden, North Carolina, United States, p. , North Carolina State Archives Division of Archives and History; FHL microfilm .
5. ↑ Cindy Williams Lesure regarding family lore.
6. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K1RV-BD6 : 23 May 2014), Willard W Williams, Residence, Kailua, Hawaii, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
7. ↑ More research is needed to find more new cousins.

• "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24FZ-L2F : 2 October 2015), Willard Williams, 1930; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• SSI Death Index; Name: Willard W. Williams; SSN: 578-09-0515; Last Residence: 96734 Kailua, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA; BORN: 18 Oct 1902; Died: 4 Oct 1999; State (Year) SSN issued: District of Columbia (Before 1951); Source Citation Number: 578-09-0515; Issue State: District of Columbia; Issue Date: Before 1951

Death Certificate

See also:

• Willard Leonard Williams FamilySearch