Lyle Ann (Hammill) Williams (1873 - 1938)

Born Apr 1873 in Pennsylvania, United States

Wife of James Frank Worthington — married 23 Oct 1895 in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, United States

Died 14 Dec 1938 at age 65 in Nevada county, California, United States

Biography

Lyle was born in Apr 1873 in Pennsylvania. She died 2 on 14 Dec 1938 in Nevada Co., CA.

1. Daughter of Thomas Hammill and Eliza Arthur. Lyle-Liley-Lyla-Lila // Hamill-Hammill //

2. Found in the 1880 U.S Census California, Nevada Co., Grass Valley, NA Film T9-0070, p. 58B, age 8

3. Found in the 1900 U.S Census California, Nevada Co., Nevada Twnshp, dis 53, sheet 14, Lost Hill, age 23, DOB: Apr 1873, marr 5 yrs, children 0 of 0, with husband James F. (36) DOB: Aug 1863

4. Found in the 1910 U.S Census California, Nevada Co., Nevada Twnshp, dis 55, sheet 12A, Lost Hill, age 36, children 1 of 1,

5. 191?; ??; Found in the 191?; 1?; California voter registration; Nevada Co., Gaston, #46, Worthington, Lyla Maud, housewife, Political affiliation; not stated

6. 191?; Found in the 191?; California voter registration; Nevada Co., #237, Worthington, Lyla A., clerk, Grass Valley RFD N0. 2

7. 191?; Found in the 191?; California voter registration; Nevada Co., Grass Valley N0. 5, #279, Worthington, Lyla A., clerk, 212 S. Auburn St.

8. Found in the 1920 U.S Census California, Nevada Co., Grass Valley, dis 57, sheet 18A, age 47, Widow, with dau; Marjorie E. Worthington (16), border at the home of Filmore Folck

9. 192?; Found in the 192?; California voter registration; Nevada Co., #222, Worthington, Lyla A., Saleslady, Grass Valley RFD N0. 2

10. 192?; Found in the 192?; California voter registration; Nevada Co., Worthington, Lyla A., Saleswoman, Grass Valley (Hills Flat)

11. Oakland Marriage Licenses Luke W. Williams, 56, and Lyle A. Worthington, 55, both of Grass Valley (San Francisco Chronicle, April 2, 1929, p. 10) ... [They were married April 5, 1929]

12. Found in 1930 U.S Census California, Nevada Co., Grass Valley, sheet 10A, 226 South Church St., age 56, age 1st marr. 22, POB: PA., with husband Luke (57) owns home $5000, with radio

Notes: 1. Married second; Luke W. Williams, they were married in Alameda Co., CA. On the marriage cert. her name is shown as "Lyle Ann Worthington". Widowed, second marriage.He died 2 May 1954 Grass Valley, 80 yrs old, husband of Grace. (Luke and Grace are together in the 1940 census) 2. LUKE W. WILLIAMS.—Representative of the native-born citizens of Grass Valley is Luke W. Williams, his birth having occurred on November 8, 1871. James W. Williams, his father, was born in England, and was there reared and educated. In young manhood he worked in the copper and tin mines of his native country. In 1862 he immigrated to this country and to California via Panama, where he settled at Grass Valley and continued to follow his chosen vocation of mining, being employed in the old Eureka, New York Hill, North Star, Empire and other mines in Nevada County. He married Miss Mary Cheynouth, also a native of England, and they were parents of four children, all natives of California : Richard, James (deceased), John, and Luke W. Both parents are now deceased. Luke W. Williams attended the Grass Valley schools until he was eighteen years old, then he went to work in the mines in that section. He studied assaying with the Dean Company, in San Francisco, and also with the Gibson Company, of Oakland. In 1907 he opened an assay office in Grass Valley, where he has since practiced his profession. He is the owner of 1000 acres of mineral lands in Nevada County, on which are many valuable gold mining claims, as well as silver, copper, lead and zinc ores. In one mine there are five different metals, gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc; this property is located between Grass Valley and Auburn, near the highway. Mr. Williams is half-owner of the Central South Yuba mine, located six miles northwest of Grass Valley, which runs twenty-five dollars to the ton of gold, silver, copper and zinc ; this claim comprises 320 acres of land. For two years Mr. Williams served as superintendent and director of the Niagara Mine Company. The marriage of Mr. Williams united him with Miss Mary Powell, born near Des Moines, Iowa. Mr. Williams has great faith in the future of Grass Valley, where he has invested his money, owning a number of business blocks and houses, including his own fine residence; he was one of the organizers of the Bret Harte Hotel Company, and is a stockholder in same. Fraternally he belongs to the Grass Valley Lodge, No. 12, of I.O. O. F. (History of Placer and Nevada Counties California ..., p. 1190, 1924) 3. A Grass Valley dispatch says: A five-foot ledge of ore running 25 per cent copper, forty ounces of silver and 30$ in gold per ton has just been discovered at Newtown, in the Rough and Ready district. The strike was made fifty feel from the surface in a prospect shaft sunk by Luke Williams, a mining engineer of this city. Tho shaft was first started ten years ago and later abandoned as worthless. The extent of the ore body has not yet been determined, but it is believed to be large. The strike has, caused much excitement and is pronounced by mining men as the greatest new discovery made in the county for many years. (1914) 4. Luke is in the 1940 census at Grass Valley with wife; Grace. 5. Mill Installed A new ball mill has been installed by Luke W. Williams of Grass Valley at his property on Manila ledge, located on Deer Creek near the Newton bridge. (Nevada State Journal, May 29, 1939) 6. Luke W. Williams, Thomas Building, Grass Valley, California, will install a 25-ton flotation mill on Deer Creek to treat ore from the Manila and Niagara properties. The Manila tunnel has been restored and ore samples from the old workings are said to show excellent values. Due to its refractory quality, the ore could not be profitably worked under earlier operations. In addition to the Manila and Niagara, Williams also has under lease the J. Hamilton Smith and the Whitelaw Reid properties an·d some adjacent ground. Old tunnel workings exist on all of the claims. A dam 70 feet long and 14 feet high has been built and an old ditch has been cleaned out to bring water to the property. The Niagara, comprising four patented claims, is owned by Williams. (THE MINING JOURNAL, May 1939)

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