John McWilliams Jr (1880 - 1962)

Born 26 Oct 1880 in Odell, Livingston County, Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Julia Carolyn (Weston) McWilliams — married 21 Jan 1911 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

Died 16 May 1962 at age 81 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

A conservative businessman originally from Illinois who managed real estate holdings in the Pasadena-Los Angeles region. Son of John McWilliams Sr. and Clara Dana who were married in Livingston Illinois and died in Pasadena. John graduated in the class of 1901 from Princeton where he studied history. He met his first wife Julia Carolyn (Caro) Weston in Chicago in 1903, married her on January 21 1911, and moved to Pasadena to take over his father's land management business.

Their children include Julia McWilliams-Child, John McWilliams III, and Dorothy D. (Dort) McWilliams-Cousins.

His second wife was Philadelphia McWilliams.

John was born in 1881. Son of John (born Ohio) and Clara D. Dawes (born Illinois).

Sources

• Find a Grave[1]

• United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS49-52Z : accessed 1 September 2018), John Mcwilliam in household of John Mcwilliam, Odell Township Odell vill., Livingston, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 108, sheet 2B, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,318.

• United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVLH-SJL : accessed 1 September 2018), John Mcwilliams Jr. in household of John Mcwilliams, Pasadena Ward 3, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 298, sheet 11A, family 365, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 86; FHL microfilm 1,374,099.

• United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9WW-9LN : accessed 1 September 2018), John Mcwilliams, Tract 433, Pasadena, Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-502, sheet 8B, line 54, family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 242.

• United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V48B-WR5 : 8 November 2017), John Mcwilliams, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).