Anna M. (Williford) Watkins (1849 - 1934)

Born 1849 in Montgomery County, Illinois

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Eugene Watkins — married 2 Nov 1876 in Montgomery County, Illinois

Died 23 May 1934 at about age 85 in St. Louis, Missouri

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Biography

Anna, or Maria as she preferred, was born in 1849, the daughter of Uriah and Jane (Bartlett) Williford, in Montgomery County, Illinois, where she was raised. Her father died in 1850 and in 1859 her mother married a second husband named Thompson.

On November 2, 1876, Maria married Thomas Eugene Watkins, the son of William Daniel and Susannah Eliza (Maxey) Watkins in Montgomery County, Illinois. They initially settled in Illinois but shortly after the birth of their oldest child Maria and Thomas relocated to the St. Louis, Missouri, area. They would have four children as follows:

Harmon Eugene Watkins (1878–1958)

Walter Watkins (1880–1941)

Edgar Watkins (1885–1939)

Winnie May Watkins (1890–1967)

Thomas is called a laborer or a day laborer in the US Census. Maria and Thomas took in her younger half-sister, Ella Thompson, who lived with them for many years. He lived to be 79 years old, passing away in 1929. Maria lived until 1934 when she died at 84 years of age. Their bodies are buried in the Valhalla Cemetery in St. Louis County, Missouri, along with their daughter, May, and Maria's half-sister, Ella.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85B-KNT : 12 April 2016), Maria M Williford in household of Jane Williford, Galena city, Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States; citing family 2846, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC4-BFT : 18 February 2021), Maria Thompson in entry for John Thompson, 1860.

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4XY-HKR : 12 April 2016), Maria Williford in household of Jane Thompson, Missouri, United States; citing p. 45, family 384, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,314.

• "Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2PS-PY2 : 14 February 2020), Maria Williford in entry for Thomas E. Watkins, 1876.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FP-BJQ : 14 January 2022), Maria Watkins in household of Thos. Watkins, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3DW-M51 : 9 March 2022), Maria Watkins in entry for Thos E Watkins, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M215-669 : accessed 22 May 2023), Anna M Watkins in household of Thomas E Watkins, St Louis Ward 19, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 300, sheet 8B, family 170, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 820; FHL microfilm 1,374,833.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M88M-HKS : 2 February 2021), Anna M Watkins in entry for Thomas E Watkins, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHVW-QGP : accessed 22 May 2023), Anna Watkins, St Louis (Districts 251-500), St Louis (Independent City), Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 257, sheet 10B, line 53, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1246; FHL microfilm 2,340,981.

• Find a Grave Memorial for Anna Maria Williford Watkins [1]