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 Generation 3         Generation 4          Generation 5
 
                                       +-- Edmond Maxton Williams
                                       |   (1868->1920)
                 Gertrude Williams ----+
                   (1908-????)         |
                                       +-- Mary Ann Scarbrough
                                                 (1870-<1920)
               
                    

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Gertrude Williams, 26 Mar. 1908 - 24 Sept 1942. Gravestone at Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, NC

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Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1910 United States Federal Census, Charlotte Township, Mecklenburg County, NC, Enumeration District 97, Page 4, lines 4-11 lists E. M. Williams, 42, married to Mary A. Williams. They live with six children: son John D. Williams, 17; son William M. Williams, 14; son James M. Williams, 11; son Walker F. Williams, 8; son Lee[?] Otto Williams, 6; and daughter Gertrude Williams, 2. E.M. Williams and Mary A. Williams have been married for 18 years. Mary A. Williams has born seven children, six of which are still living. Everyone and their parents were born in NC. Everyone but Gertrude can speak English. Everyone but Gertrude and Otto can read English. Everyone but Gertrude, Otto, and Walker can write English. All of the children except Gertrude and Otto attended school within the census year. E.M. Williams' occupation is listed as a mail carrier for the postal service. John D. Williams' occupation is listed as a sign painter in a shop. The census page is dated 16 Apr 1910.
2	1920 United States Federal Census, Charlotte Ward 1, district 133, Mecklenburg Co, NC, page 29,30. Census is dated 4 Feb 1920. Lines 48-50; Line 1 list: Jean F. White, head, age 27, b. Ark, father b. Kent, mother b. Ark, reads, writes, speaks English, service manager, automobile; Leah, wife, age 25, b. Ohio, father b. England, mother b. Ark.; Gertrude Williams, dau., age 11, in school, b. NC as were parents; Benjamin Williams, son , age 9; in school, b. NC as were parents.
3	Certificate of Death from the North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, dated 24 Sep 1942. Name listed as Miss Gertrude Williams. She died in the Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC, at the age of 34. She had been in the hospital since 21 Jul 1942. Before that, she had been living on Wilkinson Blvd., Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., NC. She died on 24 Sep 1942 at 8pm of an intestinal obstruction. She was a single white female. She was born on 26 Mar 1908 in Charlotte, NC. Her occupation is listed as "Beauty operaton." Her father was E. M. Williams and he was born in NC. Her mother was Mary Scarbrough, and she was also born in NC. Gertrude was buried on 26 Sep 1942 at Oaklawn Cemetery, Charlotte, NC, by Douglas & Sing.
4	Personal correspondence from Nancy Corinne Williams Durham, granddaughter of John Duncan Williams.	N/A
5	Gravestone, Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte NC , transcription from photo Gertrude Williams, Mar. 26, 1908 - Sept. 24, 1942
6	North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004 indicates that Gertrude Williams, white, aged 34, born 1908, died 24 Sep 1942 in Mecklenburg Co., NC.

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• Could not locate in 1930 census although Ancestry.com brings up several possibilities.

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