Dorothy Williamson

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 06 Feb 1920, Madison Co (Dist 109), Texas

Notes:

Census:
Madisonville and Bryan Road

Williamson Gilford 68 TX TN TX
Mary R 60 TX LA LA

two houses away (son):
residence 117
Williamson Joe L head 28 TX TX TX
Minnie O (Crocker) 16 1904 TX TX TX

residence 118 (maybe Minnie's parents)
William A. Crocker 41 1879
Martha C. Crocker 38 1882
and family

residence 114 (Minnie's grandparents?)
James A. Crocker 50 1860
Lorrida 59 1861
Milton Lenax grandson 4 1916

Died:
Joe Lee Williamson, age 78 married, b Brazos Co, Texas; lived in area for aprox 16 years; occupation, Agriculture; military, yes, WWI; residence, Marino Road Rt 2, Bryan, Brazos Co, Texas; J.P. Pct No. 4
died of heart problems;
father Gilford Garrison Williamson, and mother Rose Cheshire;
informant, Ray Williamson, son.

Joseph married Myrtle Mae Jordan in 1928 in Madison Co, Texas. Myrtle was born on 4 Oct 1910 in Texas; died on 8 May 1988 in Williamson Co, Texas; was buried in Willowhole Cem, North Zulch, Madison Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 16 Jun 1880, Dist 100, Madison Co, Texas
• Census: 06 Jun 1900, Iola, Grimes Co, Texas
• Census: 06 May 1910, Grimes Co, Texas
• Census: 06 Feb 1920, Madison Co (Dist 109), Texas
• Census: 10 Apr 1930, Madison Co, Texas

Notes:

Census:
Williamson, Thomas 51 1829 Farmer TN VA VA
sick or disabled at time of census: Liver compl..
cannot read/write
Mary wife 40 1840 TX - - pneumonia
Gilford 20 1860 TX Farmer pneumonia
Harriet 17 1863 TX
Harrison 14 1866 TX
Charles 10 1870 TX
Julia 8 1872 TX
Clay 6 1874 TX
Travis 4 1876 TX
Calvin 2 1878 TX

Census:
6 Jun 1900
Williamson Tilford 39 Nov 1861 m 15 yrs TX TN TX farmer
Mary R 42 1858 15 children 10 living TX LA LA
Margrell G 14 Mar 1886 TX
Thomas M 12 Jan 1888 TX
Joseph L 8 Jul 1891 TX
Charles A 5 Jan 1985 TX

Census:
1910 Grimes Co, Texas
Williamson Gilford G 48 M2 24 TX LA TX farmer
Mary R 51 M2 24 15 ch 7 liv TX LA LA
Thomas M 22 TX TX TX
Joe L 19 TX TX TX
Shelby Poline m-i-l 74 wid 6 children 2 liv; LA MS LA


Census:
Madisonville and Bryan Road

residence 120
Williamson Gilford 68 TX TN TX
Mary R 60 TX LA LA

two houses away (son):
residence 117
Williamson Joe L head 28 TX TX TX
Minnie O (Crocker) 16 1904 TX TX TX

residence 118 (maybe Minnie's parents)
William A. Crocker 41 1879
Martha C. Crocker 38 1882
and family

residence 114 (Minnie's grandparents?)
James A. Crocker 50 1860
Lorrida 59 1861
Milton Lenax grandson 4 1916


Census:
Williamson Gilford G head 69 m at 24 TX TN TN
Mary R wife 70 m at 15 TX LA LA

(two residences: Folsom James W and Goodman James M

Williamson Joe L head 38 m at 26 TX TX TX
Myrtle M wife 19 m at 17 TX MO TX
Cora B dau 9 TX
Manuel R son 7 TX
Dorothy L dau 1 6/12 TX

on next census page:
Heflin G Mitchell 48 m at 31 TX AK TX farmer
Minnie E 45 m at 18 TX TX LA
Ward Alvin 21 TX TX TX
Ward Lizzie R stepdau 19 TX TX TX
Ward Ella Faye stepdau 17 TX TX TX
Ward Reuben L stepson 12 TX TX TX



Died:
D.C. Gilford Williamson, widower, age 90
residence of deceased 790 Hudson, length of stay 1 yr.
trade, occupation, business, birthday, birth place, all filled in "unknown"
parents and parent birthplaces all filled in "unknown"
died of heart/hypertension
informant, hospital record; Houston

Gilford married Mary Rosaline (Chezjean/Cheshire) Chaisson on 1 Jul 1885 in Madison Co, Texas. Mary (daughter of Valmore (Valmon) Chaisson (Chezshon) and Pauline Means) was born on 5 Jan 1856 in Batson, Hardin Co, Texas; died on 5 Jan 1932 in North Zulch, Madison Co, Texas; was buried in Williamson Cem, Madison Co, Texas (maybe). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 6 Jun 1900, Iola, Grimes Co, Texas
• Census: 6 May 1910, Grimes Co, Texas
• Census: 1920, Madison Co, Texas
• Census: 10 Apr 1930, Madison Co, Texas
• Research Notes: 13 Jul 2014

Notes:

daughter of Valmore Chezshon and Pauline Hebert Chezshon.
note from inscription on back of photograph found on Ancestry: "Pauline lived a very long life."

Census:
6 Jun 1900
Williamson Tilford 39 Nov 1861 m 15 yrs TX TN TX farmer
Mary R 42 1858 15 children 10 living TX LA LA
Margrell G 14 Mar 1886 TX
Thomas M 12 Jan 1888 TX
Joseph L 8 Jul 1891 TX
Charles A 5 Jan 1895 TX

Census:
1910 Grimes Co, Texas
Williamson Gilford G 48 M2 24 TX LA TX farmer
Mary R 51 M2 24 15 ch 7 liv TX LA LA
Thomas M 22 TX TX TX
Joe L 19 TX TX TX
Shelby Poline m-i-l 74 wid 6 children 2 liv; LA MS LA


Census:
Madisonville and Bryan Road

Williamson Gilford 68 TX TN TX
Mary R 60 TX LA LA

two houses away:
Williamson Joe L head 28 TX TX TX
Minnie O 16 TX TX TX


Census:
Williamson Gilford G head 69 m at 24 TX TN TN
Mary R wife 70 m at 15 TX LA LA

(two residences: Folsom James W and Goodman James M

Williamson Joe L head 38 m at 26 TX TX TX
Myrtle M wife 19 m at 17 TX MO TX
Cora B dau 9 TX
Manuel R son 7 TX
Dorothy L dau 1 6/12 TX

on next census page:
Heflin G Mitchell 48 m at 31 TX AK TX farmer
Minnie E 45 m at 18 TX TX LA
Ward, Alvin son 21 TX single
Lizzie P stepdau 19 TX single
Ella Faye stepdau 17 TX single
Reubin stepson 12 TX single

Research Notes:
Research notes: 7/13/2014 pertaining to Mary, daughter of Pauline:

email to Donna Morgan
Hey, Donna. Seems like I got distracted off this for a while, but I pulled it all back up today and I?m pretty sure I've figured it out.

Marie Harmon IS Marie Chesson/Chaisson. And Pauline Means was married to Valmore Chaisson first, then Harmon m2 and Shelby m3. There never was a Mary Harmon. All the census records of her showing ?Mary R? were Mary Roseline Chaisson. When it showed m-i-l, Pauline Shelby ? that?s Pauline Mean.

The Pauline Hebert b 11 Dec 1834 dau of Antoine Raymond Hebert and Marie Chelestine Trahan who was shown to be wife of Valmore Chaisson should be is Pauline Means whose mother was a Hebert ? and thereby maybe cause of the confusion. So, unknown who Pauline Hebert married.

If we found somewhere Mary Rosaline Chaisson was listed as Mary Harmon, then she was apparently using step-dad?s name. This adjustment makes everything ? I think ? make sense.

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research notes: 2011 pertaining to Marie Rosaline Chaisson:
There is a death certificate available for two of Gilford's sons, Thomas and Joe.

Thomas (1888-1967) d.c. informant was Annie Mae Williamson (wife? dau?) who gave his mother as Rosa Lee Chezjean.
Thomas named a child Lillie Roseline.

Joe (1891-1969) d.c. informant was his son Ray who stated his mother was Rose Cheshire.

At first glance, okay. Rose/Rosa was Gilford's 1st marriage and may well be, but we know he married Mary in 1885 and was still married to her in 1930. The four children we know of (Joe and Thomas as well as Margrell and Charles who we see in 1910) were all born within those dates.

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Research notes: 30 Jun 2010 for Mary Harmon as dau of Larry Harmon:

Very confusing on this family.
Mary is shown m to Gilford in 1900, 1910, and 1920 census. She states she had 15 children, married2. Married Gilford at age 24 in 1885. And she said she first married at age 15.
Indeed, there is a marriage record for she and Gilford for 1885 and she married with the last name of Helfin.

Both she and Gilford also indicated they are each their 2nd marriage.

There is a death certificate available for two of the sons, Thomas and Joe.
Thomas (1888-1967) d.c. informant was Annie Mae Williamson (wife? dau?) who gave his mother as Rosa Lee Chezjean.
Thomas named a child Lillie Roseline.
Joe (1891-1969) d.c. informant was his son Ray who stated his mother was Rose Cheshire.

At first glance, okay. Rosa was Gilford's 1st marriage and may well be, but we know he married Mary in 1885 and was still married to her in 1930. The four children we know of (Joe and Thomas as well as Margrell and Charles who we see in 1910) were all born within those dates.

Another oddity is where are all those 15 children?
in 1900, there are Margrell, 14; Thomas 12, Joseph 8, and Charles 5.(have found no other records on Margrell and Charles.) Many other children should have shown up here. Where are they? She states 10 are living.
In 1910, the only two living with them are Thomas 22 and Joe 19; states 7 living. (and Mary's mother Pauline Means Shelby)


Buried:
"We haven't found her grave yet, we know that her last husband (Gilford G. Williamson) is buried here as well, also we think that the two Heflin's that are buried here are part of her second family as she was married to a Mr. Heflin, after her first husband Thomas Phillip Williams returned from the war and died of TB in his daughters arms."

Notes:

Married:
Groom's Name: Gilford Williamson
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: M. R. Heflin
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 01 Jul 1885
Marriage Place: Madison, Texas
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M59244-9
System Origin: Texas-EASy
Source Film Number: 1435035
Reference Number:

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 13 Aug 1860, Grimes Co, Texas
• Census: 16 Jun 1880, Dist 100, Madison Co, Texas
• Census: 21 Jun 1900, Madison Co (Precinct 4), Texas

Notes:

A researcher in Ancestry has that Thomas is son of Jeremiah Williamson and Elizabeth Stafford of Greene Co, Tennessee. However, their son Thomas was Thomas Harry, and this Thomas indicated his initial in M in a census record. Also, Thomas Harry died in 1863 in Point Lookout Prison Camp, Saint Mary's Co, Maryland.

Census:
Thomas M Williamson 31 1829 Tennessee
Mary A 17 1843 Texas
Juda C 1 1859 Texas
Jimmerson Polly A 19 1841 Texas


Census:
Williamson, Thomas 51 1829 Farmer TN VA VA
sick or disabled at time of census: Liver compl..
cannot read/write
Mary wife 40 1840 TX - - pneumonia
Gilford 20 1860 TX Farmer pneumonia
Harriet 17 1863 TX
Harrison 14 1866 TX
Charles 10 1870 TX
Julia 8 1872 TX
Clay 6 1874 TX
Travis 4 1876 TX
Calvin 2 1878 TX

Census:
Williamson, Thomas W. head Mar 1829 71 m 42 yrs Tennessee Virginia Virginia Farmer
Elizabeth A wife, Aug 1835 64 m 42 yrs, 0 births 0 living, Louisiana, Louisiana Louisiana

wife Elizabeth A has recorded her age as 5 years older and born in Tennessee rather than Texas and states no children whereas wife Mary A in 1880 had 8 children. Elizabeth states m 64 years, whereas Mary A had three children by that time. Curious. But assuming same wife and just the usual census type discrepancies.

Thomas married Mary Elizabeth Asher about 1858 in Texas. Mary was born in 1840 in Texas; died after 1900 in of, Madison Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Name:
last name is not verified. So far I've seen Jimmerson on Rootsweb -- this is supposition because of the Jimmerson living with them in 1860 Grimes Co, 2 years diffrence in her age and Mary's. They assumed she is her sister, and may well be, but could not be either. Not enough to make that leap.
Asher is a name found in findagrave in the Willowhole Cemetery in Madison Co.
Mary Tennessee Saddler name sown in a file found on Ancestry.
No sources for any of these names.

Valmore married Pauline Means on 4 Jun 1851 in St. Charles Borromeo Church, Grand Clotea, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, and was divorced between Jan 1856 and Aug 1856. Pauline (daughter of John J Means and Marie Hebert) was born in 1836 in Louisiana; died after 1920 in of, Madison Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 15 Jun 1880, Robertson Co, Texas
• Census: 14 Jun 1900, Madison Co, Texas
• Census: 06 May 1910, Grimes Co, Texas
• Census: 1920, Madison Co, Texas

Notes:

There doesn't seem to be any record of Pauline's parents. John Means b 1814 is really the only candidate to be her father from what records are readily available.
Because of the closeness over the years of the families of Pauline and Celestine, and the closeness of their ages, it seems a pretty safe bet they were sisters. However the young age of Elmira, John's wife, it's really not possible that she s Pauline's mother and a squeeze to say she was Celestine's mother. So, we have to assume that John had these girls with a wife #1, who might have even died in childbirth with Celestine - or who knows - and he subsequently remarried in a year or two.

All this is pure speculation though. And short of finding wills or something, there doesn't seem to be a way to know for sure. But the closeness of these families, I think this is best guess.





Census:
252/252 Harmon J.E. 53 1827 LA LA LA
Polina 43 1837 LA LA LA
M A 11 1869 TX LA LA
Jacob 8 1872 TX LA LA

251/251 Harmon J.O. 47 self widower TX LA LA
John F 7 son TX TX MS
D.M. 4 son TX TX MS

Census:
Residence 146
Harris, Benjamin Jan 1854 46 m 12 yrs (1888) LA LA TX farmer
Margaret wife Nov 1868 31 TX LA LA
Mary J. dau Sep 1890 9 TX
Joseph son Oct 1892 7 TX
Lillie dau Oct 1894 5 TX
Jacob son Feb 1898 4 TX
John son Jul 1898 1 TX
Heflin Mitchel nephew Sep 1882 17 TX LA TX
Harrison Poline mother-in-law Apr 1837 63 wid TX LA TX


next door: residence 145
Hill, J. T. Jul 1838 61 m 24 yrs TX AL AL
Florence K. Sep 1856 43 7 births, 4 living TX AL AL
Becky dau Aug 1878 21 single TX
Robertson Harman step-son Aug 1880 19 TX
Robertson Virgie step-dau Nov 1882 17 TX

Census:
1910 Grimes Co, Texas
Williamson Gilford G 48 M2 24 TX TN TX farmer
Mary R 51 M2 24 15 ch 7 liv TX LA LA
Thomas M 22 TX TX TX
Joe L 19 TX TX TX
Shelby Poline m-i-l 74 wid 6 children 2 liv; LA MS LA



Census:
Willow Hale Road
145/145
Harris John B 47 1873 LA TN LA
Margaret wife 51 1869 TX LA LA
Rosa dau 15 1905
Corene dau 10 1910
Daniel son 8 1912
Shebby Pauline mother-in-law 84 1836
(Pauline Means Harmon Shebby [Shelby] mother of Margaret)
widow, Louisiana, Mississippi, Louisiana


res Whitley top
Harris Joe 27 head Texas Louisiana Texas
Leatie wife 26 1894 Texas North Carolina Mississippi
Cheatham Leola step-dau 8 1912 Texas Texas Texas
Cheatham Frank step-son 6 1914 Texas
Cheatham Phynie dau 2 1918 Texas
Cheatham Clyde son 0 1920 Texas
Cheatham Claud son 0 1920 Texas
Heblin (Heflin) Mitchel cousin 39 1881 single TX Ark TX

Harris John E self 21 1899 TX LA TX
Harris Hattie wife 33 1887 TX TN TN

Notes:

Married:
Name: Pauline Hebert
Spouse: Valmont Chiasson
Marriage Date: 11 Jan 1850
Marriage County: St Landry