Williams - Vanderford - Crabtree Clippings

Crabtree - Williams - Vanderford families all share ancestors.

• Elizabeth (Crabtree) Pate was the daughter of Peter and Sarah (Williams) Crabtree.
• Alice (Crabtree) Gregory is the grand-daughter of Peter and Sarah Crabtree
• Sarah (Williams) Crabtree was the daughter of William Henry and Elizabeth (Altman) Williams and the sister of Jonathan Henry Williams.
• Jonathan Henry Williams was the son of William Henry and Elizabeth (Aultmann) Williams, Jonathan married Mary Ellen (Ellie) Vanderford
• Robert Williams was the son of Jonathan Henry and Mary Ellen (Vanderford) Williams

Note from Alice Gregory

There was the Bill and Martha Todd family in the Prairie Bell school district. Mrs. Todd was a Kruger, sister of Bill Krugerand of Elsie (Mrs. Charlie) Vanderford, They lived north and west of the schoolhouse. There were two boys oldest. Clinton and Leonard. And three girls: Vida, Marjorie, and Osa. Marjorie was near Floy's age when they went to Prairie Bell school and they were good friends. The boys went to the CCC camp to work. Then into the service. Vida married a soldier--They had three little girls and then a boy. Vida died when the boy was born.
Osa was a toddler when Floy was in school there. A little doll.

Jonathan Henry Williams was a son of William Henry and Elizabeth (Altmann) Williams.
He married Mary Ellen Vanderford. (Aunt Ellie) She was step daughter of the Mrs Vanderford who homesteaded on the east half section of our farm. Mrs. Vanderford and her boys (She had lost her husband before she "came" to Cheyenne County. Her grandsn, Charlie Vanderford, married Elsie Krueger (sister of Martha Todd). I remember a Glen Vanderford. Vaguely. Yes, Robert was youngest child of Jonathan Henry and Mary Ellen (Vanderford) Williams. (Uncle Henry and Aunt Ellie) Others were Billy Williams, Ida (Williams) Braaf, Sarah (Williams) Hartje,

Billy Williams lived in Haigler. Was a mail carrier. Married Goldie Fitsimmons. Ida married Dick Braaf, had a son that died young and Doris who was near my age. We wrote letters back and forth but somehow lost track. I think it was about the time we came to Arizona . Sarah Hartje lived near Lincoln. Hope that I got events and peoples sorted out some. love, Mom

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