tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491474204007202277.post4213964042086338213..comments2024-03-28T05:01:29.587-04:00Comments on My Maine Ancestry: Tracking the WilliamsonsPam Carterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06632946315151577636noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491474204007202277.post-55964508942700264132013-03-19T23:26:09.857-04:002013-03-19T23:26:09.857-04:00While searching for William, I found two deeds tha...While searching for William, I found two deeds that might shed light on his time in Kansas. On 25 Nov. 1884, Margaret Williamson of Newry quitclaimed her interest in the homestead farm of David Williamson in Newry to William Williamson of "Township twenty-four, County of Stafford and State of Kansas. William sold it back to Margaret on 30 Dec. 1884 [Oxford County (Eastern Division) Deeds, 203:218, 242].<br /><br />Mary I. Williamson signed off on the second deed, so this is probably the William Williamson who married Mary I. Foster of Newry in 1881. I assume that this was William Williamson, son of David and Margaret Williamson, who was just a few years older than Mary. The <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-32800-24727-74?cc=2040540&wc=MM1N-PN2:n942129063" rel="nofollow">1895 will of Margaret Williamson</a> refers to her son William, then living in Newry. William's <a href="https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-17874-55027-14?cc=1803978&wc=MMBF-7G1:n244850955" rel="nofollow">1897 marriage record to Mattie E. (Stark) Smith</a> says that he had married once before, and was divorced, but I can find no divorce record in Maine. As Dr. William Williamson's obituary mentioned only one wife, I am guessing that he was not the one who married Mary Foster and signed those deeds. But still, it seems that both Williams were at one time living in Stafford County, Kansas. One or both of them <a href="http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/results/default.aspx?searchCriteria=type=patent%7Cst=KS%7Ccty=185%7Cln=williamson%7Cfn=william%7Csp=true%7Csw=true%7Csadv=false" rel="nofollow">were issued land patents</a> in Stafford County, Kansas in 1890 and 1891. (The 1890 land patent was for land in Township 24, where Macksville is located.)Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6491474204007202277.post-25635147517083090202013-03-19T17:41:40.024-04:002013-03-19T17:41:40.024-04:00Their divorce record is online here:
https://fam...Their divorce record is online here: <br /><br />https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-24174-38048-86?cc=1877829&wc=M9MP-K2X:n1008943717<br /><br />Your suspicions are correct about the grounds for divorce.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01386406270744275223noreply@blogger.com