Margaret White

Margaret White
Margaret White, the fourth daughter of Thomas and Margaret White was born in May of 1848¹ in White Oak Springs. She was married in about 1875 to Edwin A. Williams.²She died sometime after June 4, 1930 when she appeared on the census rolls of Neenah, Wisconsin.³ Edwin A. Williams, born November 9, 1847, in Wisconsin was a graduate of Hillsdale College in Michigan and Platteville Wisconsin Normal School. He was a teacher and principle in various school systems in Wisconsin. He was the principal of Menasha High School from 1880-1882 after which he became the Superintendent of Menasha public schools. In 1888 he left the field of education and entered the real estate and insurance business. He was mayor of Neenah in 1894 following which he was the superintendent of schools for the city of Neenah. A Republican, he was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1898 and 1900.⁴ Edwin and Margaret Williams had only one daughter, Mabel Williams, who was born in October of 1875⁵. Mabel Williams did not marry and worked as an insurance agent.⁶ She was also active in various organizations around the Neenah area such as the Womens Athletic Association⁷, the American Red Cross⁸, The YWCA,⁹ and the Eastern Star¹⁰. She died in Penney Farms, Florida May 13, 1958¹¹ at the age of 83. Mabel Williams was named in the settlement of the estate of Margaret White William's brother George in 1918.¹²

Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin Wednesday Evening, March 25, 1925, page 10	Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin Tuesday Evening, April 1, 1930

Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin Saturday Evening, September 26, 1925	Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton Wisconsin Thursday Evening, January 14, 1926
Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, Wednesday Evening, December 16, 1931, p. 10
	Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin Monday, January 20, 1899, p. 8 (An account of a fundraiser by the Women's Athletic Association.)
Mabel Williams Obituary Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin Friday, May 16, 1958, p. 17
Endnotes Genealogy.com, “1900 U.S. Census (Population Schedule), Second Ward Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Page 124A, Line 54, Dwelling 98, Family 113, Household of Edwin A. Williams, GIF image, (Online: MyFamily.com, 2003) www.genealogy.com subscription database (Digital Scan of original U. S. Federal Government Document, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900.) 1900 U.S. Census, Second Ward, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Page 124A, line 54. Ancestry.com, “U.S. Census (Population schedule), District 12, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Page 178, line 6, Dwelling 303, Family 351, Household of Margaret Williams, JPG image, (Online: (Online: MyFamily.com, 1998-2003) subscription database (Digital Scan of original U.S. Federal Government Document, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930) The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin, Compiled and Published under the direction of Wm. H. Froehlich, Secretary of State 1901. page 768 -769 placed online by Tina S. Vickery <http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwinneb/biographies/williams.html> 1900 U. S. Census, Second Ward, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin Page 124 A, line 55. 1930 U. S. Census, District 12, Neenah, Winnebago County, Wisconsin, Page 178, line 7. Oshkosh Daily Northwestern, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, Monday, January 20, 1899 p. 8, column 2. Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin,Wednesday Evening, March 25, 1925, p. 10, column 4. Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, Tuesday Evening, April 1, 1930, p. 10, column 1. Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, Wednesday Evening, December 16, 1931, p. 10. Mabel Williams Obituary, Appleton Post Crescent, Appleton, Wisconsin, Friday, May 16, 1958, p. 17, column 1