John Cairns Williams
M, b. 1 January 1890, d. 30 December 1977
| Charts | Shelp Descendants |
| Birth* | 1 January 1890 | John Cairns Williams was born on 1 January 1890 at Scranton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania . |
| Marriage* | 26 January | He married Frances Shelp, daughter of Edward Everett Shelp and Elizabeth Adelia Shippey, on 26 January at Court St Church, Scranton, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. |
| Death* | 30 December 1977 | John Cairns Williams died on 30 December 1977 at Tulare, Tulare County, California, at age 87. |
| Note* | He I recall my father telling me that when he was a school boy, he had to detour around an Irish neighborhood to avoid a gang known as the Molly McGuires. He showed me a house down at the bottom of the hill at Clark's Summit where he and his family lived. His father had a furniture manufactory in which his oldest brother Ernest worked and his father first devised the internal corner metal fixture for tables which was subsequently widely used. He neglected to get a patent and so never profited from this. I am very unsure of the dates but: He went to some sort of private school in Scranton,?how long. He worked on the Lackawanna Railroad to Buffalo as a fireman. He and my mother, my Uncle Arch and my Aunt Sue all went to the Palmer School of Chiropractic in Davenport IA and graduated in February 1923 (I have the yearbook). He pointed out his office in Tunkhannock once and told me he had quit after a short time because he had no idea what was wrong with the patients who came to see him. He worked as an electrician at West Point and once pointed out fixtures he had installed in a movie. He and my mother lived in Poughkeepsie then and my Aunt Stella came to visit there (picture). He then worked at the Kearney Works of the Western Electric Company until his retirement at age 65 ending up as one of the 2nd echelon of executives. I recall that at one time tool making was his responsibilit He told me that in the course of his WE job, he had climbed up to the tip of the Empire State Building to inspect the communications equipment while it was under construction. It seems strange in retrospect that he told me he had no idea where the Cairns name came from and that he never said why his father was in Brooklyn when he died while the rest of the family was in Scranton. No one I have talked to seems to know either. (Ernest and Dick) The1900 census report dated June 4, 1900 which I found at the Genealogy Library in Salt Lake reads as follows: (I have copies of the actual document). Address: 36 Garfield Ave., Scranton City, Lackawanna County,PA. Microfilm roll number:1241420. Supervisor's District Number: 4. Enumeration district number: 59. Sheet number: 5. House number: 361. Dwelling number: 99. Family number:101. 1. Thomas J. Williams. BD 10-55. Age 44. Married 4 years. Birthplace:Scotland. Father's birthplace: Scotland. Mother's: Scotland. Year of immigration to US: 1865. Occupation: Woodworker. Can read, write, and speak English. Rents home (not a farm). 2. Anna. BD 3-61. Age39. Six children, all living. Birthplace: Wales (father and mother too). (maiden name, Evans. Previous married name, Ainsworth. Mother of Beatrice). Year of immigration to US: 1881. 3. Ernest. BD 7-81. Age 18. Mother born in England (Jessie Fear d.1896) Woodworker. 4. Stella. BD 12-83. Age 16. At school. Attended school 8 months. 5. Thomas. BD 5-85. Age 15. Printer. 6. Beatrice (Ainsworth). BD 10-87. Age 12. At school 9 months. 7. Arch. BD 10-87. Age 12. At school 9 months. 8. John. BD 1-90. Age 10. At school 9 months. Hand written note by Charlotte Cole, an old friend who died several years ago. Found by Dorothy in some old records. (2003) Charlotte played a tune on the piano and we all sang. Pop Pop is the nicest man He will help you when he can. He builds fences very well, Gee they really look so swell Always smiling, always gay He lets Grammie have her way. He takes over when we're gone, We could just go on and on. Oh Pop Pop you're the best Much better than the rest. Now that you are 79, You're really in your prime. 11-14-05 WW1 Draft Registration Card 1917 36 Lutherine Newburgh NY B. 1-1-1890 Natural born citizen. B. Scranton, PA Occupation: Expert Electrician USMA West Point, NY Dependant wife. Married. Caucasion. No military service. Claim exemption: Government Employee. Signed John Cairns Williams Database: 1920 United States Federal Census November 17, 2005 10:53 AM Name: John C Walliamy [John C Williams] Age: 29 years Estimated birth year: abt 1891 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Race: White Home in 1920: Newburgh, Orange, New York Home owned: Rent Sex: Male Marital status: Married Relation to Head of House: Head Able to read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Mother's Birth Place: Scotland Father's Birth Place: Scotland Image: 1160 Image Source: Year: 1920; Census Place: Newburgh, Orange, New York; Roll: T625_1252; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 153; Image: 1160. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001-. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1920 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1920 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1920 Federal Population Census. T625, 2,076 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Database: Scranton, Pennsylvania Directories, 1890-92 November 17, 2005 11:13 AM Name: John C. Williams Location 2: Parsons, Luzerne co Business Name: T J Williams & Co Year: 1890 City: Scranton State: PA. |
Family | Frances Shelp b. 5 Jan 1893, d. 22 Feb 1985 | |
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