Josephine Arabella Allen (1861-1899)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. John Ferd Williams Allen Victor Williams Everette Malcolm Williams Lillian Lucille Williams Myrtle Whiting Williams Robert Ferdinand Williams Josephine Arabella Allen 1 Born: 1861, Mississippi 1 Marriage (1): John Ferd Williams about 1879 1 Died: 5 October 1899, Mississippi City, MS at age 38 2    Another name for Josephine was "Josie" Allen.   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the 1880 US Census in Beat 5, Holmes County, MS on 28 June 1880. 1 1880 US Census Page 267B, Roll 0650, District 10, Family 199 Beat 5, Holmes County, Mississippi J. A. Williams..Wife..19..MS..Boarding (Living with husband.) . Josephine married John Ferd Williams, son of Benjamin Lightfoot Williams and Sarah McMath, about 1879.1 (John Ferd Williams was born in 1847 in Alabama 1 3 4 and died on 9 January 1906 in Biloxi, MS 2.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Beat 5, Holmes County, MS on 28 June 1880. 1 1880 US Census Page 267B, Roll 0650, District 10, Family 199 Beat 5, Holmes County, Mississippi J. F. Williams..Head..32..AL..Bookkeeper J. A. Williams..Wife..19..MS..Boarding .

1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Beat 5, Holmes County, Mississippi, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 267B, family 199, John Ferd Williams and Josephine Arabella Allen; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 24 Aug 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 0650.

2 Rik Vigeland, "Ancestors of the Vigeland Family" (http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=vigeland; Updated: 2007-11-04 19:13:04 UTC (Sun)).

3 1850 U.S. census, population schedule, Bibb County, Alabama, p. 30B, dwelling 399, family 399; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 5 Apr 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M432.

4 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Township 19, Choctaw County, Mississippi, p. 166, dwelling 1187, family 1149, Benjamin Lightfoot Williams and Sarah McMath; index and images, FamilySearch.org (accessed 27 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 579.