Carl Emmons Williams (1891 - 1969)

Born 18 Mar 1891 in Ware, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Susan Helen (Gilman) Williams — married 28 Jun 1917 in Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Dec 1969 at age 78 in Wilbraham, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

Carl was born in Ware, Massachusetts on March 18, 1891^[1]. Carl and Helen (Gilman) were married in Melrose, Massachusetts, on June 28, 1917. They lived all their married lives in Ware, Massachusetts, where Carl Emmons Williams was a "storekeeper" -- proprietor of the J. B Sibley & Son hardware store; he was also a Director of the Ware Co-Operative Bank. They had two children, Carl Haskell Williams, and Edward Gilman Williams. Carl was active in his community and church, and was respected as a genlteman, and well thought of by others. He was an active Mason in Eden Lodge, and above all... a devoted fly fisherman.

He delighted in taking his youngest grandson, Thomas Clarke Williams, fishing at every opportunity, for trout, perch, bass, walleye, and pickerel... but especially trout. Carl passed his Orvis bamboo fly rods to Thomas in the summer of 1968, along with his life-long appreciation for fly fishing, and his great appreciation and respect for the outdoors.

He passed away without warning of a heart attack in Wilbraham, Massachussetts, on December 9, 1969.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXND-TT5 Familysearch; "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXND-TT5 : 29 November 2022), Carl Emmons Williams, 1891.

• Birth Record, 1891 Massachusetts Vital Records, 1840–1911. New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1891 through 1910, p. 874, line #4. Familysearch.com.
• Marriage 1917 Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1916-1920, Marriages 1917 Franklin to Middlesex, vol 644 pg. 796. americanancestors.org. Also; Helen Gilman Marriage, Boston Globe, June 28, 1917.
• Death age 78; Dec 9, 1969. Recorded on his Mason Membership Card, (Eden Lodge, 80 Pleasant Street, Ware, MA 01082), 1733-1990, Massachusetts. Ancestry.com
• Grave: Aspen Grove Cemetery, Ware, MA. Image / source: Findagrave.com