Nancy Melinda Williams (1857 - 1943)

Born 25 Feb 1857 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Elijah Hawkins — married 29 Apr 1876 in Sonoma, California, United States

Wife of Thomas Henry Goodsir — married 26 May 1884 in Sonoma, California, United States

Died 30 Aug 1943 at age 86 in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States

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Biography

Nancy aka Melinda/Malinda/Linda was born 2/25/1857 in California. She was the daughter of Wilburn Williams and Louisa Bray. In 1870 Melinda was living with her parents and siblings in Santa Rosa, CA. She married Elijah Hawkins on 4/29/1876 in Sonoma county, CA. In 1880 she was living with Elijah and their children in Santa Rosa. She was widowed in 1881 and married Thomas Goodsir on 5/26/1884 in Sonoma county, CA. In 1900 she was living with Thomas and their children in Little Lake Mendocino, CA. She married Sylvester Bresee on 6/28/1909 in Fresno, CA. She was widowed in 1920 and was living with her daughter and son in law in Lindsay, Tulare, California in 1940. She died 8/30/1943 and is buried with family members in the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery (Plot Rural MC 74).

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNX3-ZD8 : 28 May 2021), Malinda Williams in entry for Wilb Williams, 1870.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3T-FSS : 9 March 2021), Elijah Hawkins and Malinda Williams, 29 Apr 1876; citing Sonoma, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,031,223.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ3T-VMH : 9 March 2021), Thomas H. Goodsir Or Goosir and Linda Hawkins, 26 May 1884; citing Sonoma, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,031,225.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9PP-26Y : accessed 28 December 2021), Malinda Goodsir in household of Thomas H Goodsir, Little Lake Township Willits town, Mendocino, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 71, sheet 3A, family 51, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,093.

• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ35-SJR : 9 March 2021), Sylvester B. Bresee and Malinda Goodsir, 28 Jun 1909; citing Fresno, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,548,478.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MV2F-HTS : accessed 28 December 2021), Melinda Bregee in household of Sylvester B Bregee, Fresno Ward 2, Fresno, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 36, sheet 12B, family 262, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 76; FHL microfilm 1,374,089.

• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH3G-Q2W : 31 January 2021), Linda Bresee in entry for Sylvester Bresee, 1920.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K96J-8M3 : 6 January 2021), Linda Bresee in household of Arthur Smith, Lindsay Judicial Township, Tulare, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54-37, sheet 7B, line 80, family 152, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 358.

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28601384/nancy_malinda-bresee

• Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery 1854-2020, Burial Listing and Genealogical Information, revised and expanded edition of 2007 listing, Sandra Wright Frary, Raymond L. Owen, published 2021 by Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Preservation Committee, City of Santa Rosa, Recreation and Parks, 2060 West College Ave, Santa Rosa, CA, 95401