George Washington Williams

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Buried:
Headstone says:
In Memory of
GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLIAMS
Born in Washington City
in 1802 where he died
August 1, 1836
Aged 34
Erected by his son
RAMON WILLIAMS
1874

George married Janett Ann Young on 29 Jun 1826 in Washington, District of Columbia. Janett was born in in Washington, District of Columbia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Census: 8 Jun 1880, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 6 Jun 1900, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Biography:
The following was included in "New York State's Prominent and Progressive Men," Compiled by Mitchell C. Harrison in 1900 and published by the New York Tribune.
The chapter entitled Ramon O. Williams is from Volume II, pages 377-380.

RAMON O. WILLIAMS
Ramon O. Williams was born in Washington, D. C. about seventy years ago. His father was George Williams and his mother Jeanette Anne Young, natives of Washington, and of Colonial and English ancestry.
When a mere child, he was sent to Cuba with his father, who was to leave him with an aunt born in Maryland, and married to a Spanish merchant established at Havana. She, having no children, wished to adopt her little nephew, who at her request had been named after her husband as her son. He went to school in Havana. His mother, not wishing to part forever with her son, after a time requested his return to her, which was done. Then he went to school in Alexandria, Virginia, and in Washington. His father having died early, he was taken from school at the age of 12 years and placed to work in the office of Blair and Rives, editors and proprietors of "The Globe." Some time after, he went to the office of the "Madisonian." This paper was the organ of the John Tyler Administration. At the age of eighteen Mr. Williams returned to Havana, where he completed his education under private instruction, since which time he has been continually connected with the commerce of that island with the United States.
In the year 1856 he was sought by some of his fellow-countrymen, residents of New London and Mystic, Connecticut, to represent them in defense of a proposition they wished to present to the Captain-General of Cuba for the free introduction of live fish from the west coast of Florida into Havana. Prior to the transfer of Florida in 1821, under the treaty of 1819, the West coast of Florida had served as the fishing grounds for the market of Havana. By reason of this treaty, these Florida fishing-grounds and the market of Havana had become foreign to each other; and the legislation of Spain reserved the catching and supplying of fresh fish to the retired sailors of the King's Navy; therefore, the Spanish law prohibited the trade. But the law was evaded, and the trade carried on in American smacks, that fished on the West coast of Florida under the American flag, and brought their catches into the port of Havana under the Spanish flag. That is, each of those smacks carried both flags. The famous Don Francisco Marti had the monopoly of supplying fresh fish to Havana. He made an immense fortune out of this business, while the American fishermen scarcely made a living. It was because of this inequality of conditions that Mr. Williams was sought by the fishermen to represent them before General Concha, then Captain-General of the Island. After several months Mr. Williams succeeded against the millionaire Mr. Marti, and fresh fish was supplied to the people of Havana, under the American flag, at from eight to ten cents per pound, whereas under the monopoly of Mr. Marti they had to pay twenty-five cents and upwards per pound. The result was, the people of Havana got cheaper fish and the American fishermen got better returns for their labor. In this contest against Mr. Marti, Mr. Williams gained his first insight into the economics of Cuba, which subject became a favorite study with him ever afterward.
In 1868, on learning of the tender of the annexation of the Republic of Santo Domingo to the United States, by General Baez, he instantly saw, being then engaged in sugar-planting, the disintegrating effect on monarchy and African slavery in Cuba if that proposition was carried out, would have on the Cuban problem, because of the economic dependence of the island on the sugar market of the United States, which dependence had been recently wrought by the cyclic events of the destruction of the Louisiana sugar crop, during our Civil War. At the request of the late John E. Develin of New York, he made a sketch of his views, which was read and approved by several Americans of high intellectual standing.
Mr. Williams withdrew from business in 1874, and took up his residence in New York.
In the same year of 1874, at the solicitation of the late Thurlow Weed of New York, he showed, for Frederick W. Seward, how the negotiation of reciprocity treaties with other sugar countries than Cuba would effectively solve the Cuban problem without war, and by the mere effect of economic force. A copy of this sketch later fell into the hands of the late Charles A. Dana, who headed it with the title of "Some Considerations on the Absurd Commercial Relations between Spain and the United States," and published it in a daily issue of the "Sun," in January, 1876.
Shortly after his return to the United States in 1874, he was requested to go back to Havana to take charge of the United States consulate-general, during General Grant's administration, for three or four months, which he accepted. He soon afterwards received the honorary appointment of vice-consul-general. At the end of ten years he resigned this position. In 1884 he was appointed by President Arthur to be United States consul-general at Havana, and was continued during the successive administrations of Presidents Cleveland and Harrison.
In 1890 he was called to Washington by order of Secretary Blaine to assist in supporting the proposed amendment of the McKinley Tariff Bill of that year. To this end he went before Senators Allison, Aldrich, Hiscoch, and Jones, the majority members of the Senate committee then having the subject under consideration, and before Representatives Burroughs, Gear, and Hitt of the corresponding House committee, to whom he expressed his view in favor of the proposition which afterward took form under the Aldrich Amendment.
On the breaking out of the Cuban insurrection in 1895, Mr. Williams had to defend, under the treaties between the two governments, many Cubans who had obtained naturalization papers in the United States and had taken part in the insurrection, and having, in consequence, been considered persona non grata by the Captain-General of Cuba (Callejas), and the Madrid government, and also for reasons of self-respect he obtained leave of absence to go to Washington, where he signified his intention to President Cleveland to resign at once. But he returned to Havana, at the request of the President, for a short time, intending to forward his resignation from there. However, with the precedents in his memory of the fate of the Critteden men in Havana in 1851, and the public execution of their leader, General Narciso Lopez, of which act Mr. Williams had been a near-by witness, and of the Virginius men at Santiago in 1873, and from his desire to serve the cause of international peace, knowing that the foundation of Spanish power in Cuba was essentially economic, and fast exhausting itself from the violation of the natural economic law, as defined by Isaiah, in arithmetical ratio, the key to all the physical sciences, in his warning to the merchant princess of Tyre (chapter xxiv., verses 1, 2, 3), he remained in Havana a year longer, attending to the many cases of the Cubans with United States naturalization papers. As soon as, in his judgment, a sufficient number of these cases had been settled for the formation of an adequate jurisprudence under the treaties, he then sent his formal and irrevocable resignation to the President. In the full faith of the sufficiency of article 7 of the treaty of 1795, between the United States and Spain, and the protocol of January 12, 1877, negotiated at Madrid by the late Caleb Cushing, Mr. Williams rejected the pressure brought upon him to ask the government at Washington to station a vessel of war in the harbor of Havana, fully believing in his ability to defend and to obtain all the stipulated rights of American citizens without any such aid, having, besides, reasons to suspect that the calling of a man-of-war might become a doubtful expedient.
His last important official act was the defense of the men of the Competitor expedition, which vessel had been captured with officers and crew while landing arms and recruits for the insurgents in the province of Pinar del Rio on the north coast of Cuba. For his action in this matter he was highly complemented by the Department of State.
Reasoning from the fundamental principles of economics, Mr. Williams frequently pointed out in his consular reports, yet unpublished, the disasters that awaited Spanish power in Cuba.

He lived for a few years with his aunt in Cuba as a child after which he returned home. He worked for newspaper editors at the age of 12 to help support his family after his father died. In 1847 at the age of 19 he returned to Cuba and finished his education. He was very fond of both Spaniards and Cubans. In Cuba he was successful in many business ventures from import/export to sugar planter. He was in the shipping business between Baltimore and Havana. He retired from business in 1874 and moved to 35 Cambridge Place in Brooklyn, NY (although he was not listed in the annual Brooklyn City Dir until the 1879/80 edition). In 1871, he was appointed Vice Consul to Cuba by President Ulysses S Grant, a personal friend. He resigned after 10 years. In 1884 he was appointed Consul General by President Warren G Harding receiving a salary of $6,000 per year, the largest of salary of any consul general (according to a newspaper, probably the Brooklyn Daily Eagle). He resigned in 1896 after serving under three administrations. The 1880, 1900, and 1910 censuses listed him as a sugar merchant, a banker, and own income respectively. All three censuses list his home as 35 Cambridge Pl, Brooklyn and the last listed it as being owned with no mortgage. The house was an old brownstone. In 1880 his son Ramon was at college and all other children were at school. The other residents in 1900 were Angela G Williams (wife), M Angelina Disbrow (daughter), William J Disbrow (son in-law), George A Williams (son), Alice A Williams (daughter in-law), Ramon O Williams (grandson), Robert A Williams (son), Annie J Welsh (servant), and Marie McMaster (servant). In 1910 they were the same people except William Disbrow was not there and Jane A and Angela L Williams (granddaughters) were there. There was one servant and his name was Ernist Miller. On his fiftieth wedding anniversary he received the following letter from the manager of the Spanish department of a New York mercantile house: "When I consider all the good you did for the Cubans during the Revolution and when you were acting as consul-general or minister of your country, I feel very proud of your friendship and grateful in every respect for the victims you saved from the ferocity of Spaniards and their government. I do sincerely hope that all your Cuban friends think as I do toward you, and also that they will appreciate your best and glorious deeds."

On 5 January, 1866, Ramon left Charleston, South Carolina for Havana on the steamship Isabella along with Mrs. Underwood (likely his godmother) according to a notice in the Charleston Courier.
As of 1871, the Book "Cuba With Pen and Pencil", Samuel Hazard, said that R. O. Williams line of 26 Mercaderas St., Havana ran fairs from Baltimore for $50.
According to the "Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac", 1891, Ramon along with the Consul Generals of London, Paris and Rio de Janero were the highest paid Consul Generals at $6,000 per year.
According to Willis Johnson in "The History of Cuba, Volume 4", 1920, Ramon strongly recommended against sending a ship to Havana prior to the Spanish American War:
It is to be recalled that Ramon O. Williams, who had only a little while before retired from the office of American Consul-General at Havana, and was particularly well informed and judicious, earnestly warned the United States government against sending a ship to Havana, because the harbor was very elaborately mined, and there was a bitter and truculent feeling among the Spaniards against the United States; wherefore the danger of some untoward occurrence was too great to be incurred without a more pressing necessity than was apparent. But despite his warning the Maine was sent. She was conducted by a Spanish official pilot to her anchorage .at a buoy between RegIa and the old custom house. Whether a mine was attached to that buoy or not is unknown, though Mr. Williams was confident that one was. His theory was that some malignant Spanish officer, who had access to the keyboard of the mines, perhaps through connivance with some other fanatic, watched to see the tide swing the ship directly over the mine and then touched the key and caused the explosion. That would account for the enormous hole which was blown in the side of the ship, and which could not have been caused by any little mine or torpedo which might have been floated to the side of the ship, but must have been produced by a very large mine planted deep beneath the hull.

Census:
Head, 35 Cambridge Place.

Census:
Head, 35 Cambridge Place.

Census:
Head, 35 Cambridge Place.

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Ramon married Angela Luciana García about 1861 in Havana, Cuba. Angela (daughter of Vicente Benito García and Ana Coleta García) was born on 7 Jan 1836 in Regla, Yela, Cuba; died on 9 Aug 1920 in Brooklyn, New York; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Lot 24465 Sec 139, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The only thing known about her is that she published a song called "My Saviour Draw Me Near to Thee" in 1858 that was "Written and Composed for the Piano and Affectionately Dedicated to Her Brother Ramon O. Williams of Havana by J. R. Williams".

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Biography:
His obituary:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 2 March 1933
Ramon Williams, Son of Ex-Havana Consul Chief, Dies
Shipping Man Never Recovered From Injuries Receive in Accident
Ramon Vincent Williams of 1059 Bergan St., son of the late Ramon O. Williams, former United States Consul General at Havana, died last night at his home of the effects of injuries received when struck by a taxicab in September, 1931. He had never fully recovered his health since the accident.
Mr. Williams was born in Havana while his father was Consul General there, but had resided in Brooklyn for more than 60 years. He was in the shipping business the greater part of his life and formerly acted as chancellor to the Mexican Consulate at New York.
He was the husband of the late Alice Adele Strong Williams and leave a daughter, Miss Alice Estelle Williams, and a sister, Mrs. William J. Disbrow, of 1 Cambridge Place.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 8 p.m. tomorrow. Burial will be in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery.

Died:
New York Times Obituary published 3 March 1933:
Ramon Vincent Williams, former chancellor of the Mexican Consulate in this city and a son of the late Ramon O. Williams, who was at one time United States Consul General at Havana, died Wednesday night at his home, 1059, Bergen Street, Brooklyn. His death is attributed to the effect of injuries received in a taxicab accident in September of 1931. Born in Havana during his father's official residence there, Mr. Williams had lived in Brooklyn more than sixty years. He formerly had shipping interests. Surviving are a daughter, Alice Estelle Williams, and a sister. Mrs. William J. Disbrow, both of Brooklyn.

Family/Spouse: Alice Adele Strong. Alice was born in May 1872 in Brooklyn, New York; died on 25 Jan 1931; was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Angelina 'Lena' Disbrow

Notes:

Biography:
In 1871, Lena wrote a letter to an Aunt Nettie and one to an Aunt Amanda. They were probably from her father's side. In 1872, Lena wrote a letter in Spanish to an Aunt Lucia. This is probably her mother's sister. In 1872, she wrote a letter to an Uncle Henry. He was probably from her father's side.
She had no children.

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Angelina married William J 'Jake' Disbrow about 1887. William was born on 15 Feb 1858 in South Amboy, New Jersey; died on 26 Oct 1902; was buried on 29 Oct 1902 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Biography:
She died while spending the summer with her mother and family at the shore. According to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle she died of pneumonia, intermittent fever and rheumatism. She had been attending Adelphi Academy and getting excellent grades. The paper said she "possessed accomplishments would have been creditable to a lady of maturer years."

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Notes:

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Other Events:

• Census: 8 Jun 1880, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 6 Jun 1900, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York

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Biography:
The following is a translation of the Jorge's baptismal record.

Written by Senor Don Anaclato Redondo Catholic Priest of the Parish of the church of Jermino del Mansemate of Havana. I certify that in the book #13 of the baptism of white people page 26 entry 757 is found the following statement On the fifteenth of March 1873.
I father Dn Anaclato Padondo Priest of the Parish of this church of Jeranimo del Mansemate, solemnly baptize a child who was born on the second of December of the year immediate passed, legitimate son of Dn Ramon Oscar Williams[INDEX:]People;Williams;Ramon Oscar [:INDEX], native of Washington in the United States and of Dona Angela Luciana Garcia[INDEX:]People;García;Angela Luciana [:INDEX], native of the town of Regla in the state of Yela, paternal grandparents Dn Jorge[INDEX:]People;Williams;George W. [:INDEX] and Donia Juana Anna Young[INDEX:]People;Young;Janett Ann [:INDEX]: maternal grandparents Dn Vicente Benito[INDEX:]People;García;Vicente Benito [:INDEX] and Dona Anna Coleta Garcia[INDEX:]People;García;Ana Coleta [:INDEX]; on said child I perform the baptismal ceremony and I placed upon him the name of Jorge Aurelio: there were present the god parents Dn Ramon Vicente Williams and Dona Luciana Nevit de Underwood to whom I charged with the spiritual upbringing which they attested and I signed = Dn Anacleto Redondo"
This is a true copy of the original. Havana, March 17 eighteen hundred and seventy three.
signed Dn Anacleto Redondo

In 1934, while living at 1 Cambridge Place, Brooklyn, he wrote a resume. The resume is included below with inserts of information from his application for a license as a Professional Engineer made sometime after October 1934:

45 Broadway
New York City
September 28, 1934
Education and Experience
of
George A. Williams, Tag #142106
Residing at #1 Cambridge Place,
Brooklyn, N. Y. Age 61.

Mr. Roberts:

In accordance with instructions from Mr. Borough, I am submitting below an outline of my education and experience as a mechanical engineer.
I received my education in the following Brooklyn schools; Adelphi Academy and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn.
I afterwards took a special course in sugar house work at the Audubon Sugar School, New Orleans, La.
Worked on sugar plantations in Louisiana and Cuba on designing and construction of sugar houses for about five years and for ten years I had charge of the manufacturing of sugar at various plants, employing upwards of three men.
[1890-1895 Assistant to Engineer in charge of design and construction of sugar house and design and installation of sugar machinery for Henry Heidegger & Co. located at Matanzas, Cuba, owner of sugar plantation, "Santa Catalina," located Coral Falso, Cuba. He had complete charge of sugar house and factory. 1895-1897 Superintendent of sugar house for Pascual Goicochea, the owner of the sugar plantation "Providencia" located in Guines, Cuba. He had complete charge of the sugar house and chemical laboratory. 1894-1895 Assistant to Superintendent of sugar house for Atkins & Co., the owners of the sugar plantation "Soledad" located near Cienfuegos, Cuba. 1897-1899 Due to the war, he held a clerical position with Peale, Peacock & Kerr, 1 Broadway, N. Y. owners and operators of coal mines located at Clearfield, Pa. 1899-1901 Assistant Cashier in charge of loans on sugar for North American Trust Co., Havana, Cuba. He was in charge of Appraisals of raw sugars and sugar properties. 1901 Superintendent of sugar house for Cuban American Sugar Co., owners of the sugar plantation, "Tinguaro" in Perico, Cuba. He had complete charge of sugar house and chemical laboratory. 1901-1904 Cashier of bank for Banco Nacional de Cuba, in Cienfuegos, Cuba. His duties included loans on raw sugars and sugar properties. 1904-1906 Vice President of Williams & Co., 96 Wall St., N. Y. contractors and exporters of machinery and mill supplies.]
I might mention that I can speak and write Spanish fluently.
From 1907 to 1909 I was employed by the General Fireproofing Co. in their New York office as sales engineer designing and selling special steel filing equipment and superintending the installation of same.
From 1909 to 1920 I was employed by the Berger Mfg.Co. as sales manager in their New York office selling sheet metal building material including steel filing equipment. Had charge of at least twelve salesmen and draftsmen, besides a gang of mechanics and superintended the erection and installation of material.
In 1920 I organized Williams & Record, Inc., and was its president from the start until 1929. We maintained a manufacturing and assembling plant at Long Island City.
Our business consisted in furnishing and installing, as sub-contractors, special steel equipment in over 300 hundred public schools in the various boroughs in New York City, hospitals, court houses, jails and various other buildings.
I had charge of our manufacturing plant where we employed anywhere from thirty to seventy men.
From 1929 to 1931 I was employed by the Steel Equipment Corp. as sales engineer designing and superintending installations of special steel equipment in public buildings.
From 1931 to 1932 I was employed by the Gibson Committee to make an inventory of all chemicals and chemical apparatus at the chemical laboratory of the New York University.
Since January 1934 to date I have been working as senior engineer on a survey project of piers and waterfront of the Port of New York, having had charge of as many as fifty assistant engineers during the course of this work.
[The above work ended in October of 1934. After that he was a Senior Engineer for C.W.A. Project consisting of remodeling the interior of store houses belonging to the City of New York and replacing old equipment with modern steel equipment for the storage and handling the City's supplies in a more economical and systematical way. He was in charge of an office force of about 35 men (engineers, architects and draftsmen) and a field force of about 200 labors. I do not know how long he held this position.]

The 1900 census listed his occupation as clerk and the 1910 listed it as manager in the business of steel furniture. He was educated in Havana and the U.S. When he was young he entered the sugar business and soon became a manager of the sugar house on one of the largest plantations in Cuba. During the War against the Spanish rule, some revolutionists burned the cane fields to cut the Spanish revenue. He had to go into other lines of work ending up in the shipping business the U.S., South America, and Cuba with his brothers. They shipped the first automobile to Cuba. He was very interest in photography and took many pictures during the Spanish American War.

Census:
Son, 35 Cambridge Place.

Census:
Son, 35 Cambridge Place.

Census:
Son, 35 Cambridge Place.

Census:
Head, 315 Westminster Road.

Died:
He died at home.

George married Alice Wadsworth Ayer on 20 Oct 1897 in Brooklyn, New York. Alice (daughter of Ira Ayer, II and Mary Jane 'Jennie' James) was born on 28 Sep 1873 in Norfolk, Virginia; died on 29 Apr 1966 in Carlton Convalescence Home, Riverside, Connecticut; was buried on 25 May 1966 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Al Williams

Notes:

Biography:
The 1900 census lists his occupation as Clerk and the 1910 census lists it as automobile salesman.
His obituary:
Brooklyn Daily Eagle 23 Feb 1928
Robert A. Williams Dies:
Son of Ramon O. Williams
Robert Alfred Williams of 1335 E. 28th st., a son of the late Ramon O. Williams, who was for many years United States Consul General at Havana, Cuba, died today at his home after a lingering illness.
Like his distinguished father, Mr. Williams was in the shipping business. He is survived by his wife Louise Smith Williams; a son, Robert Alfred Williams Jr.; a sister, Mrs. M. Angelina W. Disrow, and two brother, Ramon V. And George A. Williams. His mother, Mrs. Angela Garcia Williams, died in 1920.
Services will be held at the late home Saturday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The internment will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. Williams was born in Havana but had resided in Brooklyn the greater part of his life.

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Robert married Louise Georgianna Smith on 6 Jun 1916. Louise was born about 1891 in New York; died on 22 May 1973; was buried on 5 Jun 1973 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Other Events:

• Name: Diblin

Notes:

Biography:
It's likely that her marriage to George Diblin was his 2nd marriage and sometime after 1930 when she was still unmarried after her parent's deaths.

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Family/Spouse: George W. Diblin. George was born on 22 Apr 1888 in Ocean Grove, New Jersey; died in Nov 1968; was buried on 25 Nov 1968 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Notes:

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Other Events:

• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Biography:
From Alice Ayer Williams:
Ramon was an exceptional person and loved so much by us all that I know you will enjoy a review of a few incidents in his life.
He received his education at Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y. and Cornell University, N.Y. State and was a member of Psi Upsilon Fraternity. After college he was a year with A. H. Bull Steamship Company, as Supercargo and had some interesting experiences on the many trips to southern ports. He started his Wall Street career with the firm of Tucker Anthony and Company, members of the N.Y. and Boston Stock Exchanges and N.Y. Curb Exchange. He became a partner and was Representative of the firm on the floor of the Curb Exchange.
He was a member of Nassau Country Club, Heights Casino, Cornell Club and Squadron A, ex-member Association and former member of the N.Y. Yacht Club. He was an enthusiastic yachtsman and enjoyed sports of all kinds.
During the 1st World War he served as Ensign in the United States Naval Reserve Force for eighteen months. He became an authority on Naval Navigation and wrote several books on the subject. Worked on the second revision of the Mixter Primer of Navigation and was author of the third revision of the "Standard Navy Text."
When he was still in High School a company was organized to train teachers and older boys and Ramon was elected Captain. He had spent the summer at the Platsburg Army Training Camp, so was well able to take over and did such a fine job that the Company received commendation from several sources and I was told by Dr. Alder, the Principal, that they brought enthusiastic applause from the grand-stand in the big New York Parade.
[BOLD:]HERE ARE A COUPLE OF INSERTS[:BOLD]
I am putting inserts from a couple of wonderful letters I received at his death which will show how much he was admired by those who know him.
The following is from RICE BREWSTER:
"Dear Mrs. Williams:
I want you to know how much we, who knew Ra, loved and admired him. His cheerful friendliness and keen sense of humor always made it a delight to be with him. It is impossible for me to picture him in any other mood.
In appearance as well as in spirit he seemed to retain the fresh enthusiasm of youth."
From Felice Mixter - now - Mrs. FINDLEY DOWNS:
"Dear Mrs. Williams:
I had always the greatest admiration for Ra and vast respect for his ability and all his wonderful qualifications.
He was always the same, the most poised, the most balanced and delightful person, with a great capacity for doing the work he had undertaken in the most efficient way.
His brilliance and personal charm won the devotion of all those who worked with him and we shall all miss him immeasurably even tho' the particular job was finished and brilliantly so by him."
Ramon attended Cornell University.

Census:
Grandson, 35 Cambrige Place.

Census:
Son, 315 Westminster Road.

Buried:
Lot 19365, Section 151

Ramon married Louise Ormiston Callender on 25 Apr 1928 in St. James' Church, Brooklyn, New York. Louise was born on 20 Feb 1901; died on 28 Aug 1994; was buried on 13 Sep 1994 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Jane Ayer Barber
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York

Notes:

Census:
Granddaughter, 35 Cambrige Place.

Census:
Daughter, 315 Westminster Road.

Died:
Jane's obituary appeared in a Bronxville newspaper.

Jane W. Barber, 96:
retired real estate agent
Jane W Barber, a former long-time resident of Bronxville, died Saturday, June 6.1998, at Honey Hill Care Center in Norwalk, Conn. She was 96.
A Bronxville resident for more than 50 years, Mrs. Barber retired after working for many years in real estate sales for Ley Management Corp. in Bronxville. Previously, she had worked for Equitable Trust in New York City.
She was a former member of the Bronxville Field Club. She was also a volunteer for the Red Cross and the Bronxville school PTA
Mrs. Barber had also done volunteer work at the Reformed Church of Bronxville.
She was born Jan 31, 1902, in Brooklyn Heights to George and Alice Ayer Williams. She attended Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn.
On June 5, 1923, she and William H. Barber were marred in Brooklyn Heights. He died in October 1957.
She is survived by two daughters, Alice Ann McCann of Cape Cod, Mass, and Jane B Ritchey of Norwalk; a sister, Angela Scholtz of Essex, Conn.; eight grandchildren; and twelve great-grandchildren.
A brother, Ramon Williams, and a grandson, Bruce McCann, died earlier
The funeral will be private Arrangements are being handled by Edward Lawrence Funeral Home in Darien, Conn.
Memorial donations may be made to the Bronxville School Foundation, 177 Pondfield Road, Bronxville, N.Y. 10708.

Buried:
Lot 24465, Section 139

Jane married William Barber on 5 Jun 1923. William was born about 1899 in Connecticut; died in Oct 1957. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Name: Angela Lucia Scholtz
• Census: 18 Apr 1910, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 12 Jan 1920, Brooklyn, New York
• Census: 2 Apr 1930, Eastchester Village, Westchester County, New York
• Residence: Abt 1947, Riverside, Connecticut
• Residence: Nov 1992, Essex, Connecticut

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Biography:
From Catharine Scholtz Labine:
A Gift of Art: memories of Angela W. Scholtz
23 January 2010
Good afternoon.
It's not news that Grandma Angela was a talented woman. We've been in awe of her creations throughout the years. She had many, many passions: her miniatures, her painting, her prints, athletics…and she carried it off with a magical quality. There is a reason for this, and perhaps it was Grandma's secret ingredient. As involved as she was with her pursuits, she was fascinated by other people's interests. She had a way of finding out what someone liked to do. She'd either know who that person should meet, or she would figure out another way of encouraging them. In that manner, Grandma was like her mother, Alice, who would go to great lengths to celebrate others' accomplishments. Just ask my brother, Bill, about the poem Alice wrote for him when he was only eight and caught his very first fish.
Grandma Angela would often ask what her great-grandkids were thinking and doing. She wanted pictures, but never portraits…only photographs of them doing what they love most. And, knowing mine is a family of writers, she asked me to send stories the kids had written. Amongst others, I sent a story that my son, Mike, wrote about an adventure his Grandpa Andy and Andy's brother, Fred, had in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey during World War II. Dad, Fred and a friend traveled by train so they could sail in a regatta, the Atlantic Coast Lightning Championships. They were young, and in their innocence decided to spend an afternoon before the races hanging out on the beach. Well, there was a war on, the beach was closed, and when the Coast Guard came around to pick them up, having the name "Scholtz" was no advantage. In Grandma's note to Mike in which she related her impressions of the story, she wrote: I was so engrossed…I desperately wanted to know how it would end. Mike thought that was funny since she was Andy's and Fred's mom, of course she knew everything turned out okay. I know, though, that Mike felt honored by her remarks because Grandma was so willing to be swept up by the telling of a story she knew well.
Grandma and Grandpa lived on Leeward Lane in Riverside for over 40 years. My favorite room in that house was their living room. There was always something creative going on, whether it was Grandma's miniature period pieces on display, or Grandpa building his model ships. When we were very young, Grandma would have the grandchildren gather around the armchair so Alice could recite poetry and tell us stories. Those words had us transported.
So, for Grandma, who took enormous delight in encouraging the imagination of a child, and for my dad, my brothers and my cousins who will remember this well, I'll read a familiar poem:
The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat,
They took some honey, and plenty of money,
Wrapped up in a five pound note.
The Owl looked up to the stars above,
And sang to a small guitar,
"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,
What a beautiful Pussy you are, you are, you are,
What a beautiful Pussy you are."
Pussy said to the Owl "You elegant fowl,
How charmingly sweet you sing.
O let us be married, too long we have tarried;
But what shall we do for a ring?"
They sailed away, for a year and a day,
To the land where the Bong-tree grows,
And there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood
With a ring at the end of his nose, his nose, his nose,
With a ring at the end of his nose.
"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling your ring?"
Said the Piggy, "I will"
So they took it away, and were married next day
By the Turkey who lives on the hill.
They dined on mince, and slices of quince,
Which they ate with a runcible spoon.
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand.
They danced by the light of the moon, the moon, the moon,
They danced by the light of the moon.
I love you, Grandma.
Catharine Scholtz Labine

From LimeLine.com:
Angela W. Scholtz 01/19/10
Angela W. Scholtz died quietly in her sleep on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 in Essex. She was born on May 13, 1907, daughter of George and Alice Williams, in Brooklyn, N.Y.
During her long and prodigious life, she enjoyed participating in diverse activities. In her youth, she loved competitive swimming. While still in her teens, she won several New York State freestyle championships, and she took great pride in having once raced against Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel.
Angela Scholtz was a graduate of Packer Collegiate Institute, Class of 1927, in Brooklyn. In that same year, she married J. Henry Scholtz, Jr., also a Brooklyn resident. As a young mother during the 1930s, she continued to follow her love of competitive athletics on the tennis courts of Old Greenwich and Riverside, while raising two sons.
When her sons became interested in sailboat racing, she also learned to sail and got the entire family to participate in the sport together. She crewed on several of the family's racing sailboats. She also raced her own single-handed dinghy at Riverside Yacht Club during the summer season as well as the winter frostbite racing season. At the time of her death she was a member of the Riverside Yacht Club and the New York Yacht Club.
Angela Scholtz loved artistic and creative endeavors. For many years, she designed and printed her own Christmas cards using monotype imaging. She also became interested in the construction of miniature period rooms. Angela was active in local and national miniature associations. She was commissioned to design and build a whimsical miniature historical model of the town of Greenwich for the 350th anniversary of the founding of Greenwich. She donated the model village to Essex Meadows Life Care Retirement Community in Essex, where she lived for the past 18 years.
Angela Scholtz was predeceased by her husband and by a son, Frederick H. Scholtz. She is survived by her son, Andrew A. Scholtz, and Claudia B. Scholtz of Naples, Fla.; her daughter-in-law, Sally K. Scholtz, also of Naples; and seven grandchildren, Andrew A. Scholtz, Jr. of Binghamton, N.Y.; William H. Scholtz of Mill Valley, Calif.; Catharine S. Labine of Darien, Richard van D. Scholtz of Denver, Colo., Peter D. Scholtz of Darien, Sarah S. Dewar of Valdosta, Ga., and F. Bradley Scholtz of Darien. She is also survived by 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grand-daughter.
A Celebration of the Life of Angela Scholtz was held at the First Congregational Church, 2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme on Saturday, January 23. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Connecticut River Museum, 67 Main Street, Essex, CT 06426.
Arrangements are by Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home, Centerbrook.

Census:
Granddaughter, 35 Cambridge Place.

Census:
Daughter, 315 Westminster Road.

Census:
Wife, 5 Gramatan Gardens.

Residence:
Leeward Lane

Residence:
Essex Meadows

Angela married José Henrique "Henry" Scholtz, Jr. on 14 Jun 1927 in Brooklyn, New York. José (son of José Henrique Scholtz and Joanna Catharina van Daalen) was born on 4 Oct 1902 in Caracas, Venezuela; died on 26 Jun 1997 in Essex, Connecticut; was buried in River View Cemetery, Essex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Biography:
His Obituary:
The Bernardsville News, Wednesday, May 27, 1998
Robert A. Williams, 77, amateur radio operator
Robert Alfred Williams, 77, died Sunday, May 17, 1998, at his home in Bernardsville after a long illness.
Born in Oakland, Calf., he moved to Morristown from Long Island, N. Y., in 1957 and to Bernardsville in 1961.
Having grown up during the infancy of wireless communications, he had a lifelong interest in the history of radio. During World War II, he worked at Western Electric, then served with the Army Signal Corps in Europe.
After the war he worked at several companies on Long Island before joining Bell Telephone Laboratories in New Jersey. He earned his amateur Radio Operator license in 1961 and particularly enjoyed using Morse Code on older equipment to talk to other radio “hams.”
Mr. Williams was a past president of the Whippany Amateur Radio Club and the Amateur Radio Relay League.
An avid rail fan, his interests centered around electric railroads and trolley lines. He built a model of an electrified railroad, including the stations and houses along the line.
He was a member of the Branford Electric Railway Association, a past member of the Electric Railroaders Association, the National Railway Historical Society, and the National Association of Railway Passengers.
Surviving are Joan, his wife of 43 years, two sons, Alan of Somerville, and Paul of Arlington, Mass.; and a cousin, Elizabeth Dowell of Oak Park, Ill.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m., Saturday, May 30 at The Unitarian Church in Summit, 3 Waldron Ave., Summit.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Branford Electric Railway Association, 17 River St., East Haven, Conn., 06512.
Cremation was arranged by Madison Memorial Home in Madison.

Robert married Joan about 1954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]