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Descendants of Robert Williams

Generation No. 5

5. ETHEL⁵ WILLIAMS (CHARLES SIDNEY⁴, PERRY C.³, WILLIAM², ROBERT¹) was born September 2, 1900, and died May 17, 1982. She married FRANK DOWNEY. He was born March 16, 1886, and died September 1967.

Notes for ETHEL WILLIAMS:
Worked for years as Sales Clerk at the Chadron Cattle Sales Pavilion. She also worked many farm sales where she picked up many of the antiques she sold.

More About ETHEL WILLIAMS:
Burial: 1983, California
Cause of Death: Cancer
Occupation: Sales Clerk and Antique Dealer

Children of ETHEL WILLIAMS and FRANK DOWNEY are:

	i.		NIHLA ANN⁶ DOWNEY, b. Chadron Municipal Hospital, Chadron, Nebraska; d. 1999, OK.
	ii.		GERALD DOWNEY.

6. FLOYD FRANKLIN⁵ WILLIAMS (CHARLES SIDNEY⁴, PERRY C.³, WILLIAM², ROBERT¹) was born October 3, 1902 in Greenfield, Dade Co., Missouri, and died February 1986 in Grand Island, Hall Co. Nebraska. He married SADIE LOUISE CARLSON 1927, daughter of JOHN CARLSON and JENNIE HEDSTROM. She was born October 21, 1907 in Newcastle, Weston, Co, Wyoming, and died September 1, 1984 in Grand Island, Hall Co, Nebraska.

Notes for FLOYD FRANKLIN WILLIAMS:
Worked on his father Sid's Ranch at Ardmore, So. Dak and Node. Wy. until he was about thirty.

From that time on he ran sales barns, ran gambling rooms and raced horses.

He also rode broncs in the rodeo. On one occasion he rode a bronc with his broken arm in a cast.

More About FLOYD FRANKLIN WILLIAMS:
Burial: 1986, Grand Island, Ne.
Occupation: Rancher, gambler, race horse trainer

Notes for SADIE LOUISE CARLSON:
Worked at track kitchens throughout the horse tracks in Ne.. She always took the early morning shift which usually had her up at 4 A. M. in the morning.

She fought her way back from one stroke but succumbed to the second one.

She was always a strong supporter of the family and they could do no wrong in her eyes.

She once walked ten mile round trip on the ranch outside of Node, Wy. to enroll Dean in a country school.

More About SADIE LOUISE CARLSON:
Cause of Death: Stroke
Medical Information: Had two strokes. Also suffered from high blood pressure.

Children of FLOYD WILLIAMS and SADIE CARLSON are:

8.	i.		FLOYD DEAN⁶ WILLIAMS, b. August 12, 1927, Harrison, Sioux County, Nebraska.
9.	ii.		JOAN WILLIAMS, b. August 29, 1934; d. March 9, 1999, Wickenberg, AZ.

7. DONALD RAY⁵ WILLIAMS (CHARLES SIDNEY⁴, PERRY C.³, WILLIAM², ROBERT¹) was born May 16, 1929 in Harrison, Sioux Co., Nebraska. He married ELAINE RUTH WITT August 31, 1950. She was born July 7, 1931 in Crawford, Nebraska.

Notes for DONALD RAY WILLIAMS:
Donald is the person that did most of the work and stories on the Williams side of the family.

Donald was in the oil discovery business and worked for several large oil companies in Canada, Oklahoma and Texas, including Kerr McGee. He finished his career with Kerr McGee.

In addition to the oil business, Donald and Elaine started a ranching operation in Ofuskee county in eastern Oklahoma. They raised Brangus cattle and pecans on the Swinging W Ranch. (From Sioux County History.)

He married Elaine Witt. They had five children: Charles Sidney III, Steven Ray, Judy Ann, Jeffrey Lee and Donald Darwin.

More About DONALD RAY WILLIAMS:
Degree: BAGeology, Masters Uni Ill. (Cum Laude), Geologist
Occupation: Geologist and Rancher

Children of DONALD WILLIAMS and ELAINE WITT are:

10.	i.	CHARLES SIDNEY⁶ WILLIAMS III, b. December 2, 1951, Lusk, Wyoming.
11.	ii.	STEVEN RAY WILLIAMS, b. September 11, 1953, Crawford, Nebraska.
12.	iii.	JUDY ANN WILLIAMS, b. June 12, 1956, Fresno, California.
	iv.	JEFFREY LEE WILLIAMS, b. May 6, 1960, Fresno, California; m. ALICE EDOR TURK PARTIN, February 13, 1993; b. August 20, 1957, Paducah, Kentucky.

More About JEFFREY LEE WILLIAMS:
Education: Attended Central State Univ., Edmond, Oklahoma

13.

DONALD DARWIN WILLIAMS, b. March 17, 1966, Midland, Texas.

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