Hannah Williams
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History
-- Hannah Williams
and Her Family
From Jane P. Neale of Jefferson, MA, we received quite a bit of background about Hannah Williams and her family... more than we have time to prepare for display here (at least for now-- but it's a start).
"I have been able to gather some family pictures that you might like... I also contacted William Williams who lives in Rutland, the next town to Holden, and asked his permission to share these with you," Jane writes.
Lawrence Neale, Jane's husband, comes from an old Wayland family. His mother, M. Alice (stetson) Neale was the town clerk in Wayland for 27 years. They lived at 75 Main St. in Cochituate. Lawrence was active in the Cochituate hockey team of the 30s and 40s and also played baseball and football on the Wayland High team.
Lawrence Neale also was a great, grandchild of Hannah Williams (if I'm reading the genealogy report correctly)! Mind you.... she had 13 kids.... lots of family branches on the tree!
Anyway.... here's what we've got to show you!
Hannah Jane (Allen) Williams, Feb. 23, 1944 and published with a newspaper article announcing her 100th birthday (see photo of article).
The news article notes that she was living in Cochituate at the time, and it mentions how her son Arthur donated the park and playground to Cochituate in his mother's name....
Family portrait (undated).
Front row, from left: Phillip grandson of Arthur A. Williams, son of his daughter Ruth; Winston, son of Clarence and Rose, daughter of Chester.
Second row: Alice, dau. of Ernest; Anne (Annie); Hannah Jane, nother and grandmother; Cora S. mother of M. Alice Stetson.
Third row: Ether, dau. of Chester; M. Alice, daughter of Cora; ?' Charles, son of Ernest; unkown; Murray, son of Chester; Arthur A., son of Arthur A.
Back row: Harry H., Arthur A., Walter B., Clarence, Chester, Ernest, Allen, Joshua.
Undated photo of the ladies of the family:
Front row: Sarah (Snell) Allen, M. Alice (Stetson) Neale, Gramma Snell.
Back row: Hannah Jane (Allen) Williams, Cora Stanton (Williams) Stetson.
Article from The Brockton Enterprise, undated, on Hannah Williams' 92nd birthday.
-- December, 2001
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