#genealogyphotoaday is the number 2. Jessie Williams, called “Missy,” and her sister, Iva Mae Williams, called “Babe,” were the two youngest siblings of my grandfather, William G. Williams. They were born in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida. They were inseparable. They often lived with each other even when married. They died a year apart almost to the day. Aunt Babe died on 22 Feb 1953 and Aunt Missy died on 23 Feb 1954, in New York City. #sisterlove👭 #liveoakfl #liveoakflorida #liveoakfla #genealogyphotoadaymarchchallenge #genealogy #famiyhistory #gpad_feature #sisters https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvkl5onAHhp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kwbcdnxh1e3y

#genealogyphotoaday letter “W” for my grandfather, William Gainer Williams. He was born in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida, in 1869. He was the oldest of 8 children. He attended what became Edward Waters College, which was founded in Live Oak, then moved to Jacksonville. He worked for the railroad his entire adult life, especially the New York Central RR. He married my grandmother, Lela Virginia Farnell, in 1893, in Live Oak. Their first two children (Lute Odette & Charleton Joshua Sr. ) were born there before they moved to the NY/NJ area about 1899 (he had a son, Willard Leroy Williams from a previous relationship). In NYC they had William Jr. Who only lived a little over a year. They then moved to Jersey City, NJ where my father Herbert Randell, was born. He was their youngest. William Sr. Died in NYC in 1953. He is buried with his wife Lela, and daughter, “Lutie” in New York Bay Cemetery, Jersey City, NJ. #africanamericangenealogy #liveoakfl #liveoakflorida #liveoakfla #edwardwaterscollege #nycentralrr #jerseycity https://www.instagram.com/p/BvXPg9wgTaG/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w6fiyepnp48i

“Q” is for McQueen Farnell, daughter of William F Farnell and Lousanna Hale. William or “Will” was my grandmother’s brother. McQueen, or simply “Queen” was born in Live Oak, Suwannee County, Florida in 1909. However, she lived most of her adult life in Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida. She was a favorite cousin of my aunt Lutie, my father’s sister. She always spent time with McQueen when making her annual visits to Florida from New Jersey. I never got to meet McQueen but from all I know, she and Aunt Lutie were kindred spirits, they loved life. McQueen married and had 3 children with her husband. After their divorce she had a long term relationship that included one son. McQueen died in Jacksonville in 1995. #genealogyphotoaday #liveoakflorida #liveoakfl #liveoakfla #africanamericangenealogy https://www.instagram.com/p/BvI0HkEgroc/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=171a9skjop3lw