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Williams, John Earl Edmands
Cemetery: Acton Cemetery
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Born: 11/11/1891
Littleton, Grafton County, New Hampshire
Died: 5/15/1983
Lancaster, Los Angeles County, California
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Find A Grave: Find A Grave listing ID 8065815
FamilySearch: FamilySearch Person ID K2WZ-5B3
Notes: Son of John Edmands and Mary Etta Titus. Their son John Earl Edmands was born on July 10, 1893. John and Mary died when son John was very young and the son John was raised by the family of his uncle Herbert Titus.

John married Lillian Florence Elliott on October 30, 1915 in Littleton, New Hampshire. To this union was born Carl Wesley Edmunds (various records for this family also have the spelling Edmonds).

John and Lillian divorced in 1922. John re-married to Lillian Brooks Granger. By 1940 John had changed his last name to Williams and began using November 11, 1891 as his birth date (his WW II Draft Registration card lists both last names).

John and his second wife were the parents of Anona Brooks Williams, John Paul Williams, and twin daughters Bobby Ann and Barbara Louise Williams.

John's second wife, daughter Barbara, and his brother Carl Wesley Edmands are also buried here at Acton Community Cemetery. John's son John Paul Williams is buried at Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, California.

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GPS coordinates:
Latitude: 34.47945720
Longitude: -118.20227914
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