Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS Family at 302 E. Broadway

Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS family, spouses, and grandchildren at 302 E. Broadway (Decorah, IA: Solberg, 1914). Front row from left: Glendon, Milton, Alfred, Olaf, Carlton, Stella, Clarence, Beatrice. Middle row: Leonard and Olga, Sigvart, Mathilda, Nellie, Ida (Paul's wife). Back row: George, John, Myrtle, Walter and Lillie, Hans Fagerlie, Martin, Paul, Alma, Albert. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

In late Dec 2014, I had the good fortune to be visiting my parents in Iowa City, and we took a short drive up to Decorah. We visited a few cemeteries and took some pictures of gravestones. As we drove by 302 E. Broadway, I asked Dad to stop so I could take a picture of the house for comparison.


302 E. Broadway, Decorah, IA (29 Dec 2014). Image courtesy of Mark D. Williams.

1915 Iowa Census: Sigvart WILLIAMS

1915 Iowa Census. Roll: IA1915_516. Line: 274 to 221. Sigvart WILIAMS. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

1920 US Federal Census: Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS Family

Detail of 1920 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

302 / 225 / 232 / Spilde, Helmer / Head / M / W / 26 / M / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Laborer
_____ Alma / Wife / F / W / 25 / M / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Norway
233 / Williams, Sigvart / Head / M / W / 70 / M / 1865 / Na / 1872 / Norway / Norway / Norway / Laborer
_____ Mathilda / Wife / F / W / 61 / M / 1866 / Na / 1883 / Norway / Norway / Norway
_____ John W. / Son / M / W / 35 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Cement worker
_____ Martin / Son / M / W / 32 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Cement worker
_____ George / Son / M / W / 20 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Cement worker
_____ Olaf / Son / M / W / 19 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Cement worker
_____ Alfred / Son / M /W / 17 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / illegible

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Source Citation: Year: 1920;Census Place: Decorah Ward 1, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: T625_519; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 160; Image: 154.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.

1925 Iowa Census: Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS Family

1925 Iowa Census. Roll: IA1925_1991. Line: 27. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.


Detail of 1925 Iowa Census. Roll: IA1925_1991. Line: 1. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

Williams, Sevart [sic] / Head / M / W / 75 / M
Williams, Matilda / Wife / F / W / 67 / M
Williams, John / S / M / W / 42 / S
Williams, Marton [sic] / S / M / W / 33 / M

Williams, Grace / Wife / F / W / 22 / M

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Source Information: Ancestry.com. Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

1930 US Federal Census: Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS Family

Detail of 1930 US Federal Census. Image courtesy of Ancestry.com.

302 / 12 / 21 / Williams, Sigvart / Head / O / 1500 / M / W / 80 / M / 25 / Norway / Norway / Norway
_____ Mathilda / Wife / F / W / 72 / M / 25 / Norway / Norway / Norway
_____ Alfred / Son / M / W / 27 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Norway
_____ John / Son / M / W / 43 / S / Iowa / Norway / Norway / Norway
_____ Olaf / Son / R / 10 / M / W / 29 / M / 21 / Iowa / Norway / Norway
_____ Cora / Daughter-in-law / F / W / 25 / M / 17 / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____ Melba / Granddaughter / F / W / 7 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa
_____ Ervin / Grandson / M / W / 5 / S / Iowa / Iowa / Iowa

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Source Citation: Year: 1930; Census Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, Iowa; Roll: 688; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 9; Image: 675.0.

Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls.

Obituary: Sigvart WILLIAMS

Obituary. Sigvart WILLIAMS. Decorah Journal (1 Jun 1932), p. 12.

SIGVART WILLIAMS, 82, COUNTY PIONEER, DIES AT HOME HERE

Widow And 12 Children Survive Retired Glenwood Township Farmer

Sigvart Williams, 82 years old, pioneer settler of Winneshiek county, and for eighteen years a resident of Decorah, died at 5:50 A. M. Tuesday at his home at Broadway and Day street. Suffering a stroke on Sunday, April 24, at 11:30 P. M., Mr. Williams never regained his health, although previous to that time he had been well. His left side was paralyzed and he lost the use of voice as a result of the stroke.

Sigvart Williams was born in Norway and came to Winneshiek county with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vebjorn Vebjornson. He farmed for many years in Glenwood township, being one of the highly respected and progressive farmers of that part of the county until his retirement in 1914.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 P. M. Saturday at the house and 2 P. M. at the First Lutheran church. Rev. T. A. Hoff is expected to officiate and burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery.

Mr. Williams is survived by his sorrowing widow and twelve children: Mrs. Adolph Riste, Mrs. Hans Fagerlie and Mrs. Helmer Spilde; Paul, Olaf, Walter, John, Alfred, George, Albert, Martin and Leonard, all of Decorah except Leonard, Maddock, N. D., and Walter of Glenwood township. A sister, Mrs. Christ Engen of Decorah, also survives. A brother, Helmer W. Williams, Glenwood township farmer, died about two years ago and another brother, Wilhelm Vebjornson, a Madison township farmer, died about a year ago.

Obituary: Mathilda (Huseby) WILLIAMS

Obituary. Mathilda (Huseby) WILLIAMS. Decorah Journal (25 May 1944), p. 5.

Mrs. Mathilda Williams Dies; Ill long time

Mrs. Mathilda Williams, 86, died Monday afternoon at her home on East Broadway. She had been ill several years.

She was born March 10, 1858, in Norway, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arne Johnson Huseby. She came to America with her parents in girlhood and they settled in Glenwood township.

Mathilda Huseby was married December 22, 1883, to Sigvart Williams. Mr. Williams died May 10, 1932.

Surviving are the following children, all of Decorah: Alfred, John, Martin, Leonard, Mrs. Alma Spilde, Olaf, George, Mrs. Myrtle Riste, and Mrs. Nellie Fagerlie.

Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. Anna Erickson, of Spokane, Wash., and a brother, Henry Huseby, of Mabel, Minn.

Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 P. M. at the First Lutheran church with the Rev. T. A. Hoff officiating. Burial will be in the Lutheran cemetery.

Gravestone: Sigvart and Mathilda WILLIAMS

Sigvart A. and Mathilda WILLIAMS gravestone. Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Closeup of Sigvart A. and Mathilda WILLIAMS gravestone. Lutheran Cemetery, Decorah, IA. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Family Group Sheet for Sigvart Anton WILLIAMS

Husband: Sigvart Anton WILLIAMS

Born: 21 Dec 1849
Place: Karlsmyr, Kråkstad, Akershus, NOR
Died: 31 May 1932
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA
Husband's Father: Webjørn WEBJØRNSEN Karlsmyr
Husband's Mother: Pauline Marie INGEBRETSDTR Korsegården

Wife 1: Johanna NILSLOKKEN

Born: 19 Feb 1857
Married: 1875
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Died: 28 Oct 1879
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Wife's Father: Christian NILSLOKKEN
Wife's Mother: Randi GUSELIA

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Children

1. Carl WILLIAMS

Born: 1875
Died: c. 1881

2. Paul R. WILLIAMS

Born: 15 Aug 1877
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Inga "Ida" ERICKSON
Married: 28 May 1907
Died: 12 Apr 1935
Place: Maddock, Benson, ND

3. John WILLIAMS

Born: 1879
Died: 1879

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Wife 2: Mathilda HUSEBY

Born: 10 Apr 1858
Place: Norway?
Married: 26 Dec 1883
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Died: 22 May 1944
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Wife's Father: Arne JOHANSEN Huseby
Wife's Mother: Johanna Margrete JOHANSDTR

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Children

1. Johan Wilhelm WILLIAMS

Born: 8 Aug 1884
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Died: 21 Aug 1972
Place: Winneshiek, IA

2. Leonard Melvin Williams

Born: 23 Jun 1886
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Olga MOEN
Married: 30 Mar 1911
Died: 4 Jun 1963
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

3. Martin Sigvart WILLIAMS

Born: 13 Nov 1887
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Grace ANDERSON
Married: 30 Jun 1923
Died: 6 Aug 1969
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

4. Walter Didrik WILLIAMS

Born: 3 Feb 1890
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Lillie Viola JOHNSON
Married: 7 May 1914
Died: 13 Feb 1976
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

5. Junetta "Nellie" Magwelia WILLIAMS

Born: 20 Sep 1892
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Hans C. FAGERLIE
Married: 29 Jun 1911
Died: 6 Jan 1985
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

6. Alma Valmina WILLIAMS

Born: 10 Apr 1894
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Helmer SPILDE
Married: 6 Mar 1918
Died: 30 Sep 1985
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

7. Myrtle Jenny WILLIAMS

Born: 6 Mar 1896
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Adolph RISTE
Married: 30 Oct 1917
Died: 24 May 1984
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

8. George August WILLIAMS

Born: 6 Apr 1899
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Devillo SIBERT
Married: 30 Jun 1923
Died: 14 Jan 1991
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

9. Olaf Thideman WILLIAMS

Born: 3 Sep 1900
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Spouse: Cora FRETHEIM
Married: May 1922
Died: 2 Oct 1966
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

10. Alfred Edgar Jule WILLIAMS

Born: 28 Dec 1902
Place: Winneshiek, IA
Died: 6 Mar 1980
Place: Decorah, Winneshiek, IA

Paul and Ida WILLIAMS

Inga "Ida" ERICKSON and Paul R. WILLIAMS (28 May 1907). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.