The Farrell Family of America

1 _NAMS
2 PLAC Donald Loren Winfield
1 _MDCL Removal of 2/3 of stomack due to ulcers; Heart Condition.

1920 US Census - Loup Township, Custer Co., Nebraska, (1920 US Census,Nebraska, Custer Co., District 90, Loup Township; 12th and 13th ofJanuary), Sheet 3A, Lines 16-22, LINE 16 - FM; 41; 42; Williams, Bert E.;Head, Rent, Male, White, 36 yrs, Married, Can read/write English, BornIowa, Father Born Vermont, Mother Born Vermont, Speaks Enlgish, Farmer,Grain Farm, Working on own Accoutn, Farm Schedule 47: Nora O., Wife,Female, White, 34 yrs, Married, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, FatherBorn Ohio, Mother Born England, Speaks English: Walter L; Son, Male,White, 14 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska,Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English, Farm Hand, HomeFarm, Worker: Ilsla P., Daughter, Female, White, 13 yrs, Single,Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, MotherBorn Nebraska, Speaks English: Glene C., Son, Male, White, 11 yrs,Single, Attended School, Can Read/Write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa,Mother Born Nebraska, Speaks English: Elma O., Daughter, Female,White, 8 yrs, Single, Attended School, Can Read, Born Nebraska, FatherBorn Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska: Loren O., Son, Male, White, 6 yrs,Attended School, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska.

1927 - Williams, Loren O. - Diploma, Custer County, Nebraska, Scannedcopy, Custer County this certifies that Loran Williams of District No.205, Custer County, Nebraska, has completed the Course of Study coveringthe work of eight years in the Common Branches required by law to betaught in the Public Schools of the State, and is therefore entitled tothis DIPLOMA. In witness whereof, my signature is hereunto attached.Given at Broken Bow, Nebraska, this 3rd day of June A.D. 1927 Hany E.Weekly - County Superintendent of Schools.

1930 US Census of Ansley Township, Custer County, Nebraska; EnnumerationDistrict 5, Enumerator D.O. Thompson; Enumeration Date 24 April 1930,Sheet #4B [image 8], Lines 81-86, Household #93, Family #94: BERT O.WILLIAMS, Head, Own, Radio Set, Lives on a Farm, Male, White, 46 yearsold, Married at age 21, Can read & write, Born Iowa, Father Born Vermont,Mother Born Vermont, CODE 65, Speaks English, Farm, Farming, Class ofWorker - O, Not a Veteran, Farm Schedule 93: NORA O., Wife, Female,White 44 years old, Married at age 19, Can read & write, Born Nebraska,Father Born U.S., Mother Born England, CODE 69, 00, 2; Speaks English:LOREN O., Son, Male, White, 16 years old, Single, Attended School, Canread & write, Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE69, Speaks English: DALE D., Son, Male, White, 4 1/2 years old, Single,Born Nebraska, Father Born Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: E.ARLENE, Daughter, Female, White, 2 2/12 years old, Born Nebraska, FatherBorn Iowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69: ELMA O., Daughter, Female,White, 19 years old, Single, Can read & write, Born Nebraska, Father BornIowa, Mother Born Nebraska, CODE 69, Speaks English.

1940 --- Williams, Loren O. - Statement of Wages and Social SecurityTax, copy of Statement, STATEMENT OF WAGES AND SOCIAL SECURITY TAX:Date: Oct. 28, 1940; Employee: Loren O. Williams; No.: 701-03-5401Social Security Account Number; For the period beginning July 1, 1940 andending Sept. 30, 1940, the total amount of wages paid to you by theundersigned, and the Social Security Tax imposed, were as follows: Wages$228.60; Social Security Tax $2.28
Employer Wester Mot... C.... ; No. 04590-15-55 ; Employer'sIdentification Number 28.

Loren graduated from Ansley HS, Ansley, NE. Played football at Ansley HSand was Captain of the team.. He spent time in California beforemarriage working in a Barrell factory. ? Worked at a bomb factory inGrand Island, NE during WWII (was a member of the Military Police at thebomb depot - Ammunition Depot, Grand Island, NE.] Was very upset whennot accepted for military service due to bleeding stomach ulcers and flatfeet. Worked at the Meston Ford Dealership in Broken Bow, NE. Startedas a salesman, then the Sales Manager (won a car) and eventually becamethe 'Acting' Manager. He was a member of the Elks Club in Broken Bow,NE. Deacon and then Elder of the 1st Christian Church of Broken Bow, NE(Disciples of Christ). Loren O. Williams was Initiated to the MasonicTemple October 10, 1951 and was Passed on November 21, 1951 and Raised onJanuary 9, 1952. This was the Masonic Temple in Broken Bow, NE. Master:Orvis M. Meston. He became a trouble shooter for the Ford Company andmoved his family to Lexington, NE. Was then a shoe salesman in Alliance,NE. Daddy and Mother sold all (or most) of their furniture and moved toLincoln, NE where he sold insurance for a while. He then became a guardat the NE State Pen in Lincoln, NE and told me (Vicky L. WilliamsWinfield) once that he had finally found his calling from God -counseling young men coming through the State Pen. He had always wishedto be a minister. (most of the above information was obtained orallyfrom Laura Elenor Jones Williams Hockman - the rest is from my memories)VLWW

1951 - 1952 -- MASONIC BIBLE Presented to Page, Emmet CrawfordMasonic Lodge No. 148; Presented to Brother Loren O. Williams; InitiatedOctober 10, 1951; Passed November 21, 1951; Raised January 9, 1952 ByOrvis M. Meston - Master; Leonard C. Waditer - Senior Warden; Henry J.Dean - Junior Warden; Attest Ross F. LeLeo Chein - Secretary; more nameson the following 2 pages.

His SS# appears to be a Railroad SS# - so far have been unable to findanother source for it --- still searching. VLWW December 2000

GROWIN' UP COUNTRY Early Years In The Heartland; The Williams Clan byVirginia Ferguson Hayden
''......I don't remember much of Uncle Loren. He was the youngest of thefirst five and was a young man working away from home when I was a smallchild. He married one of the school teachers who boarded with Grandmaand by the time they began their family of three daughters I had movedfrom Nebraska. ......''

• Broken Bow, Custer Co., Nebraska newspaper, "Williams, Loren Otis -
  Obituary of Loren Williams," December 1964, Loren O. Williams wasborn at Burwell on July 16, 1913, to the late Bert and Nora Williams ofAnsley. He died Dec. 22, 1964, at the age of 51 years. Loren grew up ona farm near Ansley. He graduated from Ansley high school in 1935. OnJune 23, 1940, he was united in marriage to Laura Elenor Jones. To thisunion were born three daughters. The famly resided in North Platte for ashort time; however, most of Loren's married life was spent in BrokenBow. There he was employed as the sales manager for the Meston Motor Co.While living in Broken Bow, Loren became a memer of the First ChristianChurch and he served it in many ways. He was a member of the EmmetCrawford Masonic lodge No. 148 and served as the Associate Guardian ofJobs Daughters Bethel No. 20. In 1961 the family moved to Alliance wherethey resided for a period of two years. In June 1963, they moved toLincoln where they were living at the time of his death. In Lincoln, hewas employed at the State Penal Institution as an officer in theReception Dorm. This work was of a social nature and he enjoyed it verymuch. He transferred his membership to Bethany Christian church inLincoln and continued in his service to the church. His survivorsinclude his wife, Elenor; daughters, Mrs. Sharon Sutton of Bristol, Va.,Mrs. Carol Liggett of Lincoln, Miss Vicky Williams, residing at home;sisters, Mrs. Williams Ferguson of Baker, Ore., Mrs. Louis Kaelin ofAnsley, Mrs. Robert Sheehan of Grand Island; brothers, Glen C. Williamsof Hastings, Dale D. Williams of Grand Island; many nieces and nephewsand a host of other relatives and friends. Preceding him in death werehis parents and one brother.

BROKEN BOW CEMETERY - public cemetery, accessible from west side ofHighway 21, located on south edge of Broken Bow, Custer County, Nebraska.