Eliza (Della) Palestine Williams Family

Eliza (Della) Palestine Williams

1857-1942

Sisters Laura and Della c 1880

 

Sisters & husbands: John & Mary (Williams) Kinnaman and George & Della (Williams) Jackson c 1897

Eliza (Della) Palestine Williams was born about 1857 in Arkansas.

She moved with her family to Oregon and was listed in the 1870 census living with her mother and grandmother in Salem, Oregon.

She married Allen P. Ramsey in Salem at her mother's house on July 21, 1872. Her uncle and aunt (Thomas and Sophia Brown) were witnesses

The marriage to Allen apparently ended in divorce. Eliza is listed in the 1880 census in Oregon, Clatsop County, Astoria, p. 265b as Frankie Ramsey, 20 years old, born in Arkansas with both parents listed as born in Tennessee. She had a child living with her, Allen S. Ramsey, age 5, born in Oregon, father born in Arkansas. Allen was listed as being female, but was probably male. Brother Marion and his family were also living in Astoria at the same time. It is not clear what happened to Allen.

On November 29, 1897, Eliza married George Jackson in Walla Walla County, Washington.
They lived in Walla Walla until George's death on May 29, 1911. George died unexpectedly of heart failure.*

Less than two months later Della's sister, Laura, who had come to visit Della in April also died in Walla Walla.




















 
Della moved to California, perhaps to live close to her sister Mary, in late 1911.

Della died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., California, on April 28, 1942.

Her obituary reads as follows:

Mrs. Della Jackson

Mrs. Della Jackson, 85, died in a local hospital last night, a few hours after being admitted for emergency treatment. She was in a comatose condition on arrival at the hospital by ambulance, and failed to rally, attending physicians said. Mrs. Jackson had made her home with Mrs. Rose Stone at 534 Palm Avenue here. As far as could be learned, a sister residing in Vallejo is the only relative. The body was removed to the Welti funeral parlor here pending funeral arrangements.
(The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, Wednesday, April 29, 1942, p. 3, columns 2 and 3).

*George Jackson obituary:

Walla Walla Union
Walla Walla, Washington
Monday, May 29, 1911
page 5

EXPIRES WHILE ASLEEP ON COUCH

Pioneer Resident of City Found Dead By Family Yesterday Afternoon

On a couch where he had been sleeping, George Jackson, a resident of 
this city for more than 26 years, was found dead by his family shortly 
after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon.  Until the time of his demise 
Mr. Jackson had been in the best of health although it was known that 
he was a victim of heart trouble, the direct cause of his death.  
He had been to town in the morning and had returned to his home 
509 West Birch street, telling his wife that he was going to lie down 
and sleep awhile, but would arise early in the afternoon as he wished 
to attend the picnic in Tum-a-Lum park.

George Jackson was of English descent, born in Stanford (sic) on Avon, 
England, in 1857.  When he was 27 years old, Mr. Jackson came to the 
United States settling in this immediate vicinity and was for more 
than seven years employed by Charles Gholson, of this city.  Besides 
a wife, Mrs. Eliza Gholson (sic), he is survived by a sister-in-law, 
Laura E. Hall, of this city and a niece, Miss Venice (sic) Kirkwood, 
together with four brothers and two sisters who live in England.  The 
body has been removed to the Hennessey undertaking parlors, pending 
funeral arrangements.

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