Nina was born in Owego, Tioga Cty, NY, but after her father, Daniel Maurice Williams died, her mother, Charlotte Swartout Williams ran a boarding home. Nina was a very pretty little girl and would sing and dance for the drummers (salesmen) who stayed at the boarding home. Charlotte felt that this was not appropriate for her daughter so when her older son, Charlie Bailey, suggested that she come out to New Boston, Mercer Cty, Ill., she brought her three daughters with her. The girls finished their education in New Boston. And Nina met Marion Poland, widowed for the second time and married him. They went out to Eastern Washington for a short period of time, but when she became pregnant with "Aunt Ruby," he told her, "I am taking you back to your mother because I have lost two wives and do not want to lose you." Aunt Ruby was born in her maternal grandmother's home on June 3, 1900, just missing being enumerated in the 1900 Illinois Federal Census.
Infant Ruby's parents are there in the home of Nina's mother Charlotte. Marion's son Clair is three years old and listed as a "boarder" in relationship to the Head of the house, Charlotte Williams, Marion's mother-in-law. Clair pretty well grew up thinking of Nina as his mother, Eva, who had died right after his birth. (It gets confusing because Clair had a mother named Eva, and a half-sister named Eva.)
Infant Ruby's parents are there in the home of Nina's mother Charlotte. Marion's son Clair is three years old and listed as a "boarder" in relationship to the Head of the house, Charlotte Williams, Marion's mother-in-law. Clair pretty well grew up thinking of Nina as his mother, Eva, who had died right after his birth. (It gets confusing because Clair had a mother named Eva, and a half-sister named Eva.)
Nina was born in Owego, Tioga Cty, NY, but after her father, Daniel Maurice Williams died, her mother, Charlotte Swartout Williams ran a boarding home. Nina was a very pretty little girl and would sing and dance for the drummers (salesmen) who stayed at the boarding home. Charlotte felt that this was not appropriate for her daughter so when her older son, Charlie Bailey, suggested that she come out to New Boston, Mercer Cty, Ill., she brought her three daughters with her. The girls finished their education in New Boston. And Nina met Marion Poland, widowed for the second time and married him. They went out to Eastern Washington for a short period of time, but when she became pregnant with "Aunt Ruby," he told her, "I am taking you back to your mother because I have lost two wives and do not want to lose you." Aunt Ruby was born in her maternal grandmother's home on June 3, 1900, just missing being enumerated in the 1900 Illinois Federal Census.
Infant Ruby's parents are there in the home of Nina's mother Charlotte. Marion's son Clair is three years old and listed as a "boarder" in relationship to the Head of the house, Charlotte Williams, Marion's mother-in-law. Clair pretty well grew up thinking of Nina as his mother, Eva, who had died right after his birth. (It gets confusing because Clair had a mother named Eva, and a half-sister named Eva.)
Infant Ruby's parents are there in the home of Nina's mother Charlotte. Marion's son Clair is three years old and listed as a "boarder" in relationship to the Head of the house, Charlotte Williams, Marion's mother-in-law. Clair pretty well grew up thinking of Nina as his mother, Eva, who had died right after his birth. (It gets confusing because Clair had a mother named Eva, and a half-sister named Eva.)
Inscription
To the North of the original stone with Marion's first two wives who both died in childbirth, is the stone of him and his 3rd wife, Nina Beatrice Williams Poland. The stone merely states:
POLAND
Mother
Nina B.
1875 - 1953
Father
Marion S.
1868 - 1945
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