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A brief outline of the Williamson side of my family tree (so far).
- My great-grandfather, John Williamson and his wife Catherine (Flynn) Williamson, left Ireland about 1852-1854. They came directly to California and settled in Springfield/Columbia, California. John also had a brother (name unknown) who came with him to California. I have a cousin from that side of the family.
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- John Williamson was a gold miner during the Gold Rush in Columbia. Catherine Williamson was a housewife. They had the following children in Springfield/Columbia. John received his naturalization on 20 Oct 1864 in Tuolumne County.
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- Mary Williamson (b-1858).
- Matilda Williamson (b-1860) married a John Francis O'Brien in San Francisco, California (1880)(my grandmother and grandfather).
- Sophia Williamson (b-1863).
- Clara Williamson (b-1869).
- William Williamson (b-1877) married a Mary M. Quigg in Sonora, California (1901).
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- Matilda Williamson and John Francis O'Brien had four children (two of them died) before their divorce in 1888. John William Francis O'Brien and a brother James J. O'Brien survived.
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- John William Francis O'Brien is my father.
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- There are a lot of missing links in my family that I am looking for. If anyone has any information on the Williamson family (or any descendents/relations) in the Tuolumne County, California area, please feel free to drop me a line at the address below.
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