Hallie Ernestine Williams

b. 17 March 1904, d. 16 November 1994
  • Hallie Ernestine Williams was born on 17 March 1904 in Palestine, Anderson County, Texas.
  • Robert Haden Abercrombie and Hallie Ernestine Williams arrived in the Port of New Orleans on 13 April 1927, aboard the SS Granada, having departed Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, on the 9th (residence 618 West Building, Houston).
  • She married Robert Haden Abercrombie, son of James Buford Abercrombie and Evelina Wood, circa 1928.
  • Anne Mitchell Abercrombie appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 3402 Audubon. Other members of the household included Hallie Ernestine Williams, Robert Haden Abercrombie and Cornelia Josephine Mitchell. Also in the household was Josie's companion, widow Hassie Camp.
  • Various members of the Abercrombie family were listed in the 1937 Houston City Directory.
  • Hallie Ernestine Williams appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 1702 Main Street lodging with two other women in the household of Ethel Maude Nelson.
  • She married Earl Gordon Bostwick.
  • She officially witnessed the death of Eva May Robison on 8 June 1963 at Medical Arts Hospital in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Hallie Ernestine Williams became a widow at the 22 June 1963 death of her husband Earl Gordon Bostwick.
  • The following appeared on 23 June 1963 in The Houston Chronicle: [Died] Mr. Earl Gordan Bostwick, Sr., 64, of 2107 addison, died in his home 5:45 a.m. Saturday. Native Houstonian, Branch manager of Southwest Wheel Manufacturing Co., member of official of the board of First Methodist Church, Arabia Temple Shrine, Masonic Lodge, Houston Lodge No. 151 B.P.O.E., veteran World War I. Survivors: Wife, Mrs. Ernestine Bostwick; daughters, Mrs. Betty Crume, Amarillo, Mrs. Sue Elizabeth Lutz, Corpus Christi, Mrs. Mildred Beatrice Ezell, Dallas; sons, Earl Gordan Bostwick, Jr., Beaumont, Richard Len Bostwick, Gerald Lee Bostwick, Lanny Joe Bostwick, all of Houston; 11 grandchildren; sisters, Mrs. Elnora Ross, Mrs. Eva William, both of houston. Arrangements to be announced. Settegast-Kopf Co., 3320 Kirby Dr.
  • Hallie Ernestine Williams died on 16 November 1994 at age 90 in Harris County, Texas.
  • She was interred at Forest Park Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • Last Edited: 3 Apr 2016

Family 1: Robert Haden Abercrombie b. 24 September 1894, d. 11 July 1978

Family 2: Earl Gordon Bostwick b. 29 May 1899, d. 22 June 1963