tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935734943591641146.post8982942328352602993..comments2024-01-18T22:57:23.745-05:00Comments on Bill's Blog: Sethma WilliamsBill Cappellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375509131785054552noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935734943591641146.post-84446974153885763802012-12-04T13:42:19.395-05:002012-12-04T13:42:19.395-05:00Sethma is my great aunt on my father's side :)...Sethma is my great aunt on my father's side :) I first learned about her through a newspaper spread documenting her dancing in the Moulin Rouge as well as her travels to Egypt to dance for the Sultan. I have never met her but I am so proud to be related to her. I am a European history major but all history fascinates me, so for her to be such a vivid character in my own ancestry is a true honor. I love the pictures of her with the Stooges!<br />Alexandranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935734943591641146.post-90066831286978864552011-10-31T23:41:02.512-04:002011-10-31T23:41:02.512-04:00Great post Bill. And Frank, FWIW: Though Mildred ...Great post Bill. And Frank, FWIW: Though Mildred Hawkins is described as the daughter of Grace Williams (family 478) in the 1930 census, I believe she is the daughter of Grace's neighbors Benjamin Franklin Hawkins and his wife, Antoinette, nee Van Dugteren (family 482). This couple had a daughter Mildred Elizabeth, born 09 Jan 1926. Why Mildred was not living with her parents is not known, but her father was 74 years old in 1930 and this may have been a factor. Benjamin F. Hawkins was born in Virginia in 1856, and Antoinette was born in Michigan in 1887. She was Hawkins's third wife. Hawkins retired to Long Beach CA from Iowa, where he had been president of Farmers Mutual Insurance of Sioux and Lyon Counties. See "The Baylis Family of Virginia" by Willetta Baylis Blum and William Blum Sr. (1958: privately printed).J. K. Moorehttp://matilija.myopenid.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8935734943591641146.post-4328897108119069132008-07-06T03:32:00.000-04:002008-07-06T03:32:00.000-04:00Hi Bill, I learned from Sethma's son Bill, that ...Hi Bill,<BR/> I learned from Sethma's son Bill, that she had a biography written about her in 2002 by Elaine Griscom, called "I Danced For Mussolini". It's available on Amazon.com. It arrived Saturday. I'm about half-way through. It's very interesting; verifies most of the information I originally posted. When I get through the entire book, I'll fine-tune my article. Fascinating lady. Thanks, Bill, for the address & Phone number.<BR/>Frank Reighternonsportenuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173995218542403003noreply@blogger.com