I never knew my maternal grandfather, Clarence Williams. He died when I was two or three years old.
But my mother didn’t really know her father as well as she ought to have, either. Apparently, my grandmother’s mother Lillian had a whole lot more control on her kids, even as adults, than she should have, and somehow essentially caused the breakup of Clarence with my grandmother Gertrude, though my mom knew her dad to some degree. My mother was primarily raised by Lillian, Gertrude and Gert’s siblings, my great uncle Ed and my great aunt Deana.
My sister was going through some photos and came across these:
Top row-4th from left is Clarence Williams
Seated on right end is his brother, Charles Williams
I had heard vague stories of my grandfather and his brother playing in the Negro Leagues, but I never got any sense of the time frame. And, as this article notes, there were LOTS of teams named the Giants.
Top row 2nd from Left is Clarence Williams
Top Row 4th from left is Charles Williams
This is Charles. He has a daughter, Barbara, who my mom has befriended only relatively recently.
If, by chance, someone knows more about these guys, I would love to hear about it.
ROG