Elford Wilton Williams was born on 11 Dec 1920 in San Francisco Twsp, Carver CO, MN as the eleventh child of William Anderson and Alfreda Mathilda Brahee. He had ten siblings, namely: Mabel Wilhelmina, Walter Friedolph “Fritz”, Lillie Winifred Lydia, (May) Viola Theodora, (Myrtle) Hildur Alvina, Laura Mildred Joella, Lorena Aina Mathilda, Whilma Adella Victoria, Wilma Ebba Adelia, and Elvin Ferdinand. He died on 01 Jun 1959 in Hennepin Co, MN. When he was 25, he married Marjory Mary Harvey, daughter of Mathew Harvey, on 20 Feb 1946 in St. Nicholas Rectory, Carver, MN. When he was 37, he married Bessie Durbahn on 22 Oct 1958 in Hennepin Co, MN.

Elford Wilton Williams was buried on 04 Jun 1959 in Oak Hill Cemetery, Excelsior, MN.