Elvin Ferdinand Williams was born on 01 May 1918 in San Francisco Twsp. Carver CO, MN as the tenth 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 Elford Wilton. He died on 26 Apr 2006 in Bloomington, MN. When he was 20, he married Esther Hannah Laabs on 09 Apr 1939 in Carver, MN.

 Elvin Ferdinand Williams was buried on 01 May 2006 in Dawn Valley Cemetery, Bloomington, MN.