When Margaret Williams was born about 1843, in Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Shadrach Williams, was 43 and her mother, Mary Hughes, was 43. She married Evan M Jenkins about 1863. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Holywell, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 13 July 1889, in Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Washburn Street Cemetery, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English: variant of William , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is also common in Wales. In North America, this surname has also absorbed some cognates from other languages, such as Dutch Willems . Williams is the third most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
History: This surname was brought to North America from southern England and Wales independently by many different bearers from the 17th century onward. Roger Williams, born in London in 1603, came to MA in 1630, but the clergyman was banished from the colony for his criticism of the Puritan government; he fled to RI and founded Providence.
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