When Mary Gifford Williams was born on 23 November 1850, in Franklin, Otsego, New York, United States, her father, Leonard Williams, was 29 and her mother, Anna Maria Hazen, was 25. She married William Wilkinson Stockly on 29 June 1872, in Almont, Almont Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Rockland, Ontonagon, Michigan, United States in 1880 and Hancock Township, Houghton, Michigan, United States in 1900. She died on 13 July 1922, in Hancock, Houghton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 71.
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A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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