Brief Life History of Cora M
When Cora M Williams was born on 10 April 1862, in Minnesota, United States, her father, William Williams, was 26 and her mother, Leah Caroline Greenman, was 22. She married Irving A. Richardson on 20 October 1881, in La Crescent, Houston, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in La Crescent, Houston, Minnesota, United States in 1880 and Cascade, Montana, United States in 1920. She died on 16 August 1906, in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States, at the age of 44, and was buried in Great Falls, Cascade, Montana, United States.
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- Cora* Richardson in household of Richardson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Cora M. Williams, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Cora May Richardson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · Montana Territory
Montana was made a territory by President Abraham Lincoln on May 26 1864. The capital was Virginia City and remained the capital until 1894, when Helena became the capital.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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