Brief Life History of Ardelene Rhoda
When Ardelene Rhoda Williams was born on 14 June 1858, in Carroll, Virginia, United States, her father, Davis David Williams, was 49 and her mother, Elizabeth Burnett, was 43. She married Daniel Burton Leftwich on 21 December 1879, in Carroll, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dranesville, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States in 1920 and District 5, Harford, Maryland, United States in 1930. She died on 6 December 1931, at the age of 73.
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- A Rhoda Lefturich in household of Dan A Lefturich, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ardenia Rhodes Williams, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
- Ardena R. Williams, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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