Brief Life History of Nettie Jane
When Nettie Jane Williams was born on 5 November 1865, in Newton, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States, her father, William Williams, was 29 and her mother, Leah Caroline Greenman, was 26. She married Frank A Hill on 21 December 1886, in La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fresno, California, United States in 1910 and Judicial Township 11, Fresno, California, United States in 1910. She died on 20 December 1894, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Prospect Hill Cemetery, La Crescent, Houston, Minnesota, United States.
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- Louise Hill in household of Frank A Hill, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nettie Williams Hill, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nettie Williams in entry for Lauren W Grove and La Verne H Hill Mackie, "Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
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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