When Laura Ann Williams was born on 9 December 1851, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, William Williams, was 32 and her mother, Mary Jane Brooks, was 29. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 9 March 1916, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States, at the age of 64.
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The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesJOHN T. WALKER Brother to William A. Walker John T. Walker age 19, was working at Colesville, Utah for a cattleman named Ike Potter. Ike was an interpreter for the Indians. Some immigrants who had re …
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