When Charles Allen Williams was born on 12 December 1885, in Missouri, United States, his father, Henry Harrison Williams, was 27 and his mother, Lenora A Pitman, was 24. He married Minnie Bromley on 25 May 1908, in Yakima, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Davenport, Lincoln, Washington, United States in 1900 and Yakima, Washington, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 June 1955, in Union Gap, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Grandview Cemetery, Grandview, Yakima, Washington, United States.
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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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