Brief Life History of Mary Ellen
When Mary Ellen Williams was born on 4 May 1881, in Morris Township, Texas, Missouri, United States, her father, George Eoarae Williams, was 33 and her mother, Shelomith Rebecca Rushton, was 34. She married William Bedford Harris about 1900, in Morris Township, Texas, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, Cass, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 30 June 1916, at the age of 35.
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- Mary E Williams in household of George K Williams, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ellen Williams - birth-name: Mary Ellen Williams
- Mary Williams, "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
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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