When Ressie Myrtle Williams was born on 10 November 1888, in Cleveland, Webster, West Virginia, United States, her father, William Bryson Lincoln Williams, was 28 and her mother, Rosanna Gould, was 27. She married Etna Guy Hosaflook in 1907, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Meade District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 27 October 1967, in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Upshur, West Virginia, United States.
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This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
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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