When Ernest Ivor Williams was born on 6 October 1892, in Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Samuel Bennion Williams, was 37 and his mother, Margaret Ellen Paton, was 34. He married Alice Roberts on 10 August 1922, in Crewe, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Wallasey, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 8 September 1963, in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Wirral, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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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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Possible Related NamesDeath Certificate states death was caused by: "1a. Bronchopneumonia, 1b. Pernicious Anemia, Rheumatoid Arthritis." Was cremated.
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