Brief Life History of Ivy Connie
When Ivy Connie Williamson was born on 24 May 1900, in Hays, Texas, United States, her father, Albert Luke Williamson, was 29 and her mother, Minnie Amelia Holt, was 20. She married Ray Charles Morris on 16 March 1918, in Hays, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Gonzales, Gonzales, Texas, United States for about 5 years and Justice Precinct 1, Gonzales, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 21 January 1993, in Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Boerne Cemetery, Boerne, Kendall, Texas, United States.
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- Tiva Morris in household of Ray C Morris, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ivy Cannon Williamson - Government record: birth-name: Ivy Cannon Williamson
- Ivey Williamson, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name William + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster), especially in Antrim.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Wilhelmsen , Swedish Wilhelmsson, or Dutch and North German Willemsen , all cognates of 1.
History: This surname was brought to North America from northern England and northern Ireland independently by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. Timothy Williamson is recorded in Plymouth Colony in 1643.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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