Anna Williams

Brief Life History of Anna

When Anna Williams was born on 23 November 1864, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Edward M Williams, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Phillips, was 24. She married Dallas Mason on 23 January 1882, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1885 and Florence Election Precinct, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1900. She died on 26 December 1920, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Lava Hot Springs Cemetery, Lava Hot Springs, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dallas Mason
1860–1927
Anna Williams
1864–1920
Marriage: 23 January 1882
Bessie Annie Mason
1883–1967
Edward Mason
1885–1964
Henry Samuel Mason
1887–1931
Charles H Mason
1890–1959
Elizabeth A. Mason
1892–1983
Daisy "Dixie" Mason
1898–1976
Mason
1901–1901
Hazel May Mason
1901–1963

Sources (28)

  • Ann Williams in household of Edwin Williams, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Anna Williams, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Anna Norton, "Idaho, Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1867

Nebraska is the 37th state.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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