Brief Life History of Morrrison Patton
When Morrrison Patton Williams was born on 22 November 1879, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, his father, George James Williams, was 22 and his mother, Mary Adelaide Morrison, was 18. He married Mary Josephine Gilligan on 28 November 1906, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Township 1, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. In 1944, at the age of 67, his occupation is listed as pharmicist. widowed, white in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States. He died on 20 August 1951, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.
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- Morrison P William, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Morrrison Patton Williams - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth: 22 November 1879; Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States
- Morrison P Williams, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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