Brief Life History of Louis Seneca
When Louis Seneca Williams was born on 8 October 1891, in Marion, Linn, Iowa, United States, his father, Philo R. Williams, was 41 and his mother, Adella Laura St. John, was 36. He married Anna Laurie Kurth on 16 February 1916, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Marion Township, Linn, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 12 April 1935, in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Rock Island, Rock Island, Illinois, United States.
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- Lewis Williams in household of Philo R Williams, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Williams, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
- Louis L*Ca, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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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