Edna Roberta Lee

Brief Life History of Edna Roberta

When Edna Roberta Lee was born on 19 October 1880, in Limestone, Alabama, United States, her father, Ebeneezer B Lee, was 34 and her mother, Narcissa Goode, was 23. She married Harrison Roland Williams on 4 March 1900, in Grayson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Lincoln Township, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and McPherson Township, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 30 January 1930, in Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Stephens, Oklahoma, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harrison Roland Williams
1866–1941
Edna Roberta Lee
1880–1930
Marriage: 4 March 1900
Roy Williams
1901–1901
William Frederick Williams
1902–1976
Gladys Williams
1903–1993
Sarah Lewis Williams
1906–1993
John Sharp Williams
1908–2000
Lee Cruce Williams
1910–1986
Carrie Lee Williams
1913–1999
Ida Ann Williams
1915–2010
Emma Faye Williams
1918–2013
Edith Lorene Williams
1920–2009

Sources (20)

  • Edna Williams in household of Harrisson Williams, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Edna Lee, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • H R Williams, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

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.

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.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Chinese Young, Sang, Jae, Jong, Jung, Sung, Yong, Kyung, Seung, Dong, Kwang, Myung.

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land, Middle English lee, lea, from Old English lēa, dative case (used after a preposition) of lēah, which originally meant ‘wood or glade’.

English: habitational name from any of the many places in England named with Old English lēah ‘wood, glade’, including Lee in Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, and Shropshire, and Lea in Cheshire, Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, and Wiltshire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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