When Alice Marie Williams was born on 26 June 1897, in Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States, her father, Robert Washington Williams, was 37 and her mother, Rosa Lee Wallace, was 23. She married William Milam Sparks on 2 May 1917, in Matagorda, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 8, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 8, Matagorda, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 30 May 1974, in Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Bay City, Matagorda, Texas, United States.
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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.
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