When Thomas Williamson was born on 8 November 1885, in Retford, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Yeoman Williamson, was 22 and his mother, Emma Fern, was 34. He lived in Aston, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Beighton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901.
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London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
During WWI Zeppelin raids took place all over England. The first of the raids happened from June 6-7, 1915, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. During the attack 24 people were killed 40 injured, and 40 houses destroyed.
WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.
English (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name William + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster), especially in Antrim.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Wilhelmsen , Swedish Wilhelmsson, or Dutch and North German Willemsen , all cognates of 1.
History: This surname was brought to North America from northern England and northern Ireland independently by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. Timothy Williamson is recorded in Plymouth Colony in 1643.
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