Brief Life History of Alven
When Alven Williams was born in 1842, in Ohio, United States, his father, Dyer Williams, was 52 and his mother, Orenda Burr, was 42. He lived in Seventy-Six Township, Muscatine, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 July 1863, at the age of 21, and was buried in Muscatine, Iowa, United States.
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- Alvin Williams in household of Dyer Williams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Alvin E Williams, "Iowa, Armed Forces Grave Registrations, ca. 1835-1998"
- Alvin Williams in household of Dyer Williams, "United States Census, 1860"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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