Sarah A. Williams was born in November 1849, in Tennessee, United States. She married Nathaniel Hale Merle Ratliff on 1 March 1865, in Williamson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Brown, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Johnson, Texas, United States in 1930. She died in 1939, in Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 90.
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Historical Boundaries 1854: Johnson, 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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