Sarah A. Williams

Brief Life History of Sarah A.

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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Family Time Line

Nathaniel Hale Merle Ratliff
1846–
Sarah A. Williams
1849–1939
Marriage: 1 March 1865
James Pinkney Ratliff
1866–1916
Ellen N Ratliff
1869–1911
Nora Elizabeth Ratliff
1870–1956
William Oscar Ratliff
1872–1946
Andrew L. Ratliff
1875–
Katie W Ratliff
1877–
John B. Ratliff
1879–
Lilly Belle Ratliff
1881–1924
Murrell Aynesworth Ratliff
1889–

Sources (9)

  • Mary J Harry in household of James J Whiteley, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Sarah A. Williams, "Texas Marriages, 1837-1973"
  • Sarah Williams in entry for Nora Elizabeth Whiteley, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

World Events (8)

1854

Historical Boundaries 1854: Johnson, Texas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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