Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Williams was born on 28 September 1809, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Samuel B. Williams, was 38 and her mother, Jane Bullock, was 36. She married Alanson Walker on 14 February 1836, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. She lived in Manchester, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 November 1889, in Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Razor Hill Cemetery, Grafton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States.
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- Annie Walker, "United States Census, 1880"
- Anna Williams, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Anna Williams, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
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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