Brief Life History of Emmaretta
When Emmaretta Williams was born in 1844, in Clark, Indiana, United States, her father, William O Williams, was 22 and her mother, Mildred Susan Breeden, was 19. She married Thomas J. Smith on 24 May 1860, in Jeffersonville, Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States. She lived in Charlestown, Charlestown Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Oregon Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1860. She was buried in Walnut Ridge Cemetery, Jeffersonville, Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States.
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- Emarella Williams in household of William O Williams, "United States Census, 1850"
- Emmaretta Williams, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Emmaretta Smith in household of William O Williams, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Clark, Indiana, United States
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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