Brief Life History of Mary Ruth
When Mary Ruth Williams was born in October 1833, in Coal Center, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Jonathan Philbrick Williams, was 29 and her mother, Rachel R Ward, was 22. She married Peter Vorhies on 18 May 1851, in Noble, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Center, Noble, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Sarahsville, Center Township, Noble, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 23 April 1920, in Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States.
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- Mary J Vorhies in household of Peter Vorhies, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Ruth Williams - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Mary Ruth Williams
- Mary Ruth Williams, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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