Brief Life History of Morgan J
When Morgan J Williams was born on 31 May 1878, in Ohio, United States, his father, Lorenzo Williams, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Reese, was 16. He married Nellie Venora Martin on 19 April 1941, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. He lived in Lawrence Township, Stark, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Jackson Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States in 1910. He died on 24 June 1948, at the age of 70, and was buried in Dover, Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States.
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- Morgan Williams in household of Lorenzo Williams, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Morgan Williams - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Morgan Williams
- Morgan J. Williams, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
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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