Brief Life History of Nora A.
When Nora A. Williams was born on 23 April 1886, in Coal Bluff, Nevins Township, Vigo, Indiana, United States, her father, John Wesley Williams, was 27 and her mother, Vashti Bell, was 17. She married Fred Thomas Grundon on 21 December 1904, in Maud, Wabash, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Owensville, Montgomery Township, Gibson, Indiana, United States in 1930. She died on 15 November 1931, in Plaquemine, Iberville, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Mount Carmel, Wabash, Illinois, United States.
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- Nora Grundon, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Nora A Williams, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Fred Grendon, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
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1889
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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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