When Dinah Mary Williams was born on 19 July 1843, in Llanasa, Flintshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, John Williams, was 53 and her mother, Mary Jones, was 26. She married David James Ross on 17 June 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1860 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 28 January 1886, in Perry, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
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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.
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