When Robert J Williams was born on 14 February 1885, in Meriwether, Baldwin, Georgia, United States, his father, James Robert Williams, was 29 and his mother, Amanda Rebecca Rowe, was 26. He married Allie Elberta Sands in 1909, in Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Shannon, Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1950 and Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1959. He died on 20 March 1959, in Rome, Floyd, Georgia, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rome, Floyd, Georgia, 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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