Brief Life History of David Wesley
When David Wesley Williams was born on 23 May 1885, in Milam, Texas, United States, his father, Frederick R Williams, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Eveline Cropper, was 27. He married Meta Wiedebusch on 24 December 1918, in Travis, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Milam, Texas, United States in 1910 and Travis, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 23 December 1960, in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States.
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- Dave Williams, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: David Williams - Government record: Census record: birth-name: David Williams
- Daid Wesley Williams, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company
Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.
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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