Emily H. Williams

Brief Life History of Emily H.

When Emily H. Williams was born in 1864, in Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Wallace Williams, was 38 and her mother, Mary Ann Bowers, was 28. She died in July 1866, in Wyoming, United States, at the age of 2, and was buried in Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wallace Williams
1826–1884
Mary Ann Bowers
1836–1872
Williams
1856–
Child Williams
1857–1865
Levi Williams
1867–
Mary Jane Williams
1859–1883
Williams
1861–
John Thomas Williams
1863–1948
Emily H. Williams
1864–1866
Elizabeth Emma Williams
1868–
James Williams
1870–
Joseph Emery Williams
1871–1947
Clarissa Ann Williams
1874–1874

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    World Events (3)

    1865

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1865 · The Assassination of a President

    "While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

    1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

    The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

    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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