Brief Life History of Harley McKinley
When Harley McKinley Williams was born on 15 December 1896, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, his father, Columbus Amos Williams, was 30 and his mother, Margaret Leona Trantham, was 20. He married Nora James Presley on 26 December 1918, in Buncombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Fairview, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1910 and Arlington, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. In 1940, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as in 1940 census, was a government engineer.. He died on 23 August 1974, in Fairfax, Virginia, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Mount Comfort Cemetery, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
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- Harley M Williams, "United States Census, 1920"
- Harley McKinley Williams, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Harley McKinley Williams, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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