Brief Life History of Lonnie Leon
When Lonnie Leon Williamson was born on 24 June 1885, in Marion, Mississippi, United States, his father, Emanuel Williamson, was 47 and his mother, Mary A. Madeline Shivers, was 35. He married Estella Breeden on 10 January 1908, in Lincoln, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Lincoln, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 2, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 December 1964, in Lawrence, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Sontag, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States.
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- Lonnie L Williamson, "United States 1950 Census"
- L. L. Williamson, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Lonnie Lee Williamson, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1886
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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
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Name Meaning
English (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name William + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster), especially in Antrim.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Wilhelmsen , Swedish Wilhelmsson, or Dutch and North German Willemsen , all cognates of 1.
History: This surname was brought to North America from northern England and northern Ireland independently by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. Timothy Williamson is recorded in Plymouth Colony in 1643.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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