Brief Life History of Elias P.
Elias P. Williams was born in January 1851, in Fawn River, St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. He married Caroline A. Plant on 14 December 1870, in St. Joseph, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 13 November 1916, at the age of 65, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Elias P Williams, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elias P. Williams, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Elias P Williams, "Índice Find A Grave"
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1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
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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