Washington B. Williams

MaleNovember 1869–1944

Brief Life History of Washington B.

When Washington B. Williams was born in November 1869, in Cambridge Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, Alanson Williams, was 49 and his mother, Catharine Williams, was 35. He married Asuba Adlaide Bramhall on 24 December 1889, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States for about 50 years. He died in 1944, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Guernsey, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Washington B. Williams
1869–1944
Asuba Adlaide Bramhall
1865–1936
Marriage: 24 December 1889
Ernest Williams
1890–1907

Sources (16)

  • Washington B Williams, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: W. B. Williams - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth: about 1868; United States
  • W. B. Williams, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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  • Marriage
    24 December 1889Guernsey, Ohio, United States

    • Children (1)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    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.

    1870 · Giving all the right to vote

    Age 1

    The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 21

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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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