When Herbert Clarence Williamson was born on 28 February 1899, in Perth, Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, Edward Thomas Williamson, was 27 and his mother, Elizabeth Buchanan, was 31. He married Winnifred Lulu Mabel Gilliland on 18 December 1936, in Berwyn, Peace No. 135, Alberta, Canada. He lived in Alberta, Canada in 1916 and Peace River, Alberta, Canada in 1926. He died on 28 April 1981, in Edmonton, Edmonton Metropolitan Region, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 82, and was buried in Berwyn, Peace No. 135, Alberta, Canada.
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.
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