Brief Life History of William Ausburn
When William Ausburn Williams was born on 5 June 1865, in Fannin, Georgia, United States, his father, Martin C Williams Sr, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Mashburn, was 29. He married Martha J. Dean on 11 September 1890, in Fannin, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in District 1025, Fannin, Georgia, United States in 1880 and Mineral Bluff, Fannin, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 16 February 1936, in Fannin, Georgia, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in New Hope Cemetery, Fannin, Georgia, United States.
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- William O Williams, "United States Census, 1920"
- William A. Williams, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- William Ausburn Williams, "Georgia Deaths, 1928-1940"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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