Brief Life History of Allan John
When Allan John Williams was born on 28 December 1892, in Marcy, Oneida, New York, United States, his father, John O Williams, was 37 and his mother, Ida Button Williams, was 27. He married Anna Jane McFall on 3 April 1912, in Utica, Oneida, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1930 and Detroit Ward 22, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1940. He died on 19 November 1983, in Volusia, Florida, United States, at the age of 90.
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- Allen Williams in household of John O Williams, "United States Census, 1900"
- Allen Williams, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Allen Williams, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1897 · Beginnings of Kmart
Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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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