Brief Life History of Robert McKinley
When Robert McKinley Williams was born on 23 February 1904, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, his father, James Ellis Williams Sr., was 37 and his mother, Robena Dorthula McLain, was 35. He married Elizabeth L Lynch on 15 July 1930, in Roane, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Anderson, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Civil District 6, Anderson, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 19 June 1951, in Bridgeport, Jackson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Sheffield, Colbert, Alabama, United States.
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- Bob Williams, "United States Census, 1940"
- Robert M Williams, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1898-1929
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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