Brief Life History of Johann Friedrich
When Johann Friedrich Williams was born on 10 July 1856, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, his father, Frederick Williams, was 32 and his mother, Karoline Clara Mast, was 28. He married Emma Kreymeyer on 24 December 1879, in Hancock, Illinois, United States. He lived in Sonora Township, Hancock, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 October 1883, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in Nauvoo Two Cemetery, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States.
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- John Williams, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Frederick Williams - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: John Frederick Williams
- John Frederick Williams, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
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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