Brief Life History of Eva
When Eva Williams was born on 25 September 1897, in Norton Canes, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Williams, was 24 and her mother, Hannah Elizabeth Knowles, was 21. She married Arnold Ralph Anderson on 11 May 1918, in Taber, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Canada in 1910 and lived in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1931 and United States in 1935. She died on 18 October 1984, in Taber, MD of Taber, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 87, and was buried in Barnwell Cemetery, Barnwell, MD of Taber, Alberta, Canada.
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- Eva Anderson, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Eva Anderson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eva Williams, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
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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