Brief Life History of Williams Washington
When Williams Washington Camp was born on 11 December 1800, in Augusta, Richmond, Georgia, United States, his father, Cecelius Camp, was 21 and his mother, Mary Margaret Williams, was 19. He married Delia Chadwick in 1821, in Warren, Georgia, United States. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Brighton Precinct, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 21 November 1875, in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Williams Camp, "United States Census, 1860"
- Wm in entry for Mary Magdalene Camp, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Williams Camp, "United States Census, 1850"
Spouse and Children
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Children (15)
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1803 · Gerogia's First Land Lottery
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1820 · Making States Equal
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Name Meaning
Dutch (also Van de Camp) and North German: from camp ‘enclosed, fenced, or hedged piece of land, field’, from Latin campus ‘plain’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived by such a field. Compare Kamp .
English: from Middle English kempe ‘warrior’; see Kemp . The spelling Camp may be due to the influence of Old English camp ‘battle’ and campian ‘to fight’, or of Old French campion ‘warrior, champion’.
French: mainly southern form of Champ .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Williams Washington Camp
Williams Washington Camp was born December 11, 1800, in Georgia. He was named after his Mother's maiden name. She was Margaret Wiiliams. The Camp name started in England during a war in 1138, between …
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