Williams Washington Camp

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 Diannah Harriett Greer on 5 January 1822, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 9 daughters. 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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Family Time Line

Williams Washington Camp
1800–1875
Diannah Harriett Greer
1806–1876
Marriage: 5 January 1822
Mary Wentworth Camp
1822–1874
Susan Searcy Camp
1824–1825
Elizabeth Jane Camp
1826–1836
James Greer Camp
1828–1852
Dionysius Paul Camp
1829–1847
Sarah Ann Camp
1831–1836
Robert Ira Camp
1833–1836
John David Camp
1833–1867
Martha Damarius Camp
1836–1836
Catherine Ellen Camp
1837–1929
William Polk Camp
1840–1842
Harriet Diannah Camp
1842–1908
Emma Eliza Camp
1844–1850
Richard Cecil Camp
1846–1923
Margaret Henrietta Camp
1848–1941

Sources (78)

  • Williams Camp, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Williams Camp, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Will M W Camp, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

World Events (8)

1803

France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

1818

Historical Boundaries: 1818: Tuscaloosa, Alabama Territory, United States 1819: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

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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