Brief Life History of Dinah
When Dinah Williams was born on 14 November 1814, in Denbigh, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Williams, was 28 and her mother, Anne Pugh, was 34. She married Thomas Edward Holroyd on 2 January 1845, in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1845 and Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 13 February 1897, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Diana Holroyd in household of Thomas E Holroyd, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Dinna Williams, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- image 967 Dinna Williams (sig), "England Marriages, 1538–1973 " she wrote her name Dianna WMS, of full age spinster father: Robert Williams, farmer. witn:Thos Bithell
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1815 · Manchester Dock in Liverpool Built
In 1815, the Manchester Dock in Liverpool was constructed by John Foster Sr. It was an important gateway for coal and manufactured goods mainly corn and cotton. It closed in 1929.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
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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ROBERT WILLIAMS HOLROYD - Written by daughter, Dinah May Holroyd Shipley
ROBERT WILLIAMS HOLROYD Robert Williams Holroyd was considered a great man by his posterity. Many of his wonderful public deeds were not known, yet he was always true to his faith, kind and loving to …
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