Brief Life History of Anne
When Anne Williams was born on 31 December 1818, in Llansantffread, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Williams, was 37 and her mother, Mary Lewis, was 32. She married Thomas Harris on 1 March 1844, in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1863 and lived in Aberystruth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851 and Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 24 August 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Ann Owens in household of William Owens, "United States Census, 1870"
- Anne Williams, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Anne Williams and Thomas Harris, Record Transcription: Monmouthshire Marriages And Banns, 1844
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
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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