Brief Life History of Ralph
When Ralph Williamson was born on 19 March 1915, in Illsøya, Nordland, Norway, his father, William H. Williamson, was 42 and his mother, Alice Jane Skelton, was 38. He died on 31 August 1918, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 3.
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- Ralph Williamson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Ralph E Williamson, "Find A Grave Index"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1916 · Bygdelagenes Fellesraad
Umbrella organization founded over 30 Bygdelag chapters. Founded in 1916 in Minneapolis as the umbrella organization over 30 Bygdelag chapters, each based on a different geographical area of Norway. It is still is a vibrant organization today. Check it out for the locality of your Norwegian ancestral lines at www.fellesraad.com
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English (Northern) and Scottish: from the Middle English personal name William + patronymic -son ‘son of William’. This surname is also found in Northern Ireland (Ulster), especially in Antrim.
Americanized form of Norwegian, Danish, and North German Wilhelmsen , Swedish Wilhelmsson, or Dutch and North German Willemsen , all cognates of 1.
History: This surname was brought to North America from northern England and northern Ireland independently by numerous different bearers from the 17th century onward. Timothy Williamson is recorded in Plymouth Colony in 1643.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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