Brief Life History of Gleason
When Gleason Williams was born on 21 January 1906, in Mount Vernon, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, Franklin Otis Williams, was 25 and his mother, Lorena D. Gleason, was 25. He died in 1967, at the age of 61, and was buried in Evansville, Knight Township, Vanderburgh, Indiana, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Gleason Williamson in household of Frank D Williamson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Gleason J Williams, "Find A Grave Index"
- Jeptha Gleason Williams in entry for Curran F Williams, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Parents and Siblings
1880–1957 Male
1880–1927 Female
Siblings (7)
1902–1902 Male
1903–1990 Female
1904–1904 Male
1906–1967 Male
1906–1944 Male
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World Events (8)
1907 · Not for profit elections
Age 1
1910 · Boy Scouts of America
Age 4
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 17
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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