When Henry R Williams was born on 5 March 1875, in Nebraska, United States, his father, John Williams, was 39 and his mother, Emily Peters, was 31. He lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1900. He died on 25 July 1906, at the age of 31, and was buried in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.
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.
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