When Inice Lena Williamson was born on 21 August 1912, in Mississippi, United States, her father, J. Wiley Williamson, was 25 and her mother, Dovie C. Mitchell, was 26. She married John Wesley Knight on 25 January 1936, in Covington, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Covington, Mississippi, United States in 1935 and Beat 5, Covington, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died on 4 September 1984, in Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Willow Grove Cemetery, Collins, Covington, Mississippi, United States.
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.
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