David Kenedy Williamson

Brief Life History of David Kenedy

When David Kenedy Williamson was born on 22 January 1869, in Grove Township, Shelby, Iowa, United States, his father, William Chancy Williamson, was 45 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Liston, was 39. He married Amanda Pearl Mathena on 19 February 1892, in Shelby, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Cannon Ball Township, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States in 1920 and Baer Township, Hettinger, North Dakota, United States in 1930. He died on 22 July 1938, in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Walla Walla, Walla Walla, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Kenedy Williamson
1869–1938
Amanda Pearl Mathena
1875–1961
Marriage: 19 February 1892
Alma Earl Williamson
1893–1974
John Eather Williamson
1894–1914
Clarence Edward Williamson
1895–1897
Claudy Williamson
1896–1896
Myrtle Iva Williamson
1897–1898
Maud May Williamson
1897–1983
Chancey Orvil Williamson
1899–1981
David Lloyd Williamson
1901–1958
Carrie LaVern Williamson
1903–1988
Elizabeth Jane Williamson
1904–1979
Lewis Arthur Williamson
1906–1981
Blanche Pearl Williamson
1908–1991
James Woodrow Williamson
1912–2003
Boyd Williamson
1914–1914
Lenora Isabel Williamson
1915–2007

Sources (26)

  • David Williamson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • David Williamson im Eintrag für Almey E Williamson und Edna C Kidd, „Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008“
  • David K. Williamson, "Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1873

Historical Boundaries: 1873: Morton, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Morton, North Dakota, United States

1889

North Dakota is the 39th state.

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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