Brief Life History of Wheeler Rhodes
When Wheeler Rhodes Williams was born on 7 November 1887, in Reading Township, Perry, Ohio, United States, his father, David W. Williams, was 42 and his mother, Emma Elizabeth Rhodes, was 28. He married Edna May Helser about 1911, in Somerset, Perry, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Clayton Township, Perry, Ohio, United States in 1910 and Thorn Township, Perry, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 10 July 1957, in Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Zion Reformed Lutheran Cemetery, Thornville, Perry, Ohio, United States.
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- Wheeler R Williams, "United States Census, 1930"
- Homer Williams, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Wheeler R. Williams, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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