Riley Percival Williams

Male31 October 1896–27 December 1976

Brief Life History of Riley Percival

When Riley Percival Williams was born on 31 October 1896, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, Daniel Lehi Williams, was 25 and his mother, Ella Mae Moss, was 26. He married Dorothy Kathryn Madison on 27 August 1927, in Woodbury, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Newton Township, Jasper, Iowa, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1923. He died on 27 December 1976, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Riley Percival Williams
1896–1976
Dorothy Kathryn Madison
1909–1975
Marriage: 27 August 1927
Justyn Williams
1928–2003

Sources (23)

  • Riley Williams, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Riley Williams, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Riley Percibal Williams, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 August 1927Woodbury, Iowa, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 2

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded

    Age 10

    The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.

    1917

    Age 21

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    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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