When Garnet Elizabeth Williams was born on 28 March 1905, in Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Daniel Lehi Williams, was 33 and her mother, Ella Mae Moss, was 34. She had at least 1 son with Clarence Collister. She lived in Hazel Dell Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1920 and Kane Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1940. She died on 16 April 1992, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 87.
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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