Garnet Elizabeth Williams

Female28 March 1905–16 April 1992

Brief Life History of Garnet Elizabeth

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.

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Family Time Line

Clarence Collister
1901–1977
Garnet Elizabeth Williams
1905–1992
Norman Lee Collister
1934–2009

Sources (20)

  • Garnet E Collister, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Social Security Death Index
  • Garnet Elizabeth Williams in entry for Norman Lee Collister, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 1

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.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

Age 8

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

1929

Age 24

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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