When Martha Williams was born on 8 June 1815, in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Reese Williams, was 42 and her mother, Alice Lewis, was 35. She married William Howell on 26 September 1839, in Aberdare, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Saint Issells, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1871. She died on 27 September 1879, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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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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Possible Related NamesLife of Louis Williams Howell by his son, William Louis Howell Louis Howell was born in Kanesville, now Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa on 20 June 185l. He was the s …
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