Dwight Francher Williams

Male8 December 1918–3 April 1978

Brief Life History of Dwight Francher

When Dwight Francher Williams was born on 8 December 1918, in Gary, Lake, Indiana, United States, his father, Henry Dwight Williams, was 35 and his mother, Edith C Dwight, was 35. He died on 3 April 1978, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Henry Dwight Williams
1883–1976
Edith C Dwight
1883–1975
Ruth Bristol Williams
1914–2013
Dwight Francher Williams
1918–1978

Sources (2)

  • Dwight Williams in household of Henery Williams, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Henry D and Edith Williams and children in the 1921 Census of Canada

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World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 1

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1920

Age 2

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1935 · The FBI is Established

Age 17

The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.

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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