Brief Life History of America
When America Williams was born on 14 June 1827, in Arkansas, United States, her father, Bradley Williams, was 27 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Brummett, was 36. She married Robert Temple Alford in 1844, in Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Shasta, California, United States in 1860 and Cottonwood Township, Tehama, California, United States for about 20 years. She died on 12 October 1903, in Cottonwood, Shasta, California, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Cottonwood, Shasta, California, United States.
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- America Allfosa in household of Robert Allfosa, "United States Census, 1850"
- America Alford, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
- America Alford in entry for Mary A. Belien, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1830
Historical Boundaries 1830: Jefferson, Arkansas Territory, United States 1836: Jefferson, Arkansas, United States
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Shasta, California, United States
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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