https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5 en-us 2016-08-28 15:37:35 UTC 2016-08-28 16:22:29 UTC hello@padlet.com wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182361 Last name: Williams. (n.d.). Retrieved August 28, 2016, from http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Williams

Williams: A History of the Popular American Surname - Ancestry Blog. (2014). Retrieved August 28, 2016, from http://blogs.ancestry.com/cm/2014/10/29/williams-a-history-of-the-popular-american-surname/]]> 2016-08-28 15:39:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182361 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182378 Recorded in various spellings including William, Williams, and Williamson]]> 2016-08-28 15:40:18 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182378 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182407

]]> 2016-08-28 15:41:12 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182407 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182466 The name was originally Germanic. However throughout the years the name spread throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland, and Welsh. ]]> 2016-08-28 15:42:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182466 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182599 Four English Kings had the last name Williams]]> 2016-08-28 15:47:05 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182599 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182696 Derives from the personal name "Wilhelm" composed of the elements "wil", meaning "of strong mind", and "helm", translating literally as helmet, but in this context meaning "protection"]]> 2016-08-28 15:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182696 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182733 short form of "s", meaning "son of"]]> 2016-08-28 15:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120182733 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183085 Records of the name Williams can be found in the United States as early as the 17th century where they settled in the Northeast corner of the country.  ]]> 2016-08-28 16:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183085 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183328 2016-08-28 16:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183328 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183385 2016-08-28 16:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183385 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183758 Williams is the third-most-common surname in the United States; both the 1990 and 2000 censuses record more than 1.5 million people named Williams, surpassed only by the Smiths and the Johnsons.]]> 2016-08-28 16:18:50 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183758 wawakay https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183861 2016-08-28 16:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wawakay/4yaag0tk8oj5/wish/120183861