When Beachard John Williams was born on 12 July 1913, in Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, James William Williams, was 24 and his mother, Delia Rebecca Martin, was 26. He married Frances Marie “Lillie” Bellini on 9 April 1938, in Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940 and Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 28 July 1969, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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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