Researching Carol Williams
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 215128 people with the Williams surname? In that year Williams was ranked number 3 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Carol means "Joyous song" and is of French origin.
Records of Carol Williams on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Carol Williams and the Williams Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 270138 people with the Williams surname in the UK? Williams is now ranked number 3 for popularity in the UK. |
Williams Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 2123734 people with the Williams surname in the USA? Williams is ranked number 3 for popularity in the USA. |
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Carol Williams. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Carol Williams (organist)
Carol Anne Williams D.M.A., ARAM, FRCO, FTCL, ARCM (born 1962) is a British-born international concert organist and composer, now residing in America. She served from October 2001 and resigned her post in October 2016 as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego, California, performing regularly at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion. She was concurrently serving as the Artistic Director of the Spreckels Organ Society; producing the largest organ festival in North America since 2001. She was formerly the Artist in Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral San Diego.
Upon stepping down from her post as Civic Organist for the city of San Diego in October 2016, in recognition of her fifteen years of service, Carol was awarded the title of San Diego Civic Organist Emerita. As of November 2016, Carol now resides in Lynchburg, Virginia and has been appointed Organist in Residence and Choir Director at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church, Charlottesville, the Parish Church to the University of Virginia. She is the host of TourBus, a pipe organ documentary series, as well as her YouTube series On The Bench with Dr. Carol.
Source: Carol Williams (organist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaCarol Williams (politician)
Carol Griffith Williams is a Democratic member of the Montana Senate. She represented District 46 from 2004 to 2012. In 2011, she was the Leader of the Democratic Caucus. She is the first woman to hold the position of majority leader in Montana history. She was previously a member of the Montana House of Representatives from 1999 through 2000.
In 2000, she ran for lieutenant governor of Montana. She and the governor nominee, Mark O'Keefe, lost in the general election to Judy Martz.
Her husband, Pat Williams, is a former member of congress from Montana.
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