Researching Philip 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 Philip means "lover of horses" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Philip Williams on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Philip Williams and the Williams Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Williams Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in 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 Genealogy Databases
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Williams Forums
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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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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Philip Williams. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Philip Williams
Philip Williams (United States Navy)
Philip Williams (1869 – October 31, 1942) was a decorated Captain of the United States Navy and one-time military Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
Williams entered the United States Naval Academy in 1889, became an Ensign in 1891, a lieutenant junior grade in 1894, and a lieutenant in 1897. He served in the Spanish–American War and commanded during World War I, for which he received the Navy Cross. In 1919, he was given command of, before being reassigned to the Bureau of Navigation. From 1922 to 1924, he commanded, before being appointed as Governor of the United States Virgin Islands.
Source: Philip Williams (United States Navy), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPhilip Williams (snooker player)
Philip Williams (born 3 June 1967) is a Welsh former professional snooker player. He was a professional for most seasons between 1993/94 and 2003/04, but failed to establish himself, his highest ranking position being 104. His best performances both came in 2001, when he reached the last 64 of both the Benson & Hedges Championship and the British Open.
As an amateur, he won the Welsh Championship in 2006. He then reached the quarter-final at the amateur 2006 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Kurt Maflin 6–3. In the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championship he was beaten by Alok Kumar. In the 2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship he was eliminated in the semi-finals by Alfie Burden of England. In 2010 he won the IBSF World Masters Championship in Damascus, Syria, beating Thailand's Chuchart Trairattanapradit 6 - 4.
He is mentioned in a book on Welsh snooker players written by Andrew Pagett.
In 2013 he was a surprise qualifier for the Last 16 of the WPBSA World Seniors Championship - his qualifying tournament wins included defeats of 2 former top 16 players, Gary Wilkinson and Patsy Fagan. He qualified again in 2021, losing to eventual winner David Lilley in the last 16.
Source: Philip Williams (snooker player), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPhilip Williams (lawyer)
Philip Williams (1780–1843) was an English lawyer and academic in the University of Oxford.
Williams was born in Winchester in 1780. He was the son of the Rev. Philip Williams of Winchester. On 24 April 1798 he matriculated at New College, Oxford, of which he was also a Fellow until 1818. He was awarded his BCL in 1805 and his DCL in 1825. In 1824 he was appointed Vinerian Professor of English Law, which he remained until his death in 1843. At this period Oxford University was in a prolonged decline: the demands on the post were few, and there are no records of Williams' work.
In 1806 he was called to the bar at Lincoln's Inn, where he became a KC and a bencher in 1831. He also served as Recorder of Winchester.
He married Jane Blachford; her grandfather was Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 8th Baronet. His daughter Sarah Jane Williams married her second cousin Charles Simeon, who also had Sir Fitzwilliam Barrington, 10th Baronet as his grandfather. Simeon was later a member of the Canterbury Association. For some years, she lived with her husband in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Source: Philip Williams (lawyer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaPhilip Lee Williams
Philip Lee Williams (born January 30, 1950) is an American novelist, poet, and essayist noted for his explorations of the natural world, intense human relationships, and aging. A native of Athens, Georgia, he grew up in the nearby town of Madison. He is the winner of many literary awards including the 2004 Michael Shaara Prize for his novel A Distant Flame (St. Martin’s), an examination of southerners who were against the Confederacy’s position in the American Civil War. He is also a winner of the Townsend Prize for Fiction for his novel The Heart of a Distant Forest, and has been named Georgia Author of the Year four times. In 2007, he was recipient of a Georgia Governor’s Award in the Humanities. Williams's The Divine Comics: A Vaudeville Show in Three Acts, a 1000-page re-imagining of Dante's magnum opus, was published in the fall of 2011. His latest novel, Emerson's Brother, came out in May 2012 from Mercer University Press
Source: Philip Lee Williams, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Williams
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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