Researching William Weeks
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6411 people with the Weeks surname? In that year Weeks was ranked number 638 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Weeks on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Weeks and the Weeks Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 6607 people with the Weeks surname in the UK? Weeks is now ranked number 914 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called William Weeks
William Weeks
William Weeks (March 11, 1813 – March 8, 1900), was the first church architect of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and is best known as the architect of the Nauvoo Temple.
Weeks was the son of James Weeks, Jr., and Sophronia Fisher and was born on March 11, 1813 on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. He came from a family of builders; his father taught architectural and building skills to his two sons, William and Arwin. Raised as a Quaker, Weeks converted to the Latter Day Saint church in the southeastern states. Apparently, he was in Missouri when the members of the church were driven from that state during the winter of 1838–1839, and he settled in Quincy, Illinois. There on June 11, 1839 he married Caroline Matilda Allen, youngest child of Elihu Marcellus Allen and his first wife Laura Foote. Caroline was ten years his junior. Their marriage lasted sixty-one years and produced ten children, seven of whom died in early infancy.
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