Lena's immediate relatives including parents, siblings, partnerships and children in the Williams family tree.

Lena's Family

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Sakora (Earvin ) Williams

Jonathan Winters

Henry Lyman Williams

Henry Lyman Williams

Hilda Williams Peck

Hilda Williams Peck

Joan Crawford

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Glynn Humphreys Williams

Glynn Williams by Pepper Tree

Joan Louise Rouanzoin

Kandi Marie Williams

Jesse Williams

Bert Okla Williams with Belinda Vernon (Close) Williams

William Henry Williams

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In 1883, in the year that Lena Williams was born, on May 24th, the Brooklyn Bridge - one of the oldest bridges in the US - was opened to traffic. Bridge construction began in 1869 and took 14 years to complete.

In 1894, when she was only 11 years old, on March 12th, for the first time, Coca-Cola was sold in individual bottles as a drink for consumer consumption. Previously, it was sold as a syrup for upset stomachs - over the counter.

In 1922, by the time she was 39 years old, from October 22nd - 29th, 3,000 men of Benito Mussolini's National Fascist Party marched on Rome. (Mussolini waited in Milan, he did not participate in the March.) The day after the March Mussolini went to Rome and the King of Italy handed over power to Mussolini, in part because he was supported by the military, the business class, and the right-wing factions of Italy.

In 1950, by the time she was 67 years old, in February, Joe McCarthy gave a speech alleging that he had a list of "members of the Communist Party and members of a spy ring" who worked in the State Department. He went on to chair a committee that investigated not only the State Department but also the administration of President Harry S. Truman, the Voice of America, and the U.S. Army for communist spies - until he was condemned by the U.S. Senate in 1954.

In 1977, in the year of Lena Williams's passing, on January 21st, President Carter pardoned "draft dodgers" - men who avoided the draft during the Vietnam War. He fulfilled a campaign promise with the pardon. But it only applied to civilian evaders - the estimated 500,000 to 1 million active-duty personnel who went AWOL were not included.