Hank Williams

Male 1923 - 1953  (29 years)


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  • Name Hank Williams  [1, 2, 3
    Born 17 Sep 1923  Georgiana, Butler, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Gender Male 
    Also Known As Hiram King Williams  [2
    Residence 1 Apr 1935  Georgiana, Butler, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 25 Apr 1940  Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 30 Jun 1942  Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Died 1 Jan 1953  Oak Hill, Fayette, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Buried Oakwood Annex Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I1  Williams Genealogy
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2019 

    Father Elonzo Huble Williams,   b. 22 Dec 1891, Lowndes, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Oct 1970, McWilliams, Wilcox, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Jessie Lillie Belle Skipper,   b. 12 Aug 1898, Starlington, Butler, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Feb 1955, Montgomery, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 12 Nov 1916  Starlington, Butler, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Divorced 1952 
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Audrey Mae Sheppard,   b. 28 Feb 1923, Banks, Pike, Alabama, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Nov 1975, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Hank Williams, Jr.
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2019 
    Family ID F13  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos

    Hank Williams publicity photo for WSM Radio (1951)

    Childhood home of Hank Williams in Georgiana, Alabama

    Hank Williams and Audrey Mae Sheppard MGM publicity photo (ca. 1952)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] West Virginia, Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], FamilySearch, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

    2. [S8] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 [database on-line]., National Archives and Records Administration, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011).

    3. [S9] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]., Find A Grave, Inc., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

    4. [S2] 1940 United States Federal Census, Montgomery, Enumeration District 51-19, Montgomery County, Alabama, National Archives Microfilm Roll m-t0627-00068; 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]., National Archives and Records Administration, (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012).

    5. [S4] Alabama, County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 [database on-line], Ancestry.com, (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016).