Birth Name: Evan Clark Williams
Place of Birth: Clarks, Nebraska, United States
Date of Birth: March 31, 1972
Ethnicity:
*unknown (father)
*English, with smaller amounts of Cornish, French, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh (maternal grandfather)
*Danish, Swedish (maternal grandmother)
Evan Williams is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur. He has founded several Internet companies. He is known as the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter. He is the son of Laurie Jo (Howe) and Monte Billy Williams. He is married to Sara Morishige.
Evan’s maternal grandfather was Orlando Whiting Howe (the son of George Whiting Howe and Josephine Evalina Dodge). George was the son of Clarence Melville Howe and Phebe Exene Stanard. Josephine was the daughter of Peter Edwards, later Orlando A. Dodge, and Olive Anna Pickett.
Evan’s maternal grandmother was Helen Bernice Christensen (the daughter of Henry Christensen and Nellie Andrews). Henry was the son of Danish immigrants, John Christensen and Stine Kirstine “Christine” Andersen. Nellie was the daughter of Swedish immigrants, Johan Andersson, later John Andrews, and Alma Sophia Snell.
Sources: Genealogy of Evan Williams (focusing on his mother’s side) – http://www.ancestry.com
Evan’s maternal grandmother, Helen Bernice Christensen, on the 1930 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Evan’s maternal great-grandfather, Henry Christensen – https://familysearch.org
Birth record of Evan’s maternal great-grandmother, Nellie Andrews – https://familysearch.org
Evan’s maternal great-grandmother, Nellie Andrews, on the 1900 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org