Birth Name: Hiram King Williams
Place of Birth: Mount Olive, Alabama, United States
Date of Birth: September 17, 1923
Place of Death: Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: January 1, 1953
Ethnicity: English, some German and Swiss-German, more distant Irish and Scottish
Family Background: Hank Williams was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He was the son of Jessie Lillybelle (Skipper) and Elonzo Huble Williams.
Hank’s paternal grandparents were Irvin Polk Williams (the son of Elijah H. Williams and Rachel Spinks) and Martha Ann Autry (the daughter of Robert A. Autry and Elizabeth Till).
Hank’s maternal grandparents were John B. Skipper (the son of Nathaniel George Skipper and Rebecca Louise Morgan) and Susan Abigail Dean (the daughter of John Ransom Dean/Deen and Martha C. Sims).
Source: Genealogies of Hank Williams – http://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Williams-Family-Tree-27898
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=ourfamily2011&id=I1975&style=TABLE
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=dlivingston&id=I07467
Genealogy of Hank’s great-grandmother, Elizabeth Till – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor§ion=details&person=MP22-CKB
Genealogy of Hank’s maternal grandfather, John Skipper – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor§ion=details&person=LZYC-2QD
Genealogy of Hank’s great-grandfather, John Dean/Deen – https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor§ion=details&person=LD5K-XLV&spouse=MCF9-1Q4