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An Anglicized form and rare Italian variant of GUGLIELMA. Known bearers include Gulielma Maria Springett (1644-1694), the wife of Pennsylvania's founder, William Penn; Gulielma "Elma" Sands, the victim in the Manhattan Well murder trial of 1800, the first recorded murder case in the United States; and British botanist and mycologist Gulielma Lister (1860-1949).