Brief Life History of William
William Lewis was born on 3 September 1769, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom as the son of John Lewis and Martha Lewelyn. He married Wenllian Thomas in 1792, in Merthyr Tydfil, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- William Lewis, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
- William Lewis, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
- William in entry for William Lewis, "Wales, Glamorgan Parish Registers, 1558-1900"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English, Old French personal name Lewis, Leweis, Lowis, from ancient Germanic (originally West Frankish) Hludwig (itself from hlōd- ‘fame, famous’ + wīg- ‘battle’). This was Latinized as Ludovicus and Chlodovisus, which were gallicized as Clovis or Clouis, French Louis. The name may also appear as Lawis, Laweys, Lawes, by unrounding of the vowel of Lowis on the analogy of the variation between Low and Law as pet forms of Middle English Lourence alias Laurence. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Laws 2 and compare Lawrence .
Welsh: adopted for the Welsh personal name Llywelyn (see Llewellyn ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lughaidh ‘son of Lughaidh’. This is one of the most common Old Irish personal names. It is derived from Lugh ‘brightness’, which was the name of a Celtic god.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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