Brief Life History of Henry Turner
When Henry Turner Lewis Sr was born on 2 November 1881, in Quitman, Brooks, Georgia, United States, his father, James Campbell Lewis, was 34 and his mother, Mary Flowers, was 41. He married Annie Cardelia Lovett in 1904. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Melrose, Putnam, Florida, United States in 1935 and Jacksonville, Duval, Florida, United States in 1940. He died on 18 January 1956, at the age of 74, and was buried in Quitman, Brooks, Georgia, United States.
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- Henry F Lewis, "United States Census, 1910"
- Henry Turner Lewis, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Henry Turner Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated
On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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