Brief Life History of John
When John Lukes was born on 1 August 1805, in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Lukes, was 32 and his mother, Mary Wheeler, was 37. He married Karenhappah Ann Knight on 6 June 1827, in Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Luxulyan, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and King Township, York, Ontario, Canada in 1871. He died on 27 September 1875, in Newmarket, York, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 70, and was buried in Newmarket, York, Ontario, Canada.
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- John Lukes, "Canada Census, 1871"
- John Lukes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Lukes, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
Czech and Slovak (Lukeš): from a vernacular form of the personal name Lukáš, an equivalent of Latin Lucas .
Americanized form of Slovenian and Croatian Lukež: from the personal name Lukež, an old equivalent of Latin Lucas .
English: either a variant of Lucas or a variant of Luke , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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