When Hester Ann Lewis was born on 26 November 1881, in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States, her father, Alfred C Lewis, was 70 and her mother, Julia Gertrude Ferrand, was 20. She married Jalone Darcy Gunn Sr on 15 April 1898, in Rapides, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1930 and Supervisorial District 2, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1935. She died on 4 April 1973, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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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.
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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