When Sophronia Grace Lewis was born on 17 March 1838, in Missouri, United States, her father, James E. Lewis Sr, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Groce, was 23. She married William Riley Cannon on 1 August 1869, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in O'Fallon Township, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Cuivre Township, Saint Charles, Missouri, United States for about 10 years. She died on 28 November 1920, in Atoka, Atoka, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Caddo, Bryan, Oklahoma, United States.
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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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