Brief Life History of Grace A.
When Grace A. Lake was born in July 1881, in Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, John Winfield Lake, was 26 and her mother, Lucinda Rhoda Markwick, was 23. She had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Mervin M Casler. She lived in New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States for about 5 years and Croghan, Croghan, Lewis, New York, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1943, in Lewis, New York, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Petries Corners, Lewis, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Grace A Castler in household of Mervin Castler, "United States Census, 1910"
- Grace Lake in entry for Albert Lee Phillips and Laura Louise Casler, "New York, County Marriages, 1908-1935"
- Grace A Casler in household of Mervin Casler, "United States Census, 1900"
Spouse and Children
1879–1941 Male
1881–1943 Female
Children (5)
1901–1985 Female
1907–1908 Male
1912–1931 Female
1921–1980 Female
1927–1947 Female
Parents and Siblings
1854–1914 Male
1858–1919 Female
Siblings (2)
1880–1949 Female
1881–1943 Female
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1886
Age 5
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 17
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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