Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Lewis was born in 1806, in Hull, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Lewis, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Gell, was 27. She married David Andrew on 22 September 1825, in Messingham, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Kirton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Kirton in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died from 1861 to 1871, in England, United Kingdom.
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- Louisa Andrew in household of David Andrew, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Louisa Lewis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Louisa Lewis, "England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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