Brief Life History of James Benjamin
When James Benjamin Lewis was born on 12 August 1884, in Illinois, United States, his father, Jesse William Lewis, was 36 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Moore, was 34. He married Floy Frances Brooks on 20 March 1907, in Louisville, Clay, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Sailor Springs, Clay, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 4 November 1956, in Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Louisville, Clay, Illinois, United States.
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- James B Lewis in household of Jessie W Lewis, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Benjamin Lewis - Published information: Family genealogies: birth-name: James Benjamin Lewis
- James B Lewis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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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