Brief Life History of George Washington Custis
When George Washington Custis Lewis was born on 14 February 1810, in Woodlawn, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, his father, Lawrence Lewis, was 42 and his mother, Eleanor Parke Custis, was 30. He died on 16 December 1811, in his hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Mount Vernon, Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.
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- George Washington Custis Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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