Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Lewis was born about 1796, in Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, William Lewis, was 30 and her mother, Margaret George, was 28. She married John Owen in 1821, in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Swansea Saint Mary, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 13 December 1871, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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- Charlott Owens in household of John Owens, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- 1871 England GRO Record of Death for Charlotte Owens
- Charlotte Owens in entry for William J Owens, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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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.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
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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