Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Lewis was born in 1856, in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Lewis, was 36 and her mother, Fanny Giles, was 35. She married Seaward Greenland about 1883. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Harbridge, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911. She was buried in Wallingford, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Martha Lewis in household of Henry Lewis, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
- Martha Lewis, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Martha Lewis, "England, Wiltshire, Church Records, 1518-1990"
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1859 · Big Ben
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1868 · Abolition of Public Hangings at Newgate
On May 26, 1868 the Capital Punishment Act was put into action. This made it so that public hangings no longer existed at Newgate in London.
1877 · Trial of Detectives
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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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