Brief Life History of Thomas Henry
When Thomas Henry Lewis was born on 4 December 1861, in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada, his father, Henry Lewis, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Mayberry, was 11858. He married Hannah Robinson on 14 October 1885, in Townsend Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Norfolk, Ontario, Canada in 1901 and Ontario, Canada in 1911.
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- Thomas H. Lewis, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Thomas Lewis, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Thomas Henry Lewis in entry for Dawson Fletcher Aiken and Edith Gwendilyn Lewis, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
1871
British Columbia joins the confederation.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
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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