Brief Life History of Laura Gertrude
When Laura Gertrude Lewis was born on 13 May 1860, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, her father, Nathan Douglas Lewis, was 28 and her mother, Mary Ann Likes, was 27. She married Andrew Francis Hoff on 15 August 1883, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Franklin, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 1 December 1954, at the age of 94, and was buried in Keokuk, Lee, Iowa, United States.
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- Gertrude Lewis in household of Margaret Lewis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Gertie Lewis, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Gertrude Hoff, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
The Burtis Opera House opened in Davenport and could easily hold an audience of 1,600. It was a widely used facility and Mark Twain filled the house when he spoke on tour in 1869. It was also used to house Susan B. Anthony when she lectured on the woman's right to vote. The Quad City Symphony Orchestra played its first concert as the new Tri-City Symphony in the Opera House. An arsonist set fire to the building on the evening of April 26, 1921, and the building was severely destroyed. The building was rebuilt but was no longer used as an opera house.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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