James Lewis

Brief Life History of James

When James Lewis was born in 1808, in Burbage, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Windsor Lewis, was 29 and his mother, Rebecca Cox, was 26.

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Family Time Line

John Windsor Lewis
1779–1865
Rebecca Cox
1782–1867
David Lewis
1801–1849
Mary Lewis
1802–
Rebecca Lewis
1805–
George Lewis
1806–1895
James Lewis
1808–
Giles Lewis
1815–
Ann Lewis
1820–
Sophia Lewis
1824–
Frederick Lewis
1828–

Sources (1)

  • James Lewis, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"

World Events (8)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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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