Brief Life History of Samuel W
When Samuel W Lewis was born on 12 August 1848, in Volga, Clayton, Iowa, United States, his father, Albert Gallatin Lewis, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ann Walter, was 18. He lived in Elk Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 May 1879, in Clayton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Mount Harmony Cemetery, Elkport, Clayton, Iowa, United States.
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- Samuel Lewis in household of Albert Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Samuel Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Samuel Lewis in household of Albert G Lewis, "United States Census, 1870"
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1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Clayton, Iowa, United States
1852
Historical Boundaries: 1852: Clayton, Iowa, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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