Brief Life History of George Palmer
When George Palmer Lucas was born on 24 February 1865, in Yelvertoft, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Fredrick Lucas, was 26 and his mother, Fannie Pell, was 22. He married Agnes Matilda Craddock on 12 April 1898, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Palmyra, Otoe, Nebraska, United States for about 10 years and South Palmyra Township, Otoe, Nebraska, United States in 1930. He died on 29 September 1931, in Wenatchee, Chelan, Washington, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Unadilla, Otoe, Nebraska, United States.
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- George Lucas in household of Fred Lucas, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
- George Palmer Lucas, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- George P. Lucas, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Otoe, Nebraska, United States
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch: from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’ (compare Lucio ). The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to Saint Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Loukas , Hungarian Lukács (see Lukacs ), German, Dutch, etc. Lukas , Polish Łukasz, Czech and Slovak Lukáš, Czech Lukeš, Slovenian and Croatian Lukež (see Lukes ). Compare Luke .
Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas ).
History: Jacques Lucas dit Lépine from Port-en-Bessin-Huppain in Calvados, France, married Françoise Capel in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1653.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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