When Ervin Alvin Lewis was born on 4 May 1855, in Elk Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States, his father, Samuel Lewis, was 23 and his mother, Catharine Alice Overocker, was 16. He married Margaret Elizabeth Welch on 1 September 1874, in Delhi, Delaware, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 9 daughters. He lived in Iowa, United States in 1870 and Delaware, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 5 May 1931, in Julien, Dubuque, Iowa, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Greeley, Delaware, Iowa, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1856: Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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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