Brief Life History of Charity L.
When Charity L. Lewis was born on 20 November 1838, in Bennington, Wyoming, New York, United States, her father, James Benjamin Lewis, was 31 and her mother, Betsy, was 29. She married Gardner G Standish on 12 March 1856, in Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Leighton Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States for about 30 years. She died on 28 April 1915, in Wayland, Allegan, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Charity L Standish in household of Daniel Standish, "United States Census, 1910"
- Charity Standish, "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995"
- Charity L. Lewis in entry for Bert Standish and Hattie Jewel Bishop, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1841
Historical Boundaries 1841: Wyoming, New York, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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