Brief Life History of William
When William Lake was born on 25 February 1795, in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada, his father, John N. Lake Jr., was 37 and his mother, Leah Van Voorheise, was 33. He married Mary Sylvina Hogle on 25 February 1819, in Ernestown, Lennox and Addington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 12 May 1859, in his hometown, at the age of 64.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- 1851 Census of Canada East, Canada West, New Brunswick, & Nova Scotia for William Lake
Spouse and Children
1795–1859 Male
1796–1854 Female
Children (3)
1820–1911 Male
1822–1882 Female
1828–1852 Male
Parents and Siblings
1759–1828 Male
1763–1813 Female
Siblings (10)
1784–1849 Male
1786–1906 Female
1788–1850 Male
1793–1868 Male
1795–1859 Male
+5 More Children
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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