When Nora Eleanor Lewis was born on 15 March 1890, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, her father, John Franklin Lewis, was 28 and her mother, Eliza Roberts Morris, was 19. She died on 15 March 1891, in her hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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1861–1933 Male
1870–1892 Female
1890–1891 Female
1892–1892 Male
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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