Julia Belinda Landon

Female7 September 1853–3 June 1890

Brief Life History of Julia Belinda

When Julia Belinda Landon was born on 7 September 1853, in Jackson, Michigan, United States, her father, Reynolds Landon, was 35 and her mother, Adelia Dorcas Castle, was 33. She married James Scott Lewis on 3 January 1883, in Elk Rapids, Elk Rapids Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Elk Rapids, Elk Rapids Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 3 June 1890, at the age of 36, and was buried in Elk Rapids, Elk Rapids Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Scott Lewis
1847–1912
Julia Belinda Landon
1853–1890
Marriage: 3 January 1883
Helen Adelia Lewis
1883–1974

Sources (9)

  • Julia Landon in household of Reynolds Landon, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Julia Belinda Landon, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Julia Belinda Landon Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 January 1883Elk Rapids, Elk Rapids Township, Antrim, Michigan, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1854 · Creation of the Republican Party

    Age 1

    A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.

    1863

    Age 10

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1865

    Age 12

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    English: altered form of Langdon .

    English: habitational name from Lavendon (Buckinghamshire), which is recorded as Laundone in 1232 and Lavenden alias Launden in 1639. The placename derives from the Old English personal name Lāfa (genitive Lāfan) + Old English denu ‘valley’.

    French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Lando, a short form of compound names based on the element land ‘land, territory’, via the oblique case, Landonis.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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