Brief Life History of Mary
Mary Lewis was born in 1834, in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. She married David Thomas Morgan on 21 May 1844, in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bedwelty, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881 and Llanfrechfa, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. She died in 1907, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mystic, Appanoose, Iowa, United States.
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- Mary Morgan in household of Thomas Morgan, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Mary Lewis, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Mary Lewis in entry for John Morgan, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Appanoose, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Appanoose, Iowa, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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