Brief Life History of George Dewey
When George Dewey Lucas was born on 5 June 1898, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States, his father, Byron Lucas, was 41 and his mother, Mary Jane Doron, was 37. He married Lyllas Moffitt on 22 January 1921, in Kenilworth, Carbon, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died in January 1954, at the age of 55, and was buried in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.
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- George Dewey Lucas, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Dewey Lucas - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: George Dewey Lucas
- George Dewey Lucas, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · City Hall Built
The Old Colorado Springs city Hall was built between 1901-1905. It was in use until 1997. The historical building was designed by Thomas Barber and Thomas MacLaren.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
English, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Dutch: from the Latin personal name Lucas (Greek Loukas) ‘man from Lucania’. Lucania is a region of southern Italy thought to have been named in ancient times with a word meaning ‘bright’ or ‘shining’ (compare Lucio ). The Christian name owed its enormous popularity throughout Europe in the Middle Ages to Saint Luke the Evangelist, hence the development of this surname and many vernacular derivatives in most of the languages of Europe. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Loukas , Hungarian Lukács (see Lukacs ), German, Dutch, etc. Lukas , Polish Łukasz, Czech and Slovak Lukáš, Czech Lukeš, Slovenian and Croatian Lukež (see Lukes ). Compare Luke .
Scottish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Lùcais (see McLucas ).
History: Jacques Lucas dit Lépine from Port-en-Bessin-Huppain in Calvados, France, married Françoise Capel in Trois-Rivières, QC, in 1653.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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