Brief Life History of Mary Alice
When Mary Alice Lewis was born in March 1866, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Henry Lewis, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Ann Armstrong, was 22. She married William Elsworth Nelson on 17 September 1890, in Waynesburg, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Richhill Township, Greene, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 5 February 1935, in West Finley, West Finley Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68.
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- Mary A Nelson in household of W E Nelson, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mary Alice Lewis - Government record: Marriage record or certificate: birth-name: Mary Alice Lewis
- 1890: Mary Alice Lewis, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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