John Lowell Lucas

Male10 March 1917–14 December 1994

Brief Life History of John Lowell

When John Lowell Lucas was born on 10 March 1917, in Chowchilla, Madera, California, United States, his father, Lowell Alvin Lucas, was 33 and his mother, Augusta E Anderson, was 19. He married Claire Yvonne Sorenson in 1942, in California, United States. He lived in Hayward, Mariposa, California, United States in 1935 and Eden Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. He died on 14 December 1994, in Napa, Napa, California, United States, at the age of 77.

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John Lowell Lucas
1917–1994
Claire Yvonne Sorenson
1922–1987
Marriage: 1942

Sources (8)

  • John Lucas in household of Lowell A Lucas, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lowell John Lucas, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Lowell John Lucas, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1942California, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 1

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 17

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1941

    Age 24

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    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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