Brief Life History of Lucy
Lucy was born in 1838. She lived in Monroe, Mississippi, United States in 1841 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1851.
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Sources (4)
- 1850 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules
- Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001; Bill of Sale for Lucy or Lucinda, 1846
- John Crosby Estate Settlement, Monroe, Mississippi
World Events (8)
1846
Age 8
1847
Age 9
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 32
Name Meaning
From Old French Lucie, the vernacular form of Lucia . It is sometimes assumed that Lucy is a pet form of Lucinda , but there is no etymological justification for this assumption. It was in fairly widespread use in the Middle Ages, and increased greatly in popularity in the 18th century and again in the 1990s. In Ireland it serves as an Anglicized form of Irish Luíseach .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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