When Pearl Lewis was born on 1 September 1911, in Alix, Franklin, Arkansas, United States, her father, James Alfred Lewis, was 46 and her mother, Lucy Ada Stutchman, was 32. She married George Samuel Hurt on 20 October 1928. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Franklin, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Alix, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France in 1951. She died on 22 December 1994, in Sebastian, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Greenwood, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.
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.
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