Joseph Lewis

Male8 February 1919–March 1977

Brief Life History of Joseph

Joseph Lewis was born on 8 February 1919. He had at least 1 son with Mary Pratt. He died in March 1977, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lewis
1919–1977
Mary Pratt
1923–2012
Gary Pollard Sr
1942–2012

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    Children (1)

    World Events (3)

    1920

    Age 1

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    1920

    Age 1

    Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.

    1923 · First Presidential Radio Broadcast

    Age 4

    "On December 6, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast. It was covered by 42 stations and became known as the ""State of the Union"" address."

    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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