John Lewis

Brief Life History of John

When John Lewis was born on 12 March 1835, in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, David Thomas Lewis, was 28 and his mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 22. He married Augusta Camilla Taylor on 15 March 1855, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1849 and lived in Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 22 March 1878, in Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 43, and was buried in Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Lewis
1835–1878
Augusta Camilla Taylor
1833–1904
Marriage: 15 March 1855
John Franklin Lewis
1856–1865
Alice E Lewis
1858–1936
Albert Elijah Lewis
1858–1948
Charles Henry Lewis
1860–1925
Philena J Lewis
1860–1945
David Lewis
1863–1863
Elizabeth Lillian Lewis
1864–1925
William C Lewis
1866–1881
Louis A Lewis
1868–1933
Margaret Ann Lewis
1872–1953
Arthur Lewis
1874–1875
Mabel M Lewis
1875–1876

Sources (19)

  • John Lewis in household of David Lewis, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • John Lewis, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
  • John L Lewis mentioned in Marriage of Lewis A. Lewis to Ida Smith 13 Nov 1893

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place

The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.

1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed

Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.

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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