When Charles Benjamin Lewis was born on 15 August 1853, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, John Moss Lewis, was 24 and his mother, Martha Jane Crismon, was 21. He married Elizabeth Ann Corporon on 3 October 1894, in Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 23 November 1922, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
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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