When Orson Lewis was born on 11 April 1838, in Homer Township, Morgan, Ohio, United States, his father, Jonathan Lewis, was 46 and his mother, Nancy Randolph, was 42. He married Catherine Townsend on 4 August 1859, in Athens, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Canaan Township, Athens, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Canaan, Wayne, Ohio, United States in 1910. He died on 28 December 1928, in Athens, Ohio, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in New England Cemetery, New England, Rome Township, Athens, Ohio, United States.
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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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