Brief Life History of Arthur Thomas
When Arthur Thomas Lewis was born on 12 November 1876, in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Thomas Lewis, was 41 and his mother, Edith Elizabeth Stoneham, was 39. He married Muriel Gregory on 31 October 1898, in Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Hawne, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Rock Springs, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 December 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Luis Arthur, "United States Census, 1910"
- Arthur Thomas Lewis, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Arthur Thomas Lewis, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
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World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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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