Brief Life History of Thomas D.
When Thomas D. Lewis was born in 1833, in Trelech-ar-bettws, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, David Thomas Lewis, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 21. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. He died after 1860, in Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Lewis in household of David Lewis, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Thomas Lewis in household of David Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"
- Thomas Jones in household of Dan Jones, "United States Census, 1850"
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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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Elizabeth Jones Life Sketch
Elizabeth Jones Lewis Life Sketch By M. Brent Lewis, great-great grandson Elizabeth Jones Lewis Jones was born April 2, 1812 in Claddy, a village located in Pembrokeshire on the border of Carmarthen, …
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