Samuel George Lake

Brief Life History of Samuel George

When Samuel George Lake was born on 12 July 1876, in Obed, Yavapai, Arizona, United States, his father, George Lake Sr., was 37 and his mother, Mary Edda Foster, was 24. He married Jeanie Morgan Pryde on 20 December 1898, in Colonia Dublán, Chihuahua, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Yuba Judicial Township, Sutter, California, United States for about 5 years and World in 1950. He died on 17 November 1958, in Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Gridley-Biggs Cemetery, Gridley, Butte, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel George Lake
1876–1958
Jeanie Morgan Pryde
1875–1961
Marriage: 20 December 1898
Janet Morgan Lake
1899–1984
George John Lake
1901–1977
Robert Samuel Lake
1902–1969
Phoebe Esther Lake
1905–1995
Mary Vida Lake
1907–1994
Della Lucille Lake
1908–2001
Leo Moroni Lake
1910–1923
Leona Lake
1911–1996
Lydia Ann Lake
1913–1979
Elmo Alexander Lake
1915–1977
Edith Vera Lake
1917–2005

Sources (60)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Samuel George Sake, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
  • SAMUEL G LAKE, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1880

United States railroad companies receive favorable concessions. Railroad boom.

1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.

The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.

English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).

North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Brief Life Sketch

born 12 July 1876 in Obed, Yavapie, Arizona. First son of George Lake and Mary Edda Foster. By the time the Lakes moved to Colonia Dublan they were very poor. Samuel never went to school until he was …

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