When William Lake was born on 15 July 1802, in North Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Lake, was 25 and his mother, Sarah Richards, was 29. He married Emeline Court on 12 February 1832, in North Molton, Devon, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He immigrated to United States in 1866 and lived in North Molton, Devon, England in 1861 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 17 November 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesBoth became converts to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in their native England. They crossed the ocean to come to Utah or "Zion" in the spring of 1866. Their daughter Hannah Lake bo …
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