When Esther Lewis was born on 20 February 1841, in Nashville, Lee, Iowa, United States, her father, Nathan Ezekiel Lewis, was 32 and her mother, Rebecca Walker Johnstun, was 27. She married Martin Horton Peck on 27 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 3 September 1924, in Orem, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, 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.
Possible Related NamesEsther Lewis Peck “Find A Grave” Summary Esther Lewis Peck, born in 1841, was the daughter of Rebecca Walker Johnston and Nathan Lewis. She married Martin Horton Peck in 1857 and had six children. …
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