Brief Life History of Raymond Leroy
When Raymond Leroy Lewis was born on 9 September 1929, in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Charles Raymond Lewis, was 28 and his mother, Ethel M Post, was 33. He lived in Allentown, Lehigh, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. He died on 15 May 2003, in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Towanda, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Raymond Lewis in household of Charles R Lewis, "United States Census, 1940"
- Raymond L Lewis, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Raymond L Lewis, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
1949 · NATO is Established
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
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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