When Elaine Lynn Lewis was born on 15 August 1946, in Brookfield, Linn, Missouri, United States, her father, George Stephen Lewis, was 36 and her mother, Edith Mae Hackworth, was 22. She married Dave Wise in November 1963. She died on 28 December 1979, in Galion, Morrow, Ohio, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in New Caledonia Cemetery, Caledonia, Marion, Ohio, United States.
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.
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