Ada Annette Fellows

Brief Life History of Ada Annette

When Ada Annette Fellows was born on 25 March 1857, in Durham, Greene, New York, United States, her father, Silenus Hulbert Fellows, was 29 and her mother, Sylva Doty Newell, was 24. She married Henry Francis Lewis on 14 July 1875. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Plainfield, Windham, Connecticut, United States in 1860 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 2 March 1931, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

Henry Francis Lewis
1832–1892
Ada Annette Fellows
1857–1931
Marriage: 14 July 1875
John Fellows Lewis
1877–1926
Lewis
1879–1879
Mary Lewis
1879–1883
Lt Henry Francis Lewis
1884–1917
Ralph Newell Lewis
1887–1900
Dorothea Lewis
1892–1970

Sources (13)

  • Ada A Fellows in household of Silenus Fellows, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Ada Annette Fellows, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Ada Lewis Valleau, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · The Chicago Water Tower

The Chicago water tower was built out of Lemont limestone by William W. Boyington and was used for firefighting and also drawing clean water from Lake Michigan. The tower gained prominence after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Some believe that the tower was the only building to survive the Great Chicago Fire, but a few other buildings survived alongside the tower. The tower has become a symbol of old Chicago and how the city recovered from the fire. The tower has undergone only two renovations since 1913. 

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from Fellow, from Middle English felau(e) ‘partner, co-worker, companion’ (late Old English fēolaga, from Old Norse félagi, which is composed of ‘fee, money’ + legja ‘to lay, place, put’). In Middle English the term was used in the general sense of a companion or comrade, and the surname thus probably denoted a (fellow) member of a trade guild. Compare Fear 1.

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

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