Brief Life History of Kwaku Walker
When Kwaku Walker Lewis was born on 3 August 1798, in Barre, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Peter Pitts Lewis Sr, was 40 and his mother, Miner Walker, was 40. He married Elizabeth Lovejoy on 26 May 1825, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Dracut, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1850. He died on 26 October 1856, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Walker Lewis, "United States Census, 1850"
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1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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