Brief Life History of Canaan
When Canaan Lewis was born on 12 September 1841, in Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, David Thomas Lewis, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Jones, was 29. He married Sarah Rees on 25 December 1872, in Manti, Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Trelech-ar-bettws, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1841 and Laugharne, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 7 November 1909, in Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Wales Cemetery, Wales, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- Cunin Lewis in household of David Lewis, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Canaan Lewis and Mary Nelson (8 August 1892) "Marriage License and Certificate", "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Canaan Lewis, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
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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