Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Lewis was born on 21 May 1850, in Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, William Harvey Lewis, was 38 and his mother, Jennet Arnott, was 38. He married Mary Jane McCauslin about 1870. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1861 and Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 1 May 1885, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Thomas Lewis in household of William Lewis, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Thomas Lewis, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (7)
1853
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
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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