Lewis H. Rand

Brief Life History of Lewis H.

When Lewis H. Rand was born about 1814, in Maine, United States, his father, Nathaniel Rand, was 41 and his mother, Dorcas or Sarah Hamblen, was 37. He married Mary Jane Whitney on 29 November 1840, in Westbrook, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 1888, in Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis H. Rand
1814–1888
Mary Jane Whitney
1817–1905
Marriage: 29 November 1840
Alonzo T. Rand
1842–1870
Emily A Rand
1852–1870
Wilbur Fick Rand
1843–1908
Maria Francis Rand
1857–1919

Sources (13)

  • Lewis Rand, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lewis H. Rand, "Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907"
  • Lewis H. Rand, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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1820

Maine is the 23rd state.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

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Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Rand, a pet form of Randolf. Compare Randolph , Randall , Randy , and see also Rance .

English: habitational name from Rand (Lincolnshire), Rand Grange (North Yorkshire), or Raunds (Northamptonshire), all of which derive from Old English rand ‘edge, border, rim’.

German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic compound personal names formed with rand ‘rim (of a shield)’. Compare 1 above.

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

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