Researching Lewis Loyd
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1176 people with the Loyd surname? In that year Loyd was ranked number 2432 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lewis means "Form of LOUIS. Famous in Battle" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Lewis Loyd on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lewis Loyd and the Loyd Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 134 people with the Loyd surname in the UK? Loyd is now ranked number 3916 for popularity in the UK. |
Loyd Family History Databases
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Loyd Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Lewis Loyd. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lewis Loyd
Lewis Vivian Loyd
Colonel Lewis Vivian Loyd DL (14 November 1852 – 21 September 1908) was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Chatham in Kent, but did not seek re-election in 1895, and did not stand for Parliament again.
He was married on 14 August 1879 to Lady Mary Sophia Hely Hutchinson (1854–1936), daughter of 4th Earl of Donoughmore, a writer and translator with whom he had three children: two sons and a daughter. From his father's second cousin Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone (1796–1883) he inherited the manor of Withybrook, Wolvey in Warwickshire, and the estate passed on his death to his oldest son Lewis Richard Loyd.
Source: Lewis Vivian Loyd, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Loyd
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