Pix: HP Lovecraft, a life...
A. Baby Howard.
B. Family photo: Sarah Susan Phillips mom, HPL & Winfield Scott Lovecraft, dad.
C. Young Lovecraft, dressed as a girl by his mom.
D. Lovecraft after getting his long locks cut short.
E. Late teen(?) Howard.
F. Sonia Green, wife & HPL, hubbie - at least for some 2 years.
G. Lovecraft after getting back to his beloved Providence, Rhode Island.
Personal Note:
Since finishing with Lovecraft's last & longest poem for 1916, "The Poet's Nightmare", I've been taking a rather large vacay from HPL's works.
And, I won't be coming back to Howard until much later - maybe even next year!
I'm gonna use that free time to catch up with articles, research notes, some cleaning & clearing of junk, etc...
You wouldn't believe just how far I've fallen behind!
But, I'll hit y'all with some general info & research pics on lovecraftian subjects - every now & then...
I hope ya'll enjoy this little holiday break.
Surname:
From Quora -
1. Lovecraft is one of the variants of Luckcraft, Luckraft, Lucraft & Loucraft, all coming from Leacroft, Staffordshire, England.
2. It's a sufficiently unusual name that's likely a corruption of Leacroft or Lycroft.
Etymology:
From Quora -
1. Lovecraft is a union of Old English lufu, meaning "love, desire" + craft, "skill, art" or "strength."
2. Leacroft is from Old English leah, "woods" + croft/caeft, "an enclosure."
(Such "fenced woods" served as royal hunting grounds.)
3. Lycroft is a variant of Rycroft, an "enclosed rye field."
General History:
From Quora -
1. There's been Lovecrafts in Devon, England since the 1500s.
From Ancestry -
1. Most Lovecrafts moved to New England, in the northeastern USA, between 1840 & 1891.
By 1880, there were more Lovecrafts in the US than back in England!
And most lived in NY state!!
2. Strangely enough, Lovecrafts usually had short lifespans - due to harsh environments or bad health problems.
In 2003, their average lifespan was just 52 years!
While the general public's life expectancy was 74 years!!
Population:
From Forebears -
1. There's 38 Lovecrafts in the USA & Sweden, who originated from Leacroft, Cannock, Straffordshire, England.
2. In 2023, their populations were:
A. 23% in Alaska.
B. 18% in Florida.
C. 13% in Mexico!
D. 9% in Massachusetts.
And,
E. 5% in Sweden.
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