The Lewis Family of Great Bealings

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William Lewis
William Lewis
John Lewis
George Lewis
John Lewis
James Lewis
Sidney Lewis
Henry Lewis
Herbert Lewis
David Lewis
George Lewis

William Lewis

Born 1776, Foxhall, Suffolk

1841 Age 60 Ag Lab Property No 25

 

1851 Age 75 Pauper Ag Lab Property No 11

Recorded as buried in St Mary, Great Bealings on 29 Oct 1856, aged 82.

William Lewis

Born 1803, Great Bealings

1841 Age 35 Ag lab Property No 27

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Mary   35    
Robt   14 Suffolk  
George   13 Suffolk  
Henry   9 Suffolk  
Willm   7 Suffolk  
James   5 Suffolk  
David   3 Suffolk  
Sydney   1 Suffolk  

 

1851 Age 48 Ag lab Property No 64

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Mary Wife 48 Witnesham  
Robt Moving around the UK as a servant
George Son 23 Great Bealings Ag lab
Henry Probably in Sudbury - returns to GB by 1871
William Buried St Mary, Great Bealings, 16 Apr 1846
James Son 15 Great Bealings Ag lab
David Son 13 Great Bealings Ag lab
Sidney Son 11 Great Bealings Scholar
Eliza Daughter 9 Great Bealings Scholar
Emma Daughter 6 Great Bealings Scholar
Edward Son 6 Great Bealings Scholar
Alfred Son 4 Great Bealings Scholar
Arthur Son 1 Great Bealings  
Samuel Son 3 mo Great Bealings  

 

1861 Age 58 Ag lab Property No 60

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Mary Wife 58 Witnesham  
George See below
James See below
David Soldier in Woolwich, Kent, age 20. See also below.
Sidney Son 21 Great Bealings Ag lab
Eliza Servant in Leatherhead
Emma Under nursemaid with Edward J Moor, parsonage
Edward Moves to London as a servant and marries Sarah A
Alfred Son 14 Great Bealings Servant
Arthur Son 12 Great Bealings  
Samuel Son 10 Great Bealings  

 

1871 Dead - buried in the churchyard of St Mary, Great Bealings, on 21 Aug 1863

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Mary Dead - buried in GB churchyard 13 Mar 1869, aged 66
Sidney See below
Alfred No trace
Arthur No trace until 1891 when he is in Ipswich
Samuel Soldier, Cheriton, Kent.

John Lewis

Born 1809, Great Bealings

1841 Age 30 Ag lab Property No 31

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Eliz   30 Suffolk  
Charity   9 Suffolk  
John   5 Suffolk  
Francis   3 Suffolk  
Harriett   1 mo Suffolk  

 

1851 Age 44 Ag lab Property No 16

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Elizabeth Wife 44 Little Bealings  
Charity No trace
John Son 17 Great Bealings Ag lab
Francis Living in Great B Hall, Cow boy, aged 14
Harriett Daughter 9 Great Bealings Scholar

 

1861 Age 53 Horse driver (ag) Property No 35

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Elizabeth Wife 56 Foxhall  
John See below
Francis Ipswich 1871.  Pauper in Rushmere 1901
Harriett No certain trace

 

1871 Age 62 Ag lab Property No 65

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Elizabeth Wife 66 Little Bealings  

An Elizabeth Lewis was buried in GB churchyard on 14 Feb 1873 aged 66. No trace of John Lewis.

George Lewis

Born 1828, Great Bealings, son of William and Mary

1861 Age 33 Farm Bailiff Property No 92

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Cecelia (nee Page) Wife 32 Charsfield Marr Oct-Dec 1852
Walter Son 7 Great Bealings Scholar
Ellen Daughter 5 Great Bealings Scholar
Mary A Daughter 1 mo Great Bealings  

 

1871 Age 43 Farm Bailiff Property No 75

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Celia Wife 43 Charsfield  
Walter London servant in 1871, then moves to Yorkshire
Ellen Servant in South Wootton, Norfolk.  Marries Francis Hockley in 1883.
Maryann Daughter 10 Great Bealings Scholar

 

1881 Age 53 Ag lab Property No 24

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Celia Wife 52 Charsfield  
Mary Ann Servant in Rushmere

 

1891 Buried 7 Jul 1882 St Mary, Great Bealings Age 54 Property No 37

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Cecelia Head 62 Charsfield Laundress
Mary Ann Servant to Maria Sheppard, property no. 2, GB

Celia Lewis was buried 11 Jun 1895 age 67 in St Mary, Great Bealings

John Lewis

Born 1835, Great Bealings, son of John and Elizabeth

1861 Age 26 Ag lab Property No 13

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Sarah (prob nee Flude) Wife 28 Parham Prob marr Apr-Jun 1856
Annah M Daughter 4 Great Bealings  
David Son 2 Great Bealings  
Charles Son 2 Great Bealings  

Family moves to Little Bealings in 1871 then to Surrey.

James Lewis

Born 1836, Great Bealings, son of William and Mary

1861 Age 25 Ag lab Property No 48

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Amelia (nee Paternoster) Wife 22 Little Bealings Marr Oct-Dec 1859
William Son 4 mo Great Bealings  

 

1871 Age 35 Ag lab Property No 22

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Amelia Wife 33 Little Bealings  
William Son 10 Great Bealings Scholar
Ruth Daughter 9 Great Bealings Scholar
Herbert Son 7 Great Bealings Scholar
Celia Daughter 6 Great Bealings Scholar
Kate Daughter 3 Great Bealings  

 

1881 Age 45 Gardener Property No 40

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Amelia Buried at St Mary, Gt Bealings 7 Sep 1877 aged 40
William Son 20 Great Bealings Ag lab
Ruth Daughter 19 Great Bealings House keeper
Herbert Son 17 Great Bealings Ag lab
Celia Servant in Hammersmith
Kate Daughter 13 Great Bealings Scholar
James Son 7 Great Bealings Scholar

 

1891 Age 54 Gardener Dom Serv Property No 38

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
William Son 30 Great Bealings Bricklayer labourer
Ruth Married to John Death in GB
Herbert See below
Kate Married (Edward) William Mutimer in 1888 and living in GB
James Probably a servant in Almondbury, Yorkshire

In 1901 James is 65, a domestic gardener, living with Ruth and John Death in GB property 34, Lower St.  He was buried in GB churchyard on 7 April 1909 aged 73.

Sidney Lewis

Born 1840, Great Bealings, son of William and Mary

1871 Age 31 Ag lab Property No 41

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Mary Ann (nee Spurling) Wife 29 Little Bealings Marr Oct-Dec 1862
Eliza Daughter 9 Little Bealings Scholar
Robert Son 7 Little Bealings Scholar
Emma Daughter 4 Little Bealings Scholar
Frederick Son 9 mo Great Bealings  


No trace in 1881.  By 1891 (and 1901) the family is living in Little Bealings.

Henry Lewis

Born 1832, Great Bealings, son of William and Mary

1871 Age 39 Ag lab Property No 47

Wife - Hannah (nee Game, marr Jul-Sep 1851) - is living in property 60 as a Nurse to the North family

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Henry Son 17 Sudbury Domestic servant
Robert Son 11 Sudbury Scholar
Alice Daughter 9 Sudbury Scholar
George Son 4 Woodbridge  

 

1881 Age 49 Ag lab Property No 66

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Hannah Wife 49 Sudbury  
Henry Not found.  By 1891 is a married timber lawyer in Shoreditch
Robert Not sure in 1881.  By 1891 married in Eyke as a Groom.
Alice Daughter 18 Sudbury  
George Son 14 Woodbridge Under gardener

By 1891 Henry and Hannah have returned to Sudbury to live with her father, John Game, a shoemaker aged 77.  All 3 are still in Sudbury in 1901.  George is a married labourer in Leyton by 1901.  No trace of Alice.

Herbert Lewis

Born 1864, Great Bealings, son of James and Amelia

1891 Age 27 Ag lab Property No 35

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Fanny (nee Archer) Wife 26 Tuddenham Marr Oct-Dec 1884
Emily M Daughter 5 Great Bealings Scholar
Herbert W Son 3 Great Bealings  

 

1901 Age 37 Horse Man on Farm Property No 33 - Lower St

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Fanny Wife 36 Tuddenham  
Emily M Probably a servant in Aldringham
Herbert W Son 13 Great Bealings Ord Ag lab

 

1911 Age 37 Carter for builder Property No 105 - Lower St

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Fanny Wife 46 Tuddenham  
Herbert William Son 23 Great Bealings Railway labour
Robert George Bird Boarder 20 Wymondham, Norfolk Carpenter

 

Herbert Lewis was buried in GB churchyard on 23 June 1942 aged 79.

David Lewis

Born 1838, Great Bealings, son of William and Mary

1871 Royal Artillery in Aldershot

1891 Age 53 Ag lab Property No 51

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Betsy Wife 42 Lincolnshire  

David Lewis was buried in Little Bealings churchyard on 30 Sep 1896, aged 60.  No trace of his wife.

George Lewis

Born 1874, Thwaite

1901 Age 27 Shepherd Property No 9 (Cherrytree Farm)

Name Relationship Age Born Occupation
Sarah Wife 26 Ramsholt  
Arthur Brother 13 Ramsholt  
Mabel Daughter 7 Ramsholt  
Harriett Daughter 6 Sutton  
John Son 3 Sutton  
Annie Daughter 1 Great Bealings  

By 1911 the family have moved to Walton (Felixstowe).