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Charles William Lewis born 1867 Westminster Londen. Parents George and Mary Lewis.

Any help would be appreciated

helina

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1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census

24, Little Windmill Street, St James Westminster, Westminster, London & Middlesex, England
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Charles W Lewis's Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
George Lewis Head Married Male 59 1822 Tailor Bristol, Gloucestershire, England
Mary Lewis Wife Married Female 57 1824 - St Martins, Middlesex, England
Florence A Lewis Daughter Single Female 22 1859 - St James, Middlesex, England
Charles W Lewis Son Single Male 14 1867 Tailor St James, Middlesex, England
Alice Lewis Daughter Single Female 14 1867 - St James, Middlesex, England
Emma King Servant Single Female 18 1863 Domestic Servant Strand, Middlesex, England
George Harford Boarder Married Male 50 1831 Tailor Cornwall, England

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Location: London & Middlesex, England

Year of census: 1871
Charles Lewis's Household Members
Members that resided in the household at the time of the census.
First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
William Heatley Head - Male 34 1837 - London, Middlesex, England
Jane Heatley Wife - Female 34 1837 - London, Middlesex, England
Mary J Heatley Daughter - Female 10 1861 - London, Middlesex, England
Charles Lewis Nephew - Male 4 1867 - London, Middlesex, England xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Alice Heatley Daughter - Female 1 1870 - London, Middlesex, England
Sarah J Heatley Daughter - Female 6 1865 - London, Middlesex, England

edited to 1871

For our reference, Charles is not with his parents & siblings in 1871:

George Lewis
in the 1871 England Census
Name: George Lewis
Age: 48
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1823
Relation: Head
Spouse's Name: Mary Lewis
Gender: Male
Where born: Bristol
Civil Parish: St James Westminster
Ecclesiastical parish: Parish Church
County/Island: London
Country: England
Registration district: Westminster
Sub-registration district: Golden Square
ED, institution, or vessel: 1
Household schedule number: 174
Piece: 136
Folio: 24
Page Number: 38
Household Members:
Name Age
George Lewis 48
Mary Lewis 46
John James Lewis 26
Harry Thomas Lewis 19
Louisa Elizabeth Lewis 17
Florence Amelia Lewis 11
Alice Mary Lewis 3
Alice Eliza Tyler 12
Antony Ott 40
John Bradly 38


I don't see his birth anywhere.
All his siblings birth registrations are findable - Lewis / Tyler - but not Charles. Not even with some other first name.

His sister Alice was born 1867, so presumably 1867 wasn't Charles's birth year, unless they were twins, which they don't seem to be:

Alice Mary Lewis
in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Name: Alice Mary Lewis
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 12 Jun 1867
Baptism Date: 30 Jun 1867
Baptism Place: Saint James,Westminster,London,England
Father: George Lewis
Mother: Mary
FHL Film Number: 1042313

There is no birth of a Charles W Lewis in all Middlesex 1866-68

there is this charles ????????? for what its worth
Charles William Lewis

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
birth registration:
1865
Greenwich, London, England

Charles William Lewis

Head

England and Wales Census, 1911
birth:
1866
Lewisham, Kent
residence:
1911
West Ham, Stratford E, Essex, England
children:
Charles Henderson Lewis, Winifred Rose Lewis, Dorothy Helen Lewis, Leslie John Lewis

Charles William Lewis

Head

England and Wales Census, 1901
birth:
1867
Lewisham, London
residence:
31 March 1901
West Ham, Essex, England
spouse:
Rose Amelia Lewis
children:
Charles Henderson Lewis, Winnifred Rose Lewis, Dorothy Helen Lewis
other:
Mary Boston

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM DIXIE Order
GRO Reference: 1865 J Quarter in GREENWICH Volume 01D Page 676

GEORGE JAMES
Last name LEWIS
Marriage quarter 2
Marriage year 1860
Registration month -

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GEORGE JAMES LEWIS married one of these people

Eliza Emma Newman, Catherine Dixie ----------
District Greenwich
District number -
County London
Country England
Volume 1D
Volume as transcribed 1D
Page number 841

Maddie

Does it give what Charles occupation was? The family were all Tailors.

helina

Fuller version of the 1911 posted by Maddie

Charles William Lewis
Age in 1911: 45
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Lewisham, Kent
Civil Parish: West Ham
County/Island: Essex
Country: England
Street address: 9 Louise Road, Stratford E
Marital Status: Widowed
Occupation: saw sharpner <<<<
Registration district: West Ham
Registration District Number: 188
Sub-registration district: Forest Gate
ED, institution, or vessel: 31
Household schedule number: 22
Piece: 9404
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles William Lewis 45
Charles Henderson Lewis 16 b Chelsea
Winifred Rose Lewis 15 b Lambeth
Dorothy Helen Lewis 12 b Stratford, Essex
Leslie John Lewis 4 b Stratford, Essex

1901
Name: Charles William Lewis
Age: 34
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Rose Amelia Lewis
Birth Place: Lewisham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: West Ham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul
County/Island: Essex
Country: England

Registration district: West Ham
Sub-registration district: Forest Gate
ED, institution, or vessel: 45
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1593
Folio: 178
Page Number: 41
Household schedule number: 303
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles William Lewis 34
Rose Amelia Lewis 29
Charles Henderson Lewis 6
Winnefredhose Lewis 5
Drrothy Helen Lewis 2
Mary Boston 27

Occupation, Saw Sharpener

Ancestry is linking the 1911 & 1901 to this record

1891
Chas Wm Lewis
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Relationship: Servant (Footman)
Birth Year: 1867
Birth Place: Kent, England
Civil Parish: St Martin in the Fields
ED, Institution or Vessel: 6
Piece: 214
Folio: 37

Household Members:
Name Age
William John Blew 82
William C A Blew 43
Caroline S Walker 71
Emma Wells 60
Rose A Henderson 26 <<<<
Alice Perry 18
Chas Wm Lewis 24 <<<<

Married 1893
Rose Amelia Henderson
Spouse Surname: Lewis
Registration Year: 1893
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration district: West Ham
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 4a
Page: 56
Records on Page:
Name
Helen Constance Coombs
Rose Amelia Henderson <<<<
Charles William Lewis <<<<
John Goulburn Robbins

All Charles's siblings were born in Westminster, surely Charles would also be born in Westminster. Father George Lewis was born in Bristol and mother Mary Tyler was born in Middlesex.

Are you certain that those are Charles's biological siblings on the 1881 census please? Have you considered that he may have been adopted by George and Mary? On the image of the 1881 census his age and Alice Mary's are quite clearly 14. As Alice's birth was registered in the September quarter, Mary is unlikely to be the biological mother of both Charles and Alice, unless of course, that was the wrong age for Charles. That would be a possibility as his occupation is given as Tailor and not Apprentice Tailor as you would expect for a 14 year old.

There are no other Lewis/Tyler births of any name in St James Westminster district, apart from Charles's supposed siblings, from 1838 onwards.

In the wider London area, there was a Charles James Lewis, mms Tyler, registered in West Ham in 1846, but he's with other parents in censuses, and with a wife by 1881 - and wrong middle name in any case.
There's a Richard Lewis, mms Tyler, Kensington 1856 .
But that's all.

Nor any Charles Tyler from 1938 onwards, who isn't accounted for with other parents in censuses.

Maybe the 1881 census is incorrect, just a relative visiting.

helina

But the same problem persists - there's no Charles William Lewis born St James 1867 or thereabouts.


These are all the Charles William Lewises born in England/Wales 1867 +/-2:


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms OVERTON
GRO Reference: 1865 J Quarter in MARTLEY Volume 06C Page 283

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms DIXIE
GRO Reference: 1865 J Quarter in GREENWICH Volume 01D Page 676

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms GOULD
GRO Reference: 1865 S Quarter in NOTTINGHAM Volume 07B Page 249

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms BIGGLESTONE
GRO Reference: 1865 D Quarter in HEREFORD & DORE Volume 06A Page 439

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms CLARKE
GRO Reference: 1866 M Quarter in HEREFORD & DORE Volume 06A Page 485

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms WEBB
GRO Reference: 1867 M Quarter in ELLESMERE Volume 06A Page 714


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms DURHAM
GRO Reference: 1867 J Quarter in EPSOM Volume 02A Page 17


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms BARBER
GRO Reference: 1868 M Quarter in MUTFORD AND LOTHINGLAND Volume 04A Page 698


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms WHITING
GRO Reference: 1868 M Quarter in HEREFORD & DORE Volume 06A Page 481

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms CLIFT
GRO Reference: 1868 S Quarter in STROUD Volume 06A Page 307


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms WHITE
GRO Reference: 1868 D Quarter in MALDON Volume 04A Page 244


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms POPE
GRO Reference: 1869 J Quarter in EAST STONEHOUSE Volume 05B Page 298

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM JAMES mms HULME
GRO Reference: 1869 M Quarter in KENSINGTON Volume 01A Page 42


LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM MORGAN mms MORGAN
GRO Reference: 1868 J Quarter in CLUN UNION Volume 06A Page 574

There's this one in Westminster, with no mms given, so presumably the mother was an unmarried Lewis:

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM -
GRO Reference: 1850 J Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 450

Probably this child:

Charles Lewis
in the 1851 England Census
Name: Charles Lewis
Age: 1
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1850
Gender: Male
Where born: Westr, Middlesex, England
Civil Parish: Westminster St Margaret
Ecclesiastical parish: St Margaret
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Registration district: Westminster
Sub-registration district: St Margaret
ED, institution, or vessel: 06
Neighbors:
Household schedule number: 361
Piece: 1480
Folio: 198
Page Number: 66
Household Members:
Name Age
William Bardwell 55 - head, widower, architect, Southwold, Suffolk
Rebecca Lewis 55 - widow, Mortlake, Surrey
Selina Lewis 18 - unmarried , London
Charles Lewis 1


But clearly the YOB is way out from your Charles, so no reason to think it's the same person.

Where does it say that the second name is William?

Good question, Erika!

I had thought (and so did Helina) that 1881 said Charles Wm, but on closer inspection it could be just Charles W with a bit of an extra squiggle, or even Charles K, Charles H, Charles N

OK - these are all the Charles Lewises born Westminster 1838-81 - but of course the enumerator may have got the birthplace wrong as well as the relationship - if that's what happened:

LEWIS, CHARLES mms MEAD
GRO Reference: 1869 S Quarter in WESTMINSTER, ST JAMES Volume 01A Page 394

LEWIS, CHARLES mms DAVIS
GRO Reference: 1851 M Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 500


LEWIS, CHARLES ALLEN mms DRAPER
GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in SAINT JAMES WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 301

LEWIS, CHARLES EDWARD mms GALLOWAY
GRO Reference: 1840 S Quarter in SAINT JAMES WESTMINSTER Volume 01 Page 78

LEWIS, CHARLES HUGH mms SILVESTER
GRO Reference: 1859 S Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 267


LEWIS, CHARLES ROBERT mms HUNT
GRO Reference: 1857 S Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 257

LEWIS, CHARLES RICHARD mms STONE
GRO Reference: 1876 J Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 439

LEWIS, CHARLES EDWARD mms BURT
GRO Reference: 1881 S Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 501

LEWIS, CHARLES WILLIAM mms HORTON
GRO Reference: 1877 J Quarter in WESTMINSTER Volume 01A Page 468

Just faffing around for lack of any definite trail to follow - but in case there's any link -

Re the Charles William Lewis who married Rose Amelia Henderson (posts by Det and Maddie)

Censuses give his birthplace as Lewisham.

His birth?

LEWIS, CHARLES mms POLLEY
GRO Reference: 1866 D Quarter in LEWISHAM UNION Volume 01D Page 865

Parents' marriage :

Marriages Dec 1865 (>99%)
Lewis Charles Shoreditch 1c 575
Polley Mary Shoreditch 1c 575


Charles Lewis
in the 1871 England Census
Name: Charles Lewis
Age: 4
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
Relation: Son
Father's name: Charles W Lewis
Mother's name: Mary Lewis
Gender: Male
Where born: Lewisham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: South Stoke
Town: Woodcote
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England
Registration district: Wallingford
Sub-registration district: Wallingford
ED, institution, or vessel: 15
Household schedule number: 53
Piece: 1274
Folio: 26
Page Number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
Charles W Lewis 34 - Woodcote, Oxfordshire
Mary Lewis 27
Charles Lewis 4
Florance Lewis 3
Ann Lewis 1 Month


Birth of Florance:

LEWIS, FLORENCE MARY mms POLLEY
GRO Reference: 1867 D Quarter in LEWISHAM UNION Volume 01D Page 858

Charles not with family in 1881:

Florence M. Lewis
in the 1881 England Census
Name: Florence M. Lewis
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1868
Relationship to Head: Daughter
Father: William C. Lewis
Gender: Female
Where born: Lewisham, Kent, England
Civil Parish: Datchet
County/Island: Buckinghamshire
Country: England
Street address: 2 Mill Place
Occupation: Scholar
Registration district: Eton
ED, institution, or vessel: 2
Neighbors:
Piece: 1458
Folio: 26
Page Number: 14
Household Members:
Name Age
William C. Lewis 44 - South Stoke, Oxfordshire
Florence M. Lewis 13
Rose M. Lewis 5
Cis Glasspool 18 - nephew


However, 1861 and 1851 both say Charles (the father) was born in Woodcote - so he's not a brother of George born Bristol.

Have delated Charles from my tree at least until I can find when or even where he was born.

Thank you for all your help.

helina