Gladys E LEWIS 1914 Cheltenham (General)

by Tigermel , Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 16:54 (4717 days ago) @ slowhands

Hi slow hands and thanks for your info, most of it matches with mine apart from the family from the 1911 census, the info I have for my family is as follows

George and Rosa married 1909

Edith Rose Lillian (known as Rose) was born in 1909 - only a few weeks after her parents were married! Family legend has it that George's mother, Martha, stood outside the register office hurling abuse at Rosa after the wedding!

George James Lewis was born in 1911 - he went on to be a professional Rugby League player with Castleford, playing and winning at Wembley in 1935, and kicking off a family obsession with the game and the team! He played for over 20 years, his position of full back eventually being taken over by his younger brother Ron.

Anyhow, I digress! Both children were baptised at Cinderford St John, but I can't find them on the 1911 census, although I know they were still in or around the forest at this point, I just can't fathom why, if Edith does belong to them, she would have been left behind when they moved north, as I do know that quite a few of both the Lewis and Hart families moved at the same time.

Of course there is the possibility that the names and location are just coincidence, or, something that has occurred to me today, is that there may be another Lewis/Hart marriage that I'm not yet aware of.

On that note I'm going to try and check that out, but all help is gratefully received

Mel