Lewis family (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Tuesday, February 14, 2017, 17:32 (2848 days ago) @ Mike Pinchin

Not sure about 1891 and 1901 but this for 1911?

GR 1911 Census, 11, Glynmawr St, Abertillery, Monmouth,

John Edwin LEWIS, Head, 44, Mar, Miner, b. Whitchurch, Herefordshire
Esther, Wife, 45, Mar, Bredwardine, Herefordshire
David C.H, Son, 11, ????, Monmouthshire
Catherine M, Daur, 10, ???? Monmouthshire
Reginald J, Son, 9, ???? Monmouthshire
William HYDE, Nephew, 20, Single, Miner, Bredwardine, Herefordshire

12(?) years the marriage, 11 children, 5 alive, 6 died.
5 rooms in the house.

The most likely Baptism for this Edwin that I can see in this site's PRs is;

Record_ID: 387727
Entry_Number: 484
Year: 1865
Month: Oct
Day: 23
Parents_Surname: LEWIS
Child_Forenames: John Edwin
Fathers_Forenames: William George
Mothers_Forenames: Louisa
Mothers_Surname:
Residence: Whitchurch
Occupation: Butcher
Officiating_Minister: W Day MA Rector
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes: There is written in the margin PB
Register_Reference: AC76/2
Page_Number: 61
Parish_Chapel: Whitchurch
Soundex: L200

This looks like the same family you found in the 1871 Census ?.

FreeBMD births for Monmouth are as follows, the name isn't as common as I'd first suspected with only one born c1865, which rather confirms the above baptism is indeed our Edwin.

Surname First name(s) District Vol Page

Births Mar 1856 (>99%)
LEWIS Edwin Thomas Monmouth 11a 35
Births Jun 1862 (>99%)
LEWIS Edwin Monmouth 11a 45
Births Dec 1865
Lewis John Edwin Monmouth 11a 34
Births Dec 1874 (>99%)
Lewis Edwin Monmouth 11a 46

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Searched FreeBMD using various spellings names I cannot see Edwin & Esther's marriage, odd !!??

Ditto the 1901 Census using FamilySearch ??

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Pretty sure this is son David's birth.

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Births Sep 1899 (>99%)
Lewis David Clarence H Pontypool 11a 155

Cannot find any mnore records for him, which is odd, given that Clarence is a rare name compared to, say, the numerous David Charles Lewis' etc.
??

There are several "Catherine M" born in the South Wales area at this time, vast majority are May and Mary.
However this matches Phil's name, and the most likely if still in Pontypool;

Surname First name(s) Age District Vol Page
Births Sep 1900 (>99%)
LEWIS Catherine Maud Pontypool 11a 175

Due to FreeBMD only quoting "Catherine M" after 1911, cannot find her marriage etc with any certainty.
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Oddly, cannot find any records at all for son Reginald ??