Person:Ellen Lewis (11)

Ellen Lewis was born in 1852 at Little Brickhill in Buckinghamshire, daughter of Sarah Lewis, formerly Cook, and her husband Thomas Lewis, a publican. Ellen was baptised on 13th September 1852 at Husborne Crawley, where her parents had lived a few years earlier. Ellen appears in the 1861 census living with her parents and siblings at the King's Arms in Little Brickhill.

Ellen has yet to be traced after 1861.^[4]

1. ↑ Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. Ellen LEWIS, September Quarter 1852, Newport Pagnell Registration District, Volume 3a, page 402, mother's maiden name Cooke

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish register of Husborne Crawley, 1557-1812. (Bedford: Bedfordshire County Record Office, 1989).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Husborne Crawley in the County of Bedford in the Year 1852
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   668	Sep[tembe]r 13th	Ellen	Thomas & Susan	Lewis	Crawley	Publican	W.C.C. Bentinck, Vicar

   It is considered the mother's name of Susan is an error - it is clear from the censuses and the other children of this family that the mother was called Sarah or Sally.

   There is a note in the margin against this baptism saying "Parents / Ann Fleet". Similar notes appear against several baptisms around this time - they appear to be recording the child's godparents.

3. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 871; Folio 61; Page 10, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Kings Arms, Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Thomas Lewis, head, married, male, 50 [1810/11], Victualler, b. Husband Crawly, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Lewis, wife, married, female, 42 [1818/19], b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Samuel Lewis, son, unmarried, male, 24 [1836/7], Baker, b. Husband Crawly, Bedfordshire
   Mary A. Lewis, daughter, female, 15 [1845/6], Plaitter of Straw, b. Aspley, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Lewis, daughter, female, 12 [1848/9], Scholar, b. Aspley, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Lewis, son, male, 11 [1849/50], Scholar, b. Aspley, Bedfordshire
   Ellen Lewis, daughter, female, 8 [1852/3], Scholar, b. L. Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Annie [sic] Lewis, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. L. Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Ann Lewis, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. L. Brickhill, Buckinghamshire

4. ↑ There was an Ellen Lewis who died in nearby Potterspury district in the March quarter of 1862, but the death index says she was only one year old.