Person:Eusebia Lewis (1)

Eusebia Lewis was born in 1838 at Husborne Crawley in Bedfordshire, daughter of Sarah (or Sally) Lewis, formerly Cook, and her husband Thomas Lewis, a pig dealer. Eusebia's unusual first name appears to have been that of a fourth-century Roman empress.

By 1841 the family had moved to the nearby village of Aspley Guise, where Eusebia's parents ran the Swan public house. They moved again between 1849 and 1850 to the King's Arms at Little Brickhill in Buckinghamshire, about four miles south-west of Aspley Guise.

On 10th February 1859, aged twenty, Eusebia married Barnard Charles Sinfield (who was known as Charles). They married at Little Brickhill, but then moved to the nearby small town of Fenny Stratford, where Charles worked as a railway porter, presumably based at the nearby Bletchley railway station.

Eusebia and Charles had two children together: William in 1859 and Eusebia (who appears to have been known as Annie) in 1862. The 1861 census finds the family living at Bletchley Row in Fenny Stratford.

Eusebia died in 1862, aged 24, being buried at Little Brickhill on 28th September 1862. She presumably died giving birth to her daughter or shortly afterwards; young Eusebia's birth was registered between July and September 1862. Charles survived her by 21 years.

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

   b. Susuby LEWIS, June Quarter 1838, Woburn Registration District, Volume 6, page 105, mother's maiden name Cook

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 1840
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   487	April 15	Usebie	Thomas & Sarah	Lewis	Crawley	Pig Dealer	J.V. Moore

3. ↑ England. 1841 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 HO107; Piece 5; Book 1; Folio 5; Pages 4-5, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: West Street, Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire
   Tho[ma]s Lewis, male, 30 [1806-11], Pig dealer, born in county
   Sally Lewis, female, 25 [1811-16], not born in county
   Henry Lewis, male, 7 [1833/4], born in county
   Sam[ue]l Lewis, male, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Alfred Lewis, male, 4 [1836/7], born in county
   Eusabia Lewis, female, 3 [1837/8], born in county
   Susanna Lewis, female, 1 [1839/40], born in county

4. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1723; Folio 89; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Thomas Lewis, head, married, male, 40 [1810/11], Victualler, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Lewis, wife, married, female, 34 [1816/17], b. Bow Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Alfred Lewis, son, male, 13 [1837/8], Scholar, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Eusibaous Lewis, daughter, female, 12 [1838/9], Scholar, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Mary Ann Lewis, daughter, female, 6, [1844/5], Scholar, b. Aspley, Bedfordshire
   Sarah Lewis, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], Scholar, b. Aspley, Bedfordshire
   Thomas Lewis, son, male, 2 [1848/9], b. Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Arthur Bedford, visitor, male, 8 [1842/3], b. not known

5. ↑ 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 872; Folio 118; Page 38, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Bletchley Row, Fenny Stratford, Buckinghamshire
   Barnard C. Sinfield, head, married, male, 26 [1834/5], Railway Porter, b. Little Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Eusiben Sinfield, wife, married, female, 22 [1838/9], b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   William Sinfield, son, unmarried, male, 1 [1859/60], b. Bletchley Row, Buckinghamshire
   William Neal, servant, unmarried, male, 36 [1824/5], Servant, b. Ramsgate, Kent

6.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Eusebia SINFIELD, September Quarter 1862, Newport Pagnell Registration District, Volume 3a, page 274, aged 23 [1838/9]

7. ↑ St Mary Magdalene, Little Brickhill, Bucks: Parish Register Transcript, Bletchley Archaeological and Historical Society (1989).

   Burials: 1862 Sep 28 SINFIELD bur Eusebia 23 of Fenny Stratford