Person:Robert Lewis (69)

Robert Lewis was baptised on 19th October 1790 at Willen in Buckinghamshire, son of Sarah Lewis, formerly Northern, and her husband Thomas Lewis, a labourer. In 1793, when Robert was only two years old, his mother died.

On 15th February 1820, aged 29, Robert married a widow called Elizabeth Meacham, formerly Rainbow. They settled in the neighbouring village of Milton Keynes, where they had a son in 1821 and a daughter in 1824. Back in Willen, Robert's father died in 1823. Robert and Elizabeth's daughter died in 1826 when she was only two years old.

Elizabeth died in 1832, aged 48.

The 1841 and 1851 censuses both find Robert living in Milton Keynes and working as an agricultural labourer.

By 1861 Robert had moved about nine miles north from Milton Keynes to Ravenstone. He appears in both the 1861 and 1871 censuses living in almshouses there. Robert lived to be 88 years old. He was buried on 16th September 1879 at Ravenstone.

1. ↑ Church of England. Willen Parish Registers, 1665-1981. (Aylesbury: Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies).

   Baptisms in 1790: Robert, son of Tho[ma]s & Sarah Lewis bapt[ised] Oct[obe]r 19th

   There is a second entry the following year:
   1791 / * Robert son of Thomas & Sarah Lewis Jan[ua]ry 16
   The register does not specify what the asterisk means, but there are a couple of entries in 1791 with asterisks that appear to relate to children who had already been baptised once. It is therefore considered likely that the asterisked entries are the dates when children previously privately baptised were received into the congregation.

2. ↑ 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 58; Book 1; Folio 4; Page 2, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
   Rob[er]t Lewis, male, 50 [1786-91], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer], born in county
   William Lewis, male, 15 [1821-26], born in county
   Wm Garrett, male, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Lidda Garrett, female, 20 [1816-21], born in county
   Ann Frost, female, 40 [1796-1801], born in county

3. ↑ 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 240; Page 5, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
   Robert Lewis, head, married, male, 61 [1789/90], Ag[ricultural] lab[ourer], b. Willen, Buckinghamshire
   Ann Frost, lodger, unmarried, female, 60 [1790/1], Pauper lacemaker, b. Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire

4. ↑ 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 874; Folio 80; Page 11, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Alms Yard, Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire
   Robert Lewis, head, widower, male, 72 [1788/9], Almsman late Ag[ricultural] laborer, b. Willen, Buckinghamshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1420; Folio 92; Page 16, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Alms House, Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire
   Robert Lewis, widower, male, 80 [1790/1], Bedesman, b. Milton K[eynes], Buckinghamshire

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

   d. Robert LEWIS, September Quarter 1879, Newport Pagnell Registration District, Volume 3a, Page 313, aged 87 [1791/2]

7. ↑ Buckinghamshire Family History Society. Buckinghamshire Burials Database.

   bur. 16 Sep 1879, Ravenstone, Buckinghamshire: Robert Lewis, 87 [1791/2] of Ravenstone Hospital