Person:Samuel Lewis (101)

Samuel Lewis was baptised on 28th November 1835 at Husborne Crawley in Bedfordshire, son of Sarah (or Sally) Lewis, formerly Cook, and her husband Thomas Lewis, a pig dealer and publican. By 1841 the family had left Husborne Crawley and moved to the nearby village of Aspley Guise, where they ran the Swan public house on West Street. They moved again between 1849 and 1850 to the King's Arms at Little Brickhill.

At the time of the 1851 census Samuel was working as an apprentice to a baker at Great Brickhill. By 1861 he had returned to live with his parents at the King's Arms in Little Brickhill and was himself working as a baker. A couple of months

Shortly after the 1861 census Samuel moved to London. He married at Lambeth in London's southern suburbs on 20th June 1861, aged 25, to Mary Ann Greening. Before their marriage she had been living at Leighton Buzzard, five miles south of Little Brickhill. At the time of their marriage Samuel was living on Lambeth Walk in Lambeth. It would appear that they returned to Little Brickhill after their marriage, where Samuel went bankrupt in December 1862.

Samuel and Mary's first child was born the following year in Leighton Buzzard, which may indicate that they lived with her parents for a time.

By 1867 Samuel and Mary had returned to London, settling in Islington, where Samuel worked as a cab driver. They had three children there between 1867 and 1872. They also appear to have adopted a girl called Ethel Wilson, born about 1878, who appears living with them in 1881 described as a visitor, but by 1891 was being described as their daughter Ethel Lewis.[11] In both the 1871 and 1881 censuses Samuel, Mary and their children were living on Frederick Street in Islington.

Samuel's parents had left Little Brickhill and moved to Luton in the 1860s. His mother died there in August 1890 and his father died there less than a year later, in June 1891.

By 1891 Samuela and Mary had moved to 5 Nailour Street, also in Islington, and they had a Harry Lewis living with them, who described was a boarder. He may have been a relative of Samuel's, but the connection is not obvious. The family was still at 5 Nailour Street in 1901, which was said to have four rooms.

In 1911, Samuel and Mary were living at 24 Roman Road in the Barnsbury area of Islington. They were living in two rooms there, and had their son William living with them. Mary reported that she had had five children, four of whom were still living. Whether she was counting Ethel as one of her children is unclear. There was also a Sarah Lewis born about 1865 who had lived with Samuel's parents in Luton described as their granddaughter and who gave her place of birth as Islington - no obvious birth has been found for her, so she could be another candidate for Samuel and Mary's fifth child.

Mary died in 1921, aged 82. Samuel survived her by just over a year. He died in 1923 in Islington, aged 87.

1. ↑ 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 1835
   No.	When Baptized	Child's Christian Name	Parents Name		Abode	Quality, Trade, or Profession	By whom the Ceremony was performed
   			Christian	Surname
   403	Nov[embe]r 28th	Samuel Son of	Thomas & Sally	Lewis	this Parish	Pig Dealer	Tho[ma]s Farmer

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 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

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 79; Page 12, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Luke Peppiatt, head, married, male, 26 [1824/5], Baker, b. Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Martha Peppiatt, wife, married, female, 25 [1825/6], b. Cranfield, Bedfordshire
   Ellen Lilly Peppiatt, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   John Peppiatt, son, male, 10m [1850], b. Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Samuel Lewis, apprentice, male, 15 [1835/6], Apprentice, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Corkett, servant, female, 17 [1833/4], Servant, b. Stoke Hammond, 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 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 Lewis, daughter, female, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. L. Brickhill, Buckinghamshire
   Ann Lewis, daughter, female, 3 [1857/8], b. L. Brickhill, 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 266; Folio 60; Page 14, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: 17 Frederick Street, Islington, Middlesex
   Samuel Lewis, head, married, male, 32 [1838/9], Cab driver, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Mary Ann Lewis, wife, married, female, 31 [1839/40], b. Tring, Bedfordshire [sic]
   Alfred Lewis, son, unmarried, male, 8 [1862/3], b. Leighton, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Lewis, daughter, unmarried, female, 4 [1866/7], b. London
   William Lewis, son, unmarried, male, 2 [1868/9], b. London

6. ↑ England. 1881 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 RG11; Piece 237; Folio 125; Page 13, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: 11 Frederick Street, Islington, Middlesex
   Samuel Lewis, head, married, male, 44 [1836/7], Cab Driver, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Mary A. Lewis, wife, married, female, 41 [1839/40], b. Wilstone, Hertfordshire
   Alfred Lewis, son, male, 17 [1863/4], Clerk to Law Stationer, b. Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth L. Lewis, daughter, female, 13 [1867/8], Scholar, b. Islington, Middlesex
   William J. Lewis, son, male, 11 [1869/70], Scholar, b. Islington, Middlesex
   Nelly Lewis, daughter, female, 9 [1871/2], Scholar, b. Islington, Middlesex
   Ethel Wilson, visitor, female, 2 [1878/9], b. Kennington, Surrey

7. ↑ England. 1891 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 RG12; Piece 158; Folio 155; Page 22, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 5 Nailour Street, Islington, London
   Samuel Lewis, head, married, male, 53 [1837/8], Cab Driver, employed, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Mary A. Lewis, wife, married, female, 51 [1839/40], b. Wilstone, Hertfordshire
   William J. Lewis, son, single, male, 21 [1869/70], Jet Traveller, employed, b. Islington, London
   Nellie Lewis, daughter, single, female, 19 [1871/2], Dress Maker, neither employer nor employed, b. Islington, London
   Ethel Lewis, daughter, female, 12 [1878/9], Scholar, b. Islington, London
   Harry Lewis, boarder, single, male, 18 [1872/3], Gold Jeweller, employed, b. Strand, London

8. ↑ England. England. 1901 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 RG13; Piece 172; Folio 124; Page 2, 31 Mar 1901.

   Address: 5 Nailour Street, Islington
   4 rooms occupied
   Samuel Lewis, head, married, male, 63 [1837/8], Cab Driver, worker, b. Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Mary A. Lewis, wife, married, female, 62 [1838/9], b. Tring, Hertfordshire
   William J. Lewis, son, single, male, 30 [1870/1], Painter's Labourer, worker, b. Islington, London

9. ↑ England. 1911 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 RG14; Piece 852; Schedule 175, 2 Apr 1911.

   24 Roman Road, Barnsbury, Islington, London
   2 rooms occupied
   Samuel Lewis, head, male, 73 [1837/8], married, Retired Cab driver, b. Husband Crawley, Bedfordshire
   Mary Ann Lewis, wife, female, 72 [1838/9], married 50 years, 5 children born to marriage, 4 still living, b. Wilstone, Hertfordshire
   William John Lewis, son, male, 41 [1869/70], single, Coal & Coke Dealer, own account, b. London

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

    d. Samuel LEWIS, March Quarter 1923, Islington Registration District, Volume 1b, page 309, aged 84 [1838/9]

11.   Hertford Mercury and Reformer, in United Kingdom. The British Newspaper Archive
    Saturday 13 Dec 1862.

    From the LONDON GAZETTE, Tuesday, Dec. 9.
    BANKRUPTS
    ...Lewis, Samuel, Little Brickhill, Bucks., baker...