Benjamin (Ben) Lewis
Benjamin, known as Ben, was born on March 4th, 1841 in
Ness.
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Birth Notes
Aged 3mo in 1841, Little Neston (Colliery)
Aged 10 in 1851, born Little Neston.
Aged 20 in 1861, born Neston
Cheshire Birth indexes for the years: 1840 to 1845
LEWIS Benjamin Neston NES/2/1
Births Mar 1841 (>99%)
Lewis Benjamin Wirral 19, 340
Ben's father was
Joseph Lewis and his mother was
Elizabeth Williams. His paternal grandparents were
John Lewis and
Mary; his maternal grandparents were
Samuel Williams and
Ann Millington. He had three brothers and four sisters, named
Joseph,
Thomas,
William,
Mary,
Ann,
Anne and
Elizabeth. He was the youngest of the eight children. He died at the age of 83 on April 11th, 1924 in
Ashton-in-Makerfield.
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Death Notes
Name: Benjamin Lewis
Death Age: 83
Birth Date: abt 1841
Registration Date: Q2 1924
Registration district: Ashton
Inferred County: Lancashire
Volume: 8d
Page: 583
Ben and
Ann were married in a religious ceremony on September 25th, 1865 in
Prescot.
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Marriage/Union Notes
In 1865, Benjamin Lewis (24, Collier) from Eccleston married Ann Holland from Parr (daughter of Peter Holland) at Prescot. Ann was born 7 Jan 1838.
They had a son and three daughters, named
Joseph,
Margaret,
Mary and
Alice. There are possibly more children.