There's a Charles Henry Lewis, marrying someone else in Everton in 1862. He's a mariner, which I suppose could be inflated into cotton broker (with a lot of imagination!) I'm sure you can invent possible scenarios to fit the possibility that this might be him, just as well as I can - and it may well not be. But I thought I'd offer it anyway, just in case it's of use: Marriage: 9 Sep 1862 St Mary, Walton on the Hill, Lancashire, England Charles Henry Lewis - 34 years Mariner Bachelor of Everton Hannah Woolliscroft - full age Spinster of Everton Groom's Father: Henry Andrew Lewis, deceased, Pilot Bride's Father: Thomas Woolliscroft, Coal Agent Witness: John Percival; Mary Woolliscroft Married by banns by: C. E. Titterton Curate Register: Marriages 1859 – 1863, Page 195, Entry 389 Source: LDS Film 1647986 Maria On 27/06/2012 18:59, David Railton wrote: > Does anyone know anything of a Liverpool cotton broker named Henry Charles > LEWIS? > > The 1881 census shows Mary Fletcher CLARKE born Runcorn in 1847 living in > Everton with the surname LEWIS and with three children of that name. She is > described as married but there is no husband with her. The 1891 census shows > her as a widow. Her death certificate and the marriage certificate of her > daughter gives her husband as Henry Charles LEWIS deceased cotton broker. > > I can find no record of a marriage of Mary and Henry or of a record of his > death or any record of him on a census. This leads me to suppose that he may > have been invented by Mary. The problem with this conclusion is that Mary > did not come from a family that had any wealth but she never appeared to > need to do any work and was described as of independent means so she had > support from someone. > > In similar cases I have come to the conclusion that the method of achieving > 'independent means' may have been less than honourable but there are always > other circumstances to support this. In this case there isn't. > > Does anyone know of a Henry Charles LEWIS? > > David > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > Admin Message - List guidelines: > http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm > > The list admin can be contacted at > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >