Hello,   I woke up extra early this morning *  and am watching Antiques Roadshow;   it's a special show about unique items.     One man brought in a set of  antique .food cans.   he found under a Victorian house he was remodeling.     One of the cans had a label mentioning:    W. K. LEWIS, Boston,  Baked Beans.        I just did a search on-line and searching,  "W. K. Lewis, Beans, Boston,"   I'm finding this antique cans mentioned in Google Books.    The books are mostly about .antique food cans. where some are in museums.     This site is an article about the cans:   http://www.metnews.com/articles/2006/reminiscing081006.htm   Some articles say these LEWIS cans were patented in 1877,  and that .canned beans.  in general were created for fishermen and other men -  out to sea.   http://books.google.com/books?id=1mxid7WP-YMC&pg=PA248&lpg=PA248&dq=%22W.+K.+Lewis,+Beans,+Boston%22&source=bl&ots=Ntrk8ADb3M&sig=mjujrfHk4RxhYG8pGfl_kamNeRM&hl=en&ei=NEW2TsPrIcHm0QGH2qHRBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q&f=false   Some articles say the company was  W. K. LEWIS and Bros.     So, I am going to go look at census pages.   I just did,  and I'm having trouble finding this man in 1870 / 1880.     There was a William LEWIS, born Maine, who was in Boston, and his occupation was ship-carpenter.      Since .canned food. was originally made for ships, he is a possibility.     The first time I see W. K. LEWIS is in 1900, and he is listed as a manager.   LEWIS, WILLIAM K   (1900 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , MIDDLESEX, READING Age: 34, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: NY Series: T623 Roll: 665 Page: 248   Just out of curiousity, does anyone know who these LEWIS brothers were ~1880?  **   Also,  one of the LEWIS'  mentioned in census pages was a William, 13,  as a resident of "Deer Island."    I think the top of the page says  "Truant School,"  and many teen-age boys were there.   LEWIS, WILLIAM   (1880 U.S. Census) MASSACHUSETTS , SUFFOLK, DEER ISLAND; BOSTON Age: 13, Race: WHITE, Born: MA Series: T9 Roll: 552 Page: 250   Just an FYI   for you.               Betty              (near Lowell, MA)   (on Lists for 10 yrs.;   now an Admin for 9 Lists)   (We lost electricity Sat. night and didn't get it back until Weds. night, and we got back home on Thurs.     Just a reminder why there were less postings last week.)   * I thought I was getting up early at 4 am, but the clock says 3 am - don't forget to adjust your clocks.   **   My LEWIS great-grandparents arrived in Boston   in 1881, with their baby son,  and then had a dozen more children.     So, their  LEWIS sons weren't born until after those "baked beans"  were being offered for sale.     ("Stanley" LEWIS, b1859 Liverpool, England,  was shipped to Nova Scotia in 1874 as a teen.)