NB there are places called Holland in England. this is 1881, a possible family Dwelling: 3 Spital St Census Place: Mile End New Town, London, Middlesex, England Source: FHL Film 1341095 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 0439 Folio 122 Page 8 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Harris LEWIS M 42 M Poland Rel: Head Occ: Tailor Miriam LEWIS M 41 F London, Middlesex, England Rel: Wife Occ: Tailor Samuel LEWIS U 20 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Tailor Cutter Julia LEWIS U 17 F London, Middlesex, England Rel: Daur Occ: School Teacher Lewis LEWIS U 13 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Humphrey LEWIS U 12 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Solomon LEWIS 10 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Peizer LEWIS 9 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Phineas LEWIS 6 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Jacob LEWIS 4 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Woolf LEWIS 2 M London, Middlesex, England Rel: Son Rosetta LEWIS 5 m F London, Middlesex, England Rel: Daughter Louisa JACOBY U 30 F London, Middlesex, England Rel: Servant Occ: General Domestic Servt kind regards Marg Port Stephens, NSW, Australia One name study - S.K.E.A.D, S.K.E.D TOMAREE FAMILY HISTORY - (Port Stephens NSW) http://www.tomareefamilyhistory.com/index.html Tone's art web site http://www.tonesart.net/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 8:19 PM Subject: [MIDLOTHIAN] LEWIS, Jewish Tailor, Edinburgh > > Hi, > > I submitted this yesterday but it seems to have disappeared into the > ether. > Appologies if it is now a duplicate. > > I am new to this list and am trying to find answers to big family puzzle. > > My uncle by marriage Bernard LEWIS was born in March 1903 in Edinburgh, > according to his death certificate in 1978. On his marriage certificate > he gives > his father's details as Louis LEWIS, a Master tailor. > > The thing is all his life he said he had been born in London, considered > himself a cockney and said that he had been born within the sound of Bow > Bells. > He certainly sounded like a cockney! He was Jewish, kept Kosher food all > his > life and always said he had no other family. My own mother (his > sister-in > law ) registered his death and she had never said that he was from > Edinbugh. > > I am trying to find his birth. I have looked on Scotland's People and > have > not found anything which could be a possible birth record, I have also > searched for him under the name of Bernard LEVY as I know that a lot of > Jews > changed their names around that time. > > I should say that I can't find details of him in London either and so far > my > best hope is the impending 1911 census release next yaar and look for him > there. > > Does anyone have any other ideas as to where I should search, not having > done any searching in Scotland before I am new to this area. > > Thank you > Jas in Devon > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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