> There is a Louis Lewis in the 1901 census in London, wife Fanny, (not > Tarry) > daughters Dolly and Elsie and a niece Esther Deutscher who is a tailoress. > It says he was born in Holland England and the niece was born in Holland. > > Name: Louis Lewis > Age: 35 > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 > Relation: Head > Spouse's Name: Tarry > Gender: Male > Where born: Holland, England > > Civil Parish: Paddington > Ecclesiastical parish: St Luke Tavistock Road > County/Island: London > Country: England > > Street address: > > Occupation: > > Condition as to marriage: > > Education: > > Employment status: View Image > > Registration district: Paddington > Sub-registration district: St Mary, Paddington > ED, institution, or vessel: 39 > Neighbors: > Household schedule number: 151 > Household Members: Name Age > Esther Deutscher 25 > Dolly Lewis 8 > Elsie Lewis 6 > Louis Lewis 35 > Tarry Lewis 33 > Lizzie Martin 19 > > > > > > > Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 10; Folio: 16; > > > > 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 >