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

Another Census Entry from 1891. No mention of England after Holland, unlike 1901where Eng. was added in different (faint) handwriting. Since his niece's place of birth was given as Holland and she had a foreign name, I tend to think that he was in fact born in that country, and possibly changed his surname, perhaps even to that of his wife. Louis Lewis Age: 25 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1866 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Fanny Gender: Male Where born: Holland Civil Parish: Paddington Ecclesiastical parish: St Paul County/Island: London Country: England Street address: Occupation: Tailor Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View Image Registration district: Paddington Sub-registration district: St Mary Paddington ED, institution, or vessel: 1 Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Mark Andrews 19 - Apprentice Tailor Fanny Lewis 24 - Tailoress Louis Lewis 25 - Tailor Regards Margaret

Death certs are unreliable as it depends who supplied the information - eg my husband would totally fail telling any official where any of us were born or when. He isnt even too sure about himself. I have a death cert for one ancestor which says she was born cork, Ireland. but her wedding cert, says she was born in London. This is backed up by the 1841 census. I fancy she spoke a lot in her old age of her family being from Cork, her mother perhaps, and that is how her friend supplied the information for the death cert. 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