Leon, I saw your attached email and it quickly got my interest. I have an ancestor who married a Clarence Lewis born about Jan 1896 according to his SSDI record. As I have not sent for a copy I have no information on his parents. However he married a Louella Greatorex nee Baxter sometime in the 1920's. All this happened in and around Highland Falls, Orange Co, NY. In the 1930 US Census they were living at West Street, Highland Falls. It gets a bit more complicated than that but if we have a connection I will go into it more fully. Briefly I have a marriage document which states she married a William J Lewis in 1919 only months after the death of her first husband John Greatorex. Then I have the 1930 Census which shows her with Clarence. Do we have a connection? Mike Greatorex Harrogate, England. Looking for Greatorex's in North Notts, Sheffield, Orange Co, NY, USA and Alabama. http://www.freewebs.com/greatorexfamily/ > > It seems very fitting that just before the Memorial > Day weekend I received my gg-grandfather James Lewis > Civil War pension files. > Prior to receiving these papers, I was told that his > parents were a John Lewis and a Mary Martin (who I have > found nothing on). > Because James had differing years of birth in some of > his pension forms, he was asked to provide proof of > the year. His proof was a letter from the Orange > County Recorder of Deeds that states that James Lewis > had provided as proof, an 1858 American Bible Society > Bible that was owned by his sister Elizabeth Secor of > Cornwall, NY. (This was in 1910.) > In the Bible it supposedly, has the birth dates of > their parents William and Hannah Lewis and the > children of William and Hannah as: > > Elizabeth > James > Mary > Henry > Alfred > Alphius > > The only dates given in the letter are those that are > for James 9/3/1841. (In his pension records he states > that he was born in several places including Lake George, > Saratoga County and a Lexom Plains. > > Does anyone have any additional information on this Lewis > line? (Would really love to get lucky and have a Secor > descendant say that they have the Bible and can provide > me with a copy of the information found within. > > (I should note that the letter from the Recorder of Deeds > does say that the information was copied from another > family Bible that was accidently destroyed by fire.) > > Thank you, > > Leon Blauvelt > Lockbourne, OH > (formerly of Newburgh, NY) > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.472 / Virus Database: 269.8.4/825 - Release Date: 30/05/2007 15:03 > >