Durham Records Online:
Marriages, Sunderland District - Record Number: 451470.1
Location: Monkwearmouth
Church: St. Peter
Denomination: Anglican
24 Oct 1824 Thomas Lewis (bachelor), of this parish married Jane Anderson (spinster), of this parish, by Banns
Witnesses: John Anderson, A. Robson.
(Another Robson witnessed Thomas' father's second marriage eight years earlier.)
Durham Records Online:
Baptisms, Sunderland District - Record Number: 225910.0
Location: Sunderland
Church: Holy Trinity
Denomination: Anglican
3 Jan 1802 Thomas Lewis, born 13-Feb 1801, 1st son of Thomas Lewis (mariner, native of Haverfordwest, ) & Margaret Grecian (his wife, native of this parish).
Christened 03.01.1802 Holy Trinity.
1841 census for Spring Gardens Lane, Sunderland:
Name
Age
Occupation
Thomas Lewis
35
Joiner
Jane Lewis
35
Ralph Lewis
14
Taylor Ap
Thomas Lewis
12
James Lewis
10
Mary Anderson
65
Of independent means
Mary Anderson's relationship to the family is not recorded but, since Mary Jane's and Dorothy Ann's birth certificates name their mother as "formerly Anderson", and a Jane Anderson was born to James and Mary in Sunderland at the right time, this is almost certainly Jane's mother.
1851 census for 73 Moor Street, Bishopwearmouth:
Name
Relation
Age
Occupation
Thomas Lewis
Head
50
Joiner & Carpenter
Ann Christiana Lewis
Wife
49
Mary Jane Lewis
Daughter
9
Scholar
Dorothy Ann Lewis
Daughter
7
Scholar
1861 census for Tweed Street, Bishopwearmouth:
Name
Relation
Age
Occupation
Thomas Lewis
Head
60
Master Joiner
Christiana Lewis
Wife
59
Thomas' death was reported by Rebecca Lewis of 2 Spring Gardens Lane; her relationship to Thomas is not given.
My 3 x great grandfather.
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