Hi,
I have an ancestor called Dennison Lewis, his first name gets mis-transcribed a lot but he was born 1844 in Chester le Street, County Durham, he is in Durham Prison in 1861 (would love to find out why but can't find any Criminal Records for him either), he is on the 1891 Census as Donenson Lewis with his brother John Lewis and family, under the last tab on the Census it shows him as having a "deformation". Then he seems to disappear, if you can help, it would certainly be great for me.
His parents were John Lewis & Dorothy Enderwick.
Thanks in advance :-)
Ben
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He is in 3 other trees in genes. Have you contacted the tree owners for further information?
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I have contacted others to no avail, they have the same problem. He seems just to disappear, I've trawled through prison records to no avail too in case he's in prison again in 1901/1911 Census records.
I have checked all records I can think of, just can't find any matches.
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All 1871 England Census Results 1871 England Census about Davison Lewis Name: Davison Lewis Age: 28 Estimated birth year: abt 1843 Relation: Son Mother's name: Dorothy Lewis Gender: Male Where born: Chester-le-Street, Durham, England Civil Parish: Chester le Street Ecclesiastical parish: Chester le Street Town: Chester le Street County/Island: Durham Country: England Registration district: Chester Le Street Sub-registration district: Chester le Street ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Household schedule number: 141 Piece: 4989 Folio: 15 Page Number: 24 Household Members: Name Age Dorothy Lewis 65 Davison Lewis 28 Mary Lewis 19 View Original Record
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Durham 1911 could he be down as -
Dan Lewis.?
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Births Jun 1843 (>99%) ----------------------------------------------------------- LEWIS Donnison Chester le Street 24 31
Chris :)
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Donnison Lewis Baptism Date:25 Oct 1844 Baptism Place:Chester-le-Street, Durham, England Father: John Lewis Mother: Dorothy FHL Film Number:1894221 Reference ID:yr 1840-1860 p 146
Baptism (Find My Past) Day:25 Month:Oct Year:1844 Forenames:Donnison Surname:Lewis Fathers Forenames:John Mothers Forenames:Dorothy Mothers Surname:Lewis Place:Chester-le-Street Description: County:Durham Country:England Record source:Northumberland and Durham Baptisms
1851 LEWIS, John Head Married M 37 1814 Mason's Labr Ireland LEWIS, Dorothy Wife Married F 42 1809 Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, Thomas Son Unmarried M 15 1836 Masons Labr Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, John Son Unmarried M 13 1838 Masons Labr Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, James Son Unmarried M 12 1839 Masons Labr Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, Henry Son Unmarried M 10 1841 Masons Labr Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, Donnison Son Unmarried M 7 1844 Scholar Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, Jane Daughter Unmarried F 6 1845 Scholar Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, Emma Daughter Unmarried F 4 1847 Scholar Chester Le Street, Durham LEWIS, Joseph Son Unmarried M 3 1848 Chester, Durham LEWIS, Mary Daughter Unmarried F 0 (6 MOS) 1851 Chester, Durham Piece: 2394 Folio: 127 Page: 24 Registration District: Chester Le Street Civil Parish: Municipal Borough: Address: Church Chase County: Durham
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I keep coming back to this,
All Census & Electoral Rolls Results 1881 England Census about William Lewis Name: William Lewis Age: 38 Estimated birth year: abt 1843 Relationship to Head: Lodger Gender: Male Where born: Chester Le Street, Durham, England Civil Parish: Chester le Street County/Island: Durham Country: England Street address: North Bourns Education:
Employment status:
View image Occupation: General Labourer Registration district: Chester Le Street Sub-registration district: Chester Le Street ED, institution, or vessel: 8 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 4979 Folio: 15 Page Number: 24 Household Members: Name Age William Davison 52 Elizabeth Davison 50 Charles Dixon 40 William Lewis 38
I can't see this chap before or after.
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He's very elusive, I did look at the family on the 1841 Census to see where the name Dennison came from, I thought maybe it was a mother's maiden name etc, but you can't go back from Dennison's father John Lewis, 1814, Carmarthenshire as that is a dead end unfortunately.
I did see a few doors down from the Lewis family there were a family with the surname Dennison, it's a possibility they were good friends and he was named after them.
He is down as Davison & I do find it co-incidental there is a William Lewis lodging with Davison's on the '81 Census as above, but I have also found a christening for a Dennison Lewis in 1844 to John & Dorothy Lewis on the IGI so not sure where the William would have come from.
Thank you for researching, but I may have to conclude I am not going to find a death or criminal record for him.
Thanks again,
Ben.
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