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LEWIN, Richard
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Name LEWIN, Richard Birth 1846 Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
Gender Male Death Yes, date unknown Person ID I2031 Edgoose Last Modified 30 Jan 2026
Father LEWIN, William, b. 1815, Leverington Or Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire
d. 1875, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 60 years) Mother PRATT, Susanna Powell, b. 1817, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1858, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 41 years) Marriage 1840 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Family ID F1059 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MORTON, Louisa, b. 1844, Watlington, Norfolk, England
d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1871 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Children 1. LEWIN, Louisa Ellen, b. 1872, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. UNKNOWN2. LEWIN, Richard, b. 1873, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown3. LEWIN, William George, b. 1875, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown4. LEWIN, Arthur Edward, b. 1878, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1943, Battersea Registration District, London
(Age 65 years)5. LEWIN, Nathan Booth, b. 1883, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, England
d. Yes, date unknownFamily ID F1062 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
RICHARD LEWIN 1846-
The birth of a Richard LEWIN was registered in 1846.
(GRO June Q 1846 Wisbech 14 168)
The 1851 census index:
William LEWIN, aged 36, Leverington;
Susanna LEWIN, aged 34, Leverington;
William LEWIN, aged 10, Leverington;
Susanna LEWIN, aged 8, Leverington;
Ellen LEWIN, aged 6, Leverington;
*Richard LEWIN, aged 4, Leverington;
Mary Ann LEWIN, aged 3, Leverington.
(HO107/1766/84B)
The 1861 census of Common Road, Leverington, Cambridgeshire:
William LEWEN (sic), head, aged 46, widower, farmer of 300 acres employiong 8 labourers, born at Leverington;
William LEWEN (sic), son, aged 20, farmer's son, born at Leverington;
Susanna LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 18, born at Leverington;
Ellen LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 17, born at Leverington;
*Richard LEWEN (sic), son, aged 15, scholar, born at Leverington;
Mary Ann LEWEN (sic), aged 13, scholar, born at Leverington;
Sarah LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 8, scholar, born at Leverington;
Anna Maria LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 3, scholar, born at Leverington;
Sarah CLARKE, servant, aged 59, widow, general servant, born at Leverington;
Ann HURST, servant, aged 22, general servant, born at Leverington.
(RG9/1047/23/2)
The 1871 census of the Common, Leverington, Cambridgeshire:
William LEWEN (sic), head, aged 56, widower, farmer of 300 acres employing 7 men, born at Leverington;
*Richard LEWEN (sic), son, aged 24, born at Leverington;
Mary Ann LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 23, born at Leverington;
Sarah LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 17, born at Leverington;
Sarah NEWTON, visitor, aged 91, widow, annuitant, born at Parson Drove, Cambridgeshire;
Mary Ann MIDDLEBROOK, servant, aged 20, farm servant, born at Holbech (sic), Lincolnshire;
John WHITEHEAD, servant, aged 17, farm servant, born at Wisbech St. Mary.
(RG10/1614/29/1)
The marriage of Richard LEWIN to Louisa MORTON was registered in 1871.
(GRO December Q 1871 Wisbeach 3b 1430)
The 1881 census return for Leverington Common, Cambridgeshire:
*Richard LEWIN, head, aged 34, farmer of 120 acres employing 4 men, born at Leverington;
Louisa LEWIN, aged 30, wife, born at Watlington, Norfolk;
Richard LEWIN, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Leverington;
William LEWIN, son, aged 5, scholar, born at Leverington;
Arthur E. LEWIN, son, aged 3, born at Leverington;
Jane SMITH, servant, aged 21, unmarried general servant, born at Leverington;
James FOX, servant, aged 14, indoor farm servant, born at Leverington.
(RG11/1694/24/5)
The 1891 census of 183 Cromwell Road, Peterborough, Northamptonshire:
*Richard LEWIN, head, aged 42, Agent, born at Leverington, Cambridgeshire;
Louisa LEWIN, wife, aged 40, born at Watlington, Norfolk;
Louisa Ella LEWIN, daughter, aged 19, born at Leverington;
Richard LEWIN, son, aged 17, accounts clerk, born at Leverington;
William George LEWIN, son, aged 15, apprentice pawnbroker, born at Leverington;
Arthur Edward LEWIN, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Leverington;
Nathan Booth LEWIN, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Peterborough, Northamptonshire;
Elizabeth WHEATLEY, boarder, aged 30, school mistress, born at Somersham, Norfolk.
(RG12/1228/68/14)
(revised 08.02.2012)

