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LEWIN, Richard
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Name LEWIN, Richard Birth 1846 Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
Gender Male Death 1894 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Person ID I2043 Edgoose Last Modified 4 Feb 2026
Father LEWIN, James, b. Bef 1806, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1875, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age > 69 years) Mother WADE, Mary Ann, b. 1818, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1888, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 70 years) Marriage 1844 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Family ID F814 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family LEACH, Esther, b. 1843, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1910, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 67 years) Marriage 1870 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Children 1. LEWIN, Emma, b. 1871, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1911, Wisbech Registation District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 40 years)2. LEWIN, John Henry, b. 1873, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown3. LEWIN, James, b. 1875, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown4. LEWIN, Mary Ann, b. 1876, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]5. LEWIN, Ruth, b. 27 Feb 1878, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1949, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]6. LEWIN, Anna Maria, b. 1880, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown7. LEWIN, Alice, b. 1881, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown8. LEWIN, William, b. 1882, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]+ 9. LEWIN, Henry, b. 1884, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1918, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 34 years)10. LEWIN, Arthur, b. 1886, Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1929, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 43 years)11. LEWIN, Jane Or Jenny, b. 1886, Wisbech St. Mary, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1898, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 12 years)Family ID F1071 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
RICHARD LEWIN 1844 or 1845-1894
The birth of a Richard LEWIN was registered at Wisbech in 1846.
(GRO June 1846 Wisbech 14 168)
He is almost certainly Richard son of William and Susanna.
From the 1851 census of Leverington, Cambridgeshire:
JAMES LEWIN, head, aged 44, farmer of 61 acres employing 1 labourer, born at Leverington;
MARY ANN LEWIN, wife, aged 32, born at Leverington;
*RICHARD LEWIN, son, aged 6, born at Leverington;
ANNA MARIA LEWIN, daughter, aged 4, born at Leverington;
HENRY LEWIN, son, aged 2, born at Leverington;
JAMES LEWIN, nephew, aged 15, born at Leverington;
ELIZABETH LEWIN, niece, aged 13, born at Leverington.
(HO107/1766/86A)
The 1861 census of Common Road, Leverington, Cambridgeshire:
JAMES LEWEN (sic), head, aged 55, farmer of 74 acres employing 1 man, born at Leverington;
MARY A. LEWEN (sic), wife, aged 43, born at Leverington;
*RICHARD LEWEN (sic), son, aged 16, born at Leverington;
ANN M. LEWEN (sic), daughter, aged 14, born at Leverington;
HENRY LEWEN (sic), son, aged 12, born at Leverington;
JAMES LEWEN (sic), son, aged 6, scholar, born at Leverington;
JAMES LEWEN (sic), nephew, aged 24, unmarried, agricultural labourer, born at Leverington.
(RG9/1047/34/23).
The marriage of RICHARD LEWIN to ESTHER LEACH was registered in 1870.
(GRO December Q 1870 Wisbech 3b 1255)
The 1881 census return for Leverington Common, Cambridgeshire:
*RICHARD LEWIN, head, aged 37, farmer of 30 acres, born at Leverington;
ESTHER LEWIN, wife, aged 38, born at Leverington;
RICHARD LEWIN, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Leverington;
EMMA LEWIN, daughter, aged 10, scholar, born at Leverington;
JOHN LEWIN, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Leverington;
JAMES LEWIN, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Leverington;
MARY A. LEWIN, daughter, aged 4, born at Leverington;
RUTH LEWIN, daughter, aged 3, born at Leverington;
ANNIE M. LEWIN, daughter, aged 1, born at Leverington;
ALICE LEWIN, daughter, aged 5 weeks, born at Leverington;
EMILY GEE, servant, aged 14, general servant, born at Tydd St. Mary, Lincolnshire.
(RG11/1694/23/3)
The 1891 census of North Brink, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire:
*RICHARD LEWIN, head, aged 45, labourer, born at Leverington, Cambridgeshire;
ESTHER LEWIN, wife, aged 46, born at Leverington;
EMMA LEWIN, daughter, aged 20, born at Wisbech;
MARY ANN LEWIN, daughter, aged 14, born at Leverington;
RUTH LEWIN, daughter, aged 13, born at Leverington;
ANN MARIA LEWIN, daughter, aged 11, born at Leverington;
ALICE LEWIN, daughter, aged 10, born at Leverington;
WILLIAM LEWIN, son, aged 8, born at Leverington;
HENRY LEWIN, son, aged 7, bornat Leverington;
JENNY LEWIN, daughter, aged 4, born at Wisbech St. Mary;
ARTHUR LEWIN, son, aged 4, born at Wisbech St. Mary.
(RG12/1304/15/21)
The death of a Richard LEWIN aged 49 was registered in 1894.
(GRO March Q 1894 Wisbech 3b 444)
(revised 10.09.2005)

