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LEWIN, Ruth
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Name LEWIN, Ruth Birth 27 Feb 1878 Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
Gender Female Death 1949 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Person ID I2068 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father LEWIN, Richard, b. 1846, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1894, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 48 years) Relationship natural Mother LEACH, Esther, b. 1843, Leverington, Cambridgeshire, England
d. 1910, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 67 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1870 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Family ID F1071 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Children 1. LEWIN, Bertie Frank, b. 1898, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
d. 1898, Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
(Age 0 years)Family ID F1090 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Family 2 HOOKHAM, Harold, b. 1875, St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, England
d. Yes, date unknown Marriage 1899 Wisbech Registration District, Cambridgeshire
Family ID F1091 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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Notes
RUTH LEWIN 1878-1949
The birth of a Ruth LEWIN was registered in 1878. According to the 1939 Register she was born on 27 February 1878.
(GRO March Q 1878 Wisbech 3b 591)
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)
Bertie Frank LEWIN, son of Ruth LEWIN, a domestic servant, was born at 24 Great Church Street, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, on 6 March 1898. Ruth LEWIN of the same address informed the registrar. He died aged 0.
(GRO June Q 1898 Wisbech 3b 581)
(GRO June Q 1898 Wisbech 3b 346)
The marriage between Harold HOOKHAM and Ruth LEWIN was registered in 1899.
(GRO September Q 1899 Wisbech 3b 1296)
From the 1901 census of 24 Great Chapel Street, Wisbech St. Peter, Cambridgeshire:
William LEWIN, son, single, aged 19, farm labourer, worker, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
Arthur LEWIN, son, single, aged 14, tailor, worker, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire;
*Harold HOOKHAM, boarder, married, aged 26, tailor, own account, at home, born at St. Ives, Cambridgeshire;
Ruth HOOKHAM, boarder, married, aged 23, laundress, worker, born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.
(RG13/1555/69/31)
From the 1939 Register of 55 Stow Road, Wisbech M.B., Cambridgeshire:
John G. HUNT, born 13 March 1900, farm work heavy worker, single;
*Ruth (HOOKHAM) HUNT, born 27 February 1878, home duties, married
1 CLOSED RECORD
(RG101/6336F/015/27 TCEA)
The marriage between Ruth HOOKHAM and John G. HUNT was registered in 1944.
(GRO June Q 1944 Wisbech 3b 1453)
The death of a Ruth HUNT aged 71 was registered in 1949.
(GRO September Q 1949 Wisbech 4a 266)
(revised 06.06.2018)

