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ENSOR, Lewis Gerald
1876 - 1909 (32 years) Has 14 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.
1851 - 1924 (73 years)-
Name ENSOR, Lewis Gerald Birth 23 Nov 1876 Scarborough, Yorkshire, England 
Gender Male Death 1909 Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire Person ID I3427 Edgoose Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
Father ENSOR, Arthur Rainford, b. 1851, Margate, Kent d. 1929, Kendall, Westmorland, (Cumbria), England (Age 78 years) Relationship natural Mother ROBINSON, Sarah Ann, b. 1851, Grantham, Lincolnshire, England d. 1924, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Marriage 1875 Derby Registration District, Derbyshire Family ID F1648 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family MILLETT, Alice, b. 1879, Portsea, Hampshire, England d. 1910, Nottingham Registration District, Nottinghamshire (Age 31 years) Marriage 1904 Portsmouth Registration District, Hampshire Children 1. ENSOR, Violet Anna Rainford, b. 24 Jun 1905, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England d. 1987, Bournemouth Registration District, Hampshire (Age 81 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. ENSOR, Dorothy Alice Rainford, b. 21 Jun 1906, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England d. 28 May 1998, Aldershot, Hampshire, England (Age 91 years)Family ID F325 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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LEWIS GERALD ENSOR 1876-1909
The birth of Lewis Gerald ENSOR was registered in 1876. According to his RN service record he was born on 23 November 1877.
(GRO December Q 1876 Scarborough 9d 353)
The 1881 census of 54 Eastbrough, Scarborough, Yorkshire:
Arthur ENSOR, head, aged 27, married, tobacconist, born at Margate, Kent;
Harry ENSOR, son, aged 7, scholar, born at Derby, Derbyshire;
Norman ENSOR, son, aged 6, scholar, born at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire;
*Lewis ENSOR, son, aged 4, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Mary ENSOR, daughter, aged 1, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Ellen COX, servant, aged 20, unmarried, domestic servant, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire.
(RG11/4805/40/26)
NOTE: Arthur's wife Sarah Ann ENSOR was staying with, or living with, her sister's family in Grantham, Lincolnshire, together with her three year old daughter Emma ENSOR.
From the 1891 census of Lumley Road, Skegness, Lincolnshire:
Arthur R. ENSOR, head, aged 39, eating house keeper, born at Margate, Kent;
Ann ENSOR, wife, aged 40, born at Grantham, Lincolnshire;
Norman ENSOR, son, aged 15, scholar, born in Nottinghamshire;
*Lewis ENSOR, son, aged 13, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Maud C. ENSOR, daughter, aged 12, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Mary A. ENSOR, daughter, aged 11, scholar, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire;
Gertrude M. ENSOR, daughter, aged 3, born at Skegness, Lincolnshire;
May E. WOOD, governess, aged 25, born at Barton, Lincolnshire;
Mary E. EVERETT, servant, aged 17, general domestic servant, born at Dalby, Lincolnshire;
Annie JULIN, nurse, aged 16, domestic nurse, born at Barton, Lincolnshire.
(RG12/2604/102/23)
His description at the age of 18 was as follows: height 5 feet 5 inches; hair brown; eyes blue; complexion fresh. He was tattooed on the right arm.
(Royal Navy service record)
Between 1893 and 1903 he served on the Impregnable, Lion, Victory I, Galatea, Edinburgh,
Nile, Excellent; Duke of Wellington I, Pembroke I, and Andromeda. His annual character assessment was good in 1901 and 1902, but V.G. in all other years. He did not complete his 12 years service and appears to have bought himself out on 23 March 1903. On 24 March 1903 he joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, Portsmouth, for 5 years. He re-enroled on 24 March 1908 but was discharged as physically unfit on 31 March 1909. He received his pension on 11 May 1909.
(Royal Navy service record)
From the 1901 census of the Royal Sailors' Rest, Portsmouth, Hampshire:
*Lewis ENSOR, aged 24, able seaman RN, born at Scarborough, Yorkshire.
(RG13/999/147/5)
The marriage between Lewis Gerald ENSOR and Alice MILLETT was registered in 1904.
(GRO December Q 1904 Portsmouth 2b 1141)
He died aged 32 in 1909, just a few weeks after being discharged from the Royal Fleet Reserve as physically unfit.
(GRO June Q 1909 Nottingham 7b 153)
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