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Personal data James Lewis 

  • He was born in the year 1853 in Hele Ilfracombe, Devon.
  • He was baptized on September 25, 1853 in Ilfracombe, Devonshire.
  • Profession: on April 30, 1877 Seaman in Devonport, Devonshire.
  • Census in the year 1861, Village of West Ilfracombe, Barnstaple, Devon.
    Scholar
  • Census in the year 1901, Above Town, Dartmouth, Totnes, Devon.
    Chief Boatman Coast Guard
  • Census in the year 1911, 1 West End Cottages, Roseville St, Dartmouth, Devon.
    Naval Pensioner A R Postman
  • Census in the year 1891, Castletown, Portland, Dorset.
    Coastguardmen Borne For 10 Days Drill On Vessel "Hero"
  • Census in the year 1871, Between Lucia and Jamaica at sea.
    Boys 1 Class on board vessel "Narcissus"
  • (Electoral Roll) in the year 1930 in 7 Townstal Crescent, Torquay, Devonshire.
  • He died in the year 1934 in Totnes (RD), Devonshire, he was 81 years old.
  • A child of Thomas Norman Lewis and Elizabeth Staddon

Household of James Lewis

He is married to Tamzine Thomasine Ann Simmons Simons.

They got married on April 30, 1877 at Stoke Damerel (RD), Devonshire, he was 24 years old.


Child(ren):

  2. Eliza J. Lewis  1881-????
  3. Thomas Norman Lewis  1884-????
  5. John Henry Lewis  1888-1971
  7. Stanley Montague Lewis  1895-1982 
  8. Percival Lewis  1899-????

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Christening day September 25, 1853

  • The temperature on September 25, 1853 was about 10.0 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 1, 1849 to April 19, 1853 the cabinet Thorbecke I, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • From April 19, 1853 till July 1, 1856 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Hall - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. F.A. baron Van Hall (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
  • In the year 1853: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • January 4 » After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
    • February 22 » Washington University in St. Louis is founded as Eliot Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri.
    • March 19 » The Taiping reform movement occupies and makes Nanjing its capital until 1864.
    • July 8 » The Perry Expedition arrives in Edo Bay with a treaty requesting trade.
    • July 14 » Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
    • December 30 » Gadsden Purchase: The United States buys land from Mexico to facilitate railroad building in the Southwest.

Day of marriage April 30, 1877

  • The temperature on April 30, 1877 was about 9.1 °C. The air pressure was 7 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the north-northeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 72%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1877: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 20 » Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its premiere at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
    • March 2 » Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the 1876 U.S. presidential election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote.
    • May 9 » A magnitude 8.8 earthquake off the coast of Peru kills 2,541, including some as far away as Hawaii and Japan.
    • July 14 » The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 began in Martinsburg, West Virginia, when wages of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad workers were cut for the third time in a year. The strike was ended on Sept 4 by local and state militias, and federal troops.
    • August 9 » Indian Wars: Battle of the Big Hole: A small band of Nez Percé Indians clash with the United States Army.
    • September 5 » American Indian Wars: Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is bayoneted by a United States soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson in Nebraska.

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