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James Edward Lewis 1917 – 1991 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Feb 1917

Birth Location: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 28 Jan 1991

Death Location: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Father: James Lewis

Mother: Ellen Mortimer

Spouse(s): Laura Crowder

Children(s): Dorothy Lewis, Linda Lewis, James Lewis, Janet Lewis

According to available records, James Edward Lewis was born in 1917 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, the child of James C Lewis and Ellen (Nellie) Mortimer. Following those early years, James Edward Lewis married Laura May Crowder, and their family grew to include Dorothy Joan Lewis, Linda Dianne Lewis, James Lewis and Janet May Lewis. In the later years of life, James Edward Lewis died in 1991 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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Parents

James Lewis
1893 – 1964
Birth Location: Little Stretton, Shropshire, England
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Ellen Mortimer
– 1967
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Laura Crowder
1926 – 2015
Birth Location: Pefferlaw, York, Ontario, Canada
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Children(s)

Dorothy Lewis
1946 –
Birth Location: –
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Linda Lewis
1947 –
Birth Location: –
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James Lewis
1952 –
Birth Location: Hamilton, Ontario
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Janet Lewis
Birth Location: –
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 17 Feb 1917
    Event Place: Grantham, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007, Ancestry Family Tree, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON, Canada; Passenger Lists, 1865-1935; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-14830, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 7a, Page 717

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Year: 19 Mar 1932
    Event Place: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON, Canada; Passenger Lists, 1865-1935; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-14830

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Custom Event
    Event Place: Liverpool
    Record Source: Canada, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, ON, Canada; Passenger Lists, 1865-1935; Series: RG 76-C; Roll: T-14830

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 28 Jan 1991
    Event Place: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

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