Benjamin Francis Lye

[Treefan]

Benjamin Francis Lye was born in 1814 in St Pancras & he became a musician constantly travelling the country. His son John also became a travelling musician too.
Unfortunately, this is all that I know of Benjamin Lye & I wondered if anyone might be able to point me in the right direction so that I can find out exactly where his musical talents lay. His census entries only state "musician" but I would love to know what instrument he played or if he was part of a band etc.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

[NettieS]

This link doesn't say what instrument he played but shows that he married twice and ended up in Gloucestershire.

www.etma.org.uk/musicianpdf/1811-1820.pdf

[Treefan]

That's great  ~  thank you so much.

[NettieS]

Again this one doesn't say what instrument he played just that he constantly travelled but favoured Gloucestershire, does say he died 1900 though.

www.etma.org.uk/musicianpdf/name_index.pdf

etma is the English Traditional Music Archive so I wonder if he was a fiddle player.

[Treefan]

Again, that's great  ~  thank you so much.
I never fail to be amazed by what old records can be found still in existence. It's wonderful isn't it!