Tew Family of Leire

[Suzy W]

Looking for any links to the Tew family of Leire Leicester.  My Great grand father was Thomas Tew he moved to New Zealand with his wife Annie Fairbrother in 1911.
Thomas was born in 1863 he was one of 10 children, Henry 1865, Elizabeth 1867, Arthur 1868, Annie 1870, Fanny 1872, Catherine 1874, Emma 1876, Ada 1878 and John 1884.
George Tew (1835) and Elizabeth Bray( 1840) were his parents.
Any information on George's brothers and sisters would be great, I have his father as being John Tew (1813), but no maiden name for his mother Elizabeth.
The father of John Tew is proving to be a hard job!  I found reference to a Joseph Tew born in 1783 in Leire and his wife a Jane Furborough are these people the parents of John?
I have many photo's of the Tew family here in New Zealand and a number of good stories about their new life here.
I would love to share with any other family member all the information I have.
Sue

[DS]

Any information on George's brothers and sisters would be great, I have his father as being John Tew (1813), but no maiden name for his mother Elizabeth.

Hi Sue and a very belated Welcome to RootsChat

I have no connection with this family but I wonder if you have already seen this information.....

1841 Census

Foleshill HO107/1154/6 Folio 11 Page 17

Sarah Ball 55 Ind
John Tew 28 Farmer
Elizabeth do 24
George do 6
Eliza do 2

Little Heath, Foleshill, Warwickshire

All born in Warwickshire except John.

...This might be connected to the above entry.....

IGI Batch M042431

Marriage Nuneaton 02/08/1835

Sarah Elizabeth Ball
John Tew

On later census returns Elizabeth Tew is shown to be from Bedworth which is very close to Nuneaton.

DS

[DS]

Here are John and Elizabeth with some more of George’s siblings (not sure where George is).....

1851

Lutterworth HO107/2078 Folio 139 Page 5

John Tew Head M 38 Railway Lab Leicestersh. Leire
Elizabeth do Wife M 33 Charwoman Warwicksh. Bedworth
Eliza do Daur 10 Leicestersh. Leire
Henry do Son 8 Warwicksh. Foleshill
Thomas do Son 6 Warwicksh. Snitterfield
Ellen do Daur 2 Warwicksh. Snitterfield
Harriet do Daur 1 Leicestersh. Leire

Leire Village, Leicestershire

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[DS]

1861

Lutterworth RG9/2246 Folio 41 Page 8

John Tew Head M 48 Ag Lab Leicestersh. Leire
Elizabeth do Wife M 44 Warwicksh. Bedworth
George do Son U 25 Groom Warwicksh. Hastlebore (sic)*
Frederick do Son 8 Scholar Leicestersh. Leire
Comfort do Daur 1 Leicestersh. Leire

Leire, Leicestershire

*Shown on 1901 census as Attleborough

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[DS]

1871

Lutterworth RG10/3222 Folio 66 Page 9

John Tew Head M 58 Ag Lab Leicestershire Leire
Elizabeth do Wife M 56 Warwickshire Bedworth
Harriet do Daur U 21 Leicestershire Leire
Comfort do Daur U 11 Scholar Leicestershire Leire
Patience do Daur 7 Scholar Leicestershire Leire

Leire, Leicestershire

Sue.

That covers all of George's siblings (who appear on the censuses).

I am fairly sure that Harriet married Allen Mawby in 1871 and appears as his wife in 1881-1901. I am also fairly sure that Patience married Frederick Arnold in 1883 and appears as his wife in 1891-1901. I think that Comfort died in 1887, unmarried. I think Ellen possibly married William Burdett in 1865 and appears as his wife in 1871-1901. Eliza may have married Amos Jarvis in 1858. If so, she died in 1880 and Amos remarried in 1883. There are possible sightings of Henry in 1861, Thomas in 1861-1881 (married to Annie ?) and Frederick in 1871 -1881 (married to Margaret ?).
 
I hope that some of this is useful to you. If you want any later census information for some of these people please let us know.

DS

[Suzy W]

Thankyou so much for that info on the Tew family.  I had came to a brick wall with my grandfathers family as he came to New Zealand in 1911 and most of the family history stayed in England.

I may of been barking up the wrong tree with John Tew's father and mother, I thought they may of been Joseph Tew and Jane Furborough of Leire, as there were only about 250 people living in this villiage around 1800.

But can not confirm this unless I have a birth certificate.

I am restricted on access to many Birth, Marriage and Death indexes as we do not have a bankcard, so I have been relying on the familysearch site for most of my info.

My grand father was Harold Tew, his father Thomas Tew (son of George Tew) was a bit of a naughty lad, he had two ladies in his life, both sisters.  He married Annie Fairbrother and had nine children to her, but in between children he had seven to her sister Edith.  Hence the move to New Zealand leaving behind Edith and the other seven children all named Fairbrtoher not Tew.

Makes great reading the Tew family.  Lucky for us none of our great grand fathers mischief behavior has rubbed of on us.

I did not have any of John Tew's, children's marriages, that is a real surprise.

Thankyou for your kind efforts

Sue

[Mike from Leicester]

Seasonal Greeting’s Folks. ………..

Confirmation of the Tew Baptisms
With Parents John & Elizabeth Tew.
St. Peter’s Parish Church.
Leire.
Leicestershire. :~

George Tew…………24th. January. 1836.
Elizabeth Tew……5th. May. 1839.
Harriett Tew. …..2nd. September. 1849.
Patience Tew………9th. May. 1862.

The only John Tew born c 1813. Leire:~
Baptism.
John Tew.
19th. May. 1811.
Father:~ Thomas Tew.
Mother. :~ Mary née Botterel.
Married 5th. September. 1805.

But There was other Baptisms in Leire at same time.
with Parents John & Elizabeth Tew. :~

Edmond Tew.
21st. February. 1813.

Charles Tew.
9th. July. 1817.

These could be the result this Marriage ? :~

John Tew. ~ Elizabeth Ward.
4th. December. 1898.
St. Peter’s Parish Church. Leire.
By Banns.

Tew Burials in Leire. :~
Names. / Dates. / Ages. / Notes.
Tew   Richard   13   Oct   1816   69   
Tew   Martha   26   Sep   1821   Inf   
Tew   Anne   30   Oct   1825   Inf   
Tew   Thomas   03   Mar   1826   2   
Tew   Mary   29   Oct   1826   84   
Tew   Ann   20   May   1829   84   
Tew   Elizabeth   20   May   1829   57   Mother And Dau Died Within 24.hrs Of Each Other
Tew   George   21   Feb   1833   9   
Tew   Sarah   04   Mar   1839   70   
Tew   Thomas   01   Nov   1839   21   
Tew   Joseph   02   Nov   1842   65   
Tew   Thomas   18   Sep   1846   74   
Tew   John   29   May   1848   76   
Tew   John Thomas   18   May   1853   8mths   
Tew   Sarah   30   Jan   1855   74   Abode Ullesthorpe
Tew   Jane   08   Feb   1859   75   Abode Ashby Parva
Tew   Thomas   30   May   1863   82   
Tew   Mary   23   Sep   1868   85   
Tew   Elizabeth   01   Feb   1874   58   
Tew   William   27   Aug   1886   78   
Tew   * Comfort *   12   Jan   1887   27   

Hope this is of some help to you.

MIKE.

[Suzy W]

Sorry Mike, I was having trouble sending the last message, so hopefully you do not get it 100 times.
Yes any census results would be great, I have George Tew 1871 1881 and John Tew for 1841 to 1881 any other family members would be great.

Merry Christmas
Sue

[DS]

Hi Sue

I believe this to be your Patience. You would need to see her marriage certificate or the register entry to be absolutely certain.

1891

Islington RG12/142 Folio 63 Page 24

Frederick Arnold Head M 28 Horse Keeper Yorkshire Selby
Patience do Wife M 29 Leicestershire Leire
George F do Son 3 London Highgate
Thomas H do Son 5 London Highgate
Comfort E do Daur 2 London Highgate

1 Lidyard Rd, Islington, London

You can see her in 1881 on http://www.familysearch.org/. She is a Domestic Servant in the household of her brother Frederick and his wife and son, in London.

You can look for BMD registrations on http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

DS