Hi all, William Lewis is driving me mad so please can another pair of eyes have a second look please.
William Lewis was born abt 1853 in Pembrokeshire (according to the 1901 census). I have found him in 1901 living in Aston in Birmingham aged 48, he was a carpenter, Williams address in 1901 is 25 Parliament Street, Aston, he married Mary Ann Solomon in Cardiff Glamorganshire in 1898, he was 46 Mary was 20. In 1901 he is living in Aston Birmingham with Mary Ann, wife aged 22 born Cardiff, children Maude Lewis aged 14 b. 1887 Pembrokeshire, Ethel Lewis age 10, b. Cardiff, Olive Lewis, age 4 b. Cardiff, and Florence Lewis age 18 months, b.Warwickshire. (Florence Lewis was the above Mary Ann Solomons child with William). Now this is the confusing part, i cant find a birth registration for any of the older children on the census,
Maude Lewis 1887,
Ethel Lewis 1892
and Olive Lewis 1897, i have no idea who the childrens mother was.
I have the birth certificate of Florence Lewis born in 1899 and her mother is Mary Ann Solomon as above, the address on the childs birth certificate is 25 Parliament Street Aston, same as the 1901 census. William Lewis then had another child in 1902, called John Chamberlain Lewis, the address given on John Lewis birth certificate is 25 Parliament Street, Aston, but mothers name is given as Mary Ann Lewis formally Davis. ( I have the birth cert for John in 1902)
Mary Ann Lewis (Solomon) went on to marry again in 1907 to John Sullivan in Cardiff, i have no idea what happen to William Lewis, as like the above children, he just disappears,
William Lewis wife Mary (Solomon) was still alive in 1902 so im guessing they must have gone there seperate ways. Mary remarried again in 1907 to John Sullivan in Cardiff, and they are together in 1911, with the above Florence aged 10 (stated as guardian child) and two children she had with John Sullivan, John Sullivan died in 1917 and Mary Ann remarried for a 3rd time to a James Allsopp in Cardiff before dying in 1950. So my question is:
Who was William Lewis first wife and the mother to the older children on the 1901 census, especially Maude Lewis born 1887 who should be on the 1891 census somewhere,
Any census record prior to 1901 for William Lewis born abt 1853
What happened to William Lewis after 1901, and the 3 children he had on the census, and when did he die,
I do have access to FindMyPast and Ancestry to check things out so any help you can give would be very much appreciated as dear old William is giving me a headache.
Thankyou in advance for any help, and i hope the above info makes sense xx
