LEWIS ANNEX
Estella G. (Lewis) Gardner Pedigree
(Start at generation 5, below.)
WORKING DRAFT
Last Change: 20 October 2018
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Special thanks to George
Edgar Drake for collecting and preserving much of the information,
documents, and photos available in this annex.
Origin of
the surname “Lewis:”
Generation
8
7 Ezra Lewis
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1802 in New
York. Died about 1854, age 52
years and 7 months; interred Beaver Falls Old Cemetery, Beaver Falls, Lewis County, New
York.
1850 US Census: Ezra
Lewis, age 48 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
His real estate was valued at $4,000.
The household also included his son, Fayette Lewis, age 20 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer; son, John H. Lewis, age 16 (b. NYS); son, Hiram Lewis,
age 13 (b. NYS); son, William G. Lewis, age 12 (b. NYS); daughter, Maria E.
Lewis, age 3 (b. NYS); daughter, Julia G. Lewis, age 1 (b. NYS); wife, Susan G.
Lewis, age 40 (b. NYS); and Julietta Mosher, age 19
(b. NYS).
2. Wife #1: (?) (perhaps, based on ages of children)
a. Biographical notes:
Born
. Died .
b. Children:
(1. Fayette Lewis: Born
about 1830 in Fulton County, New York.
1860 US Census: Fayette
Lewis, age 30 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in
Trenton Township (Fox Lake Post Office), Dodge County, Wisconsin. His real estate was valued at $800, and his
personal property was valued at $500.
The household also included his wife, Caroline Lewis, age 29 (b. NYS);
son, Clarence Lewis, age 9 (b. NYS); and Leslie McMullen, age 20 (b. PA) and
employed as a farmer.
Fayette Lewis married
Caroline (?) (b. abt 1831 in NYS) and had the
following son:
(a.
Clarence Lewis: Born about 1851 in New York.
(2. John Hamilton Lewis: See generation 6, below.
(3. Hiram Lewis: Born
about 1837 in Jefferson County, New York.
1865 NYS Census: Hiram
Lewis, age 28 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had been married once, and his residence
was valued at $800. The household also
included his wife, Alice Lewis, age 28 (b. Ireland), who had been married once
and had had 2 children; and daughter, Edith G. Lewis, age 2 years and 1 month
(b. Jefferson Co., NY). Of interest, the
household headed by his brother, John H. Lewis, age 31, was enumerated 2 doors
away.
Hiram Lewis married
Alice (?) (b. Ireland) and had the following daughter:
(a.
Edith G. Lewis: Born about 1863 in Jefferson County, New York.
(4. William G. Lewis:
Born about 1838 in Jefferson County, New York.
1870 US Census: Wm
Lewis, age 32 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Otisco Township, Onondaga County, New York. His real estate was valued at $500, and his
personal property was valued at $400.
The household also included his wife, Nettie Lewis, age 24 (b. NYS);
son, Elmer Lewis, age 4 (b. NYS); and son, James Lewis, age 1 (b. NYS).
1880 US Census: William
Lewis, age 44 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a teamster, was heading
a household at 5 Henderson Street in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Nettie Lewis, age 33 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Elmer Lewis, age 14
(b. NYS); son, James Lewis, age 11 (b. NYS); son, Howard Lewis, age 7 (b. NYS);
and son, William Lewis, age 4 (b. NYS).
William Lewis married
Annette "Nettie" Bassett (photos) (b. NYS), sister of
Elizabeth Ann (Bassett) Lewis, wife of William's brother, John, and had the
following children.
(a.
Elmer Lewis: Born about 1866 in New York.
(b.
James A. Lewis: (photos) Born 21 August
1868/October 1869 in New York. Died 11
July 1958 at Marcy, Oneida County, New York; interred Oakwood Cemetery,
Onondaga County, New York.
1900 US Census: (?)
Lewis, age 30 (b. Oct 1869 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter,
was heading a household at 210 Primrose Avenue in the City of Syracuse,
Onondaga County, New York. The household
also included his wife of 5 years, Bertha Lewis, age 25 (b. Oct 1874 in NYS;
father b. NYS; mother b. Germany), who had had 1 child, still alive; daughter,
Myrtle O. Lewis, age 3 (b. Jan 1897 in NYS; parents b. NYS); boarder, Wm G.
Vaughn, age 32 (b. Dec 1867 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a day
laborer; and boarder, George S. Vaughn, age 6 (b. Aug 1893 in NYS; parents b.
NYS).
1910 US Census: James
A. Lewis, age 41 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a house carpenter,
was heading a household at 234 Primrose Avenue in the City of Syracuse,
Onondaga County, New York. He had been
married once. The household also
included his wife of 15 years, Bertha Lewis, age 34 (b. NYS; father b. NYS;
mother b. Germany), who had been married once and had had 3 children, all still
alive; daughter, Myrtle O. Lewis, age 13 (b. NYS); Clifford A. Lewis, age 8 (b.
NYS); and son, Erwin D. Lewis, age 5 (b. NYS).
1920 US Census: James
A. Lewis, age 51 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a building
contractor, was heading a household at 527 Turtle Street in the City of
Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Bertha Lewis, age 44 (b. NYS; father b. NYS;
mother b. Germany); and son, Irwin Lewis, age 15 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
1930 US Census: James
A. Lewis, age 62 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter doing odd
jobs, was heading a household at 121 Maurice Avenue in the City of Syracuse,
Onondaga County, New York. He married
1st at age 25, and his residence was valued at $5,000. The household also included his wife, Bertha
Lewis, age 54 (b. NYS; father b. NYS; mother b. Germany), who married 1st at
age 19; father-in-law, Volney S. Cramer, age 78 (b.
NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a polisher for a hotel, who married 1st at
age 19; and mother-in-law, Emma Cramer, age 78 (b. Germany; parents b.
Germany), who married 1st at age 19.
1940 US Census: James
A. Lewis, age 71 (b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter - owner, was heading a
household at 2332 Midland Avenue in the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New
York. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Bertha
Lewis, age 64 (b. NYS), who had completed 8th grade; father-in-law, Volney S. Cramer, age 88 (b. NYS) and widowed, who had
completed 5th grade and received old age relief; and lodger, Leona Schmidt, age
17 (b. NYS), single, and employed by the children's bureau, who had completed 4
years of high school. They resided in
the same city on 1 April 1935.
James Lewis married
Bertha G. Cramer (photos) (b. 5 Oct 1875/74 at
Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., NY, d. 9 Sep 1974 at Syracuse, Onondaga Co., NY;
interred with James), daughter of Volney S. and Emma
(?) Cramer, and had the following children:
(1) Myrtle Olive Lewis:
Born 30 January 1897 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Died 5 October 1918; interred Oakwood
Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
(2) Clifford A. Lewis:
Born 8 June 1901 at Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York. Died there 13 October 1918; interred there in
Oakwood Cemetery.
(3) Erwin V. Lewis: (photos) Born 1905.
Died 12 February 1958 at Hempstead, Rockland County, New York; interred
Oakwood Cemetery, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
(c.
Howard Lewis: Born about 1873 in New York.
(d.
William Lewis: Born about 1876 in New York.
3. Wife #2: Susan M./G. (?) (photos)
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a. Biographical notes:
Born about 1810 in
Rhode Island; sister of Annette (Bassett) Lewis, wife of John's brother,
William G. Lewis. Died
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1855 NYS Census: Susan M.
Lewis, age 45 (b. RI) and widowed, was heading a household in LeRay Township,
Jefferson County, New York. She had
resided in LeRay Township for 1 month.
The household also included her son, John H. Lewis, age 21 (b. Jefferson
Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, who had resided in LeRay Township for 1
month; son, Wm G. Lewis, age 17 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and employed as a
farmer, who had resided in LeRay Township for 1 month; daughter, Julia G.
Lewis, age 5 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had resided in LeRay Township for 1
month; son, Fayette Lewis, age 25 (b. Fulton Co., NY) and employed as a farmer,
who had resided in LeRay Township for 19 years; daughter-in-law, Caroline A.
Lewis, age 24 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had resided in LeRay Township for 24 years;
and grandson, Clarence H. Lewis, age 3 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had resided
in LeRay Township for 3 years.
1860 US Census: No
record found.
b. Children:
(1. Maria E. Lewis:
Born about 1847 in New York.
(2. Julia G. Lewis:
Born about 1849 in New York.
6 John Hamilton Lewis (photos)
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1. Biographical notes:
Born 8 November 1833 in
Fulton County, New York. Died 18 March 1902;
interred Evans Mills Cemetery, Evans Mills, LeRay Township, Jefferson County,
New York. Employed as a farmer. Resided last at Adams, Jefferson County, New
York.
1865 NYS Census: John
H. Lewis, age 31 (b. Fulton Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had been married once, and his residence
was valued at $400. The household also
included his wife, Elizabeth A. Lewis, age 29 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had
been married once and had had 4 children; daughter, Stella G. Lewis, age 8 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY); son, Geo D. Lewis, age 7 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); daughter,
Anna S. Lewis, age 3 years and 4 months (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and son, Frank
F. Lewis, age 8 months (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
1870 US Census: John
Lewis, age 36 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in LeRay
Township (Philadelphia Post Office), Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $4,000, and his
personal property was valued at $1,300.
The household also included his wife, Elizabeth Lewis, age 33; daughter,
Estella Lewis, age 13; son, George Lewis, age 11; daughter, Anna Lewis, age 9;
son, Frank Lewis, age 6; son, Fred Lewis, age 4; and daughter, Jennie Lewis,
age 2.
1875 NYS Census: John
H. Lewis, age 41 (b. Fulton Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. His residence was valued at $1,000. The household also included his wife,
Elizabeth Lewis, age 39 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, George Lewis, age 16 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY); daughter, Anna Lewis, age 13 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son,
Frank Lewis, age 10 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Fred Lewis, age 8 (b.
Jefferson Co., NY); and daughter, Jennie Lewis, age 6 (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
1880 US Census: John H.
Lewis, age 46 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a
household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife,
Elizabeth A. Lewis, age 44 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); son, Frank Lewis, age 15
(b. NYS); daughter, Anna Lewis, age 18 (b. NYS), single, and at home; son, Fred
Lewis, age 14 (b. NYS); and daughter, Jennie Lewis, age 12 (b. NYS).
1900 US Census: [note:
hard to read] John H. Lewis, age 67?, (b. Nov 1836?
NYS; parents b. NYS) and a retired farmer, was heading a household in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included his wife of 44? years,
Elisabeth Lewis, age 62 (b. Apr 1838 in NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 6
children; and daughter, Gennie Lewis, age 28 (b. Nov
1872? in NYS), single, and employed as a dress maker.
2. Wife: Elizabeth Ann Bassett (photos)
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Born April 1836/37; daughter of Susan Agan. Died
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1850 US Census: Of
possible interest, Abel Basset, age 46 (b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter,
was heading a household in New Bremen Township, Lewis County, New York. His real estate was valued at $400. The household also included his wife, Susan
Basset, age 37 (b. NYS); daughter, Elizabeth Basset, age 14 (b. NYS); son,
William Basset, age 12 (b. NYS); Henry Liss, age 1
(b. NYS); daughter, Julia Basset, age 10 (b. NYS); and Ann Basset, age 6 (b.
NYS).
1910 US Census:
Elizabeth A. Lewis, age 74 (b. NYS; father b. CT; mother b. NYS) and widowed,
resided in the household headed by Reuben Gardner, age 54 (b. NYS) in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
3. Children: (order uncertain)
a. Estella G.
Lewis: See generation 5, below.
b. George D. Lewis: (photos) Born September 1858 in Jefferson County, New
York.
1900 US Census: George
D. Lewis, age 41 (b. Sep 1858 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a
landlord?, was heading a household in the Village of Mannsville, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife of 7 years, Edith A. Lewis, age 33 (b. Aug 1866 in NYS; parents b. NYS)
(no record of having had children); son, Foster W. Lewis, age 12 (b. Oct 1887
in NYS; parents b. NYS); and daughter, Ruth E. Lewis, age 10 (b. Apr 1889 in
NYS; parents b. NYS).
1910 US Census: George
D. Lewis, age 51 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading
a household on North Main Street in the Village of Mannsville,
Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.
He had been married twice. The
household also included his wife of 15 years, Edith A. Lewis, age 43 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS), who had been married twice and had had 1 child, still alive;
daughter, Ruth E. Lewis, age 21 (b. NYS), single, and not employed; daughter,
Esther A. Lewis, age 6 (b. NYS); and hired man, Carl R. Balch, age 15 (b. NYS),
single, and employed as a farmer, working out.
1920 US Census: George
D. Lewis, age 61 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), widowed, and employed as a grocer
with his own business, was heading a household at 305 Bradley Street in the
City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York.
The household also included his daughter, Ruth Eastman, age 30 (b. NYS;
parents b. NYS); son-in-law, Leffert Eastman, age 33
(b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a machinist for an auto works; and
daughter, Esther Lewis, age 15 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS).
1930 US Census: George
D. Lewis, age 71 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and widowed, resided in the household
headed by his son-in-law, Albert J. Dennis, age 39 (b. NYS; father b. NYS;
mother b. English-speaking Canada) on Town Line Road in Waddington Township,
Saint Lawrence County, New York. Albert
was employed as a farmer, and he married 1st at age 34. The household also included Albert's wife,
Esther P. Dennis, age 26 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who married 1st at age 21.
1940 US Census:
(enumerated 19 Aug 1940) George D. Lewis, age 82 (b. NYS) and widowed, with no
occupation recorded, resided in the household headed by his son-in-law, Albert
J. Dennis, age 48 (b. NYS) and employed as a gas station attendant, in Sandy
Creek Township, Oswego County, New York.
George had completed 7th grade.
Albert had completed 8th grade.
The household also included Albert's wife, Esther A. Dennis, age 36 (b.
NYS), who had completed 3 years of high school; and Albert's nephew, Maynard
Dennis, age 17 (b. NYS), with no occupation recorded, who had completed 2 years
of high school.
1940 US Census: George
D. Lewis, age 82 (b. NYS) and widowed, was also enumerated in the household
headed by his sister, Anna S. Paul, age 78 (b. NYS) and widowed, at 204 Clarke
Street in the Village of Philadelphia, Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County,
New York. George had completed 4th
grade, and Anna had completed 8th grade.
Anna resided in the same house, which was valued at $1,000, on 1 April
1935; at that time George resided in Waddington Township, St. Lawrence County,
New York. No occupation recorded for
either.
George D. Lewis married
(1st) Ida Woodrick (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and had the
following children:
(1. Foster Woodard
Lewis: Born 23 October 1887 at Evans Mills, LeRay Township, Jefferson
County, New York. Died May 1970;
interred Rugg Town Cemetery, Perrysburg, Cattaraugus
County, New York. At age 23 married
Ethel J. Poland (b. 14 May 1886 at Perrysburg, NY, d. there Dec 1973; interred
with Foster), age 25, daughter of E. A. (b. Cattaraugus Co., NY) and Laura (Dauley) Polland (b. Cattaraugus
Co., NY) of Perrysburg, New York, on 20 June 1911 (license issued 12 Jun 1911)
at Perrysburg, Cattaraugus County, New York and had children.
(2. Ruth E. Lewis: Born
April 1889 in New York.
George D. Lewis married
(2nd) Edith M
c. Anna S. Lewis: Born
June 1862 in New York.
1910 US Census: Albert
J. Paul, age 52 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a house carpenter, was
heading a household in LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had been married once. The household also included his wife of 20
years, Anna S. Paul, age 48 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had been married once
and had had no children.
Anna Lewis married
Albert J. Paul (b. Jun 1858 in NYS).
d. Frank F. Lewis: Born
about 1864. Died 10 July 1945, age 80
years, 8 months, and 27 days; interred Maplewood Cemetery, Ellisburg Township,
Jefferson County, New York.
e. Reverend Frederick
"Fred" Hamilton Lewis: (photos) (more info) Born April 1866 in
Jefferson County, New York. Died 12
September 1949 at Mannsville, Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Married Fanny Lena Millard) (photos) (b. 4 May 1874 in Jefferson Co.,
NYS), daughter of John Mason (b. 1850, d. 1936) and Emma Amelia (Rury) Millard (b. 1854, d. 1910), on 29 June 1893 at Mannsville, Jefferson County, New York.
1900 US Census: Fred
Lewis, age 34 (b. Apr 1866 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a
Methodist-Episcopal clergyman, was heading a household in Antwerp Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Fanny Lewis, age 26 (b. May 1874 in NYS; parents
b. NYS). Both were born in New York
State.
1910 US Census: Fred H.
Lewis, age 44 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a minister of the
Methodist-Episcopal Church, was heading a household in Clayton Township,
Jefferson County, New York. He had been
married once. The household also included
his wife of 17 years, Lena Lewis, age 36 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS), who had been
married once and had had no children.
f.
Jennie
Lewis: Born November 1868.
5 Estella "Stella" G. Lewis:
Born November
1857. Died 1915. Married Reuben J. Gardner, paragraph C.2.a.(2. of
generation 5 of the Gardner Annex on .
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Other, still unidentified, Lewis names:
1. Stephen Lewis:
1840 US Census: Stephen was age 40 to 50 and heading a household in Wilna
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included 1 male age 10 to 15; 2 males age 15 to 20; 1
female age under 20 to 30; and 1 female age 40 to 50.
2. Granson Lewis:
1840 US Census: Granson was age 30 to 40 and heading a household in Wilna
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included 1 male under age 5; 1 male age 10 to 15; 1
male age 20 to 30; and 2 females age 20 to 30.
3. Jacob Lewis:
1840 US Census: Jacob was age 30 to 40 and heading a household in LeRay
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included 1 male age 20 to 30; 1 male age 30 to 40; 1
female age under 5; 1 female age 5 to 10; 1 female age 10 to 15; 1 female age
15 to 20; 1 female age 20 to 30; 1 female age 30 to 40; and 1 female age 50 to
60.
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