Lewis, George Eddy

1866 - 1921  (54 years)

• Name	Lewis, George Eddy
  Birth	6 Nov 1866	Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Abt 1870	Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Residence	1870	Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Census	30 Jul 1870	Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Residence	1880	Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Census	28 Jun 1880	Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA   [3]
  Residence	1900	New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Census	1 Jun 1900	New Jersey, USA   [4]
  Residence	1910	New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Census	19 Apr 1910	New Jersey, USA   [5]
  Census	29 Jan 1920	New Jersey, USA   [6]
  census 1920	29 Jan 1920	Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA   [1]
  	Age: 50; Head PA PA PA Mail Clerk, railway
  	George Lewis in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 29 January 1920 Name: George Lewis Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey Street: Elmer Street House Number: 431 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House:Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Myra Lewis Father's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Able to Speak English:Yes Occupation: Railway Industry: Mail Clerk Employment Field: Wage or Salary Home Owned or Rented:Own Home Free or Mortgaged:Free Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age George Lewis 50 Head PA PA PA Mail Clerk, Railway Myra Lewis 50 wife NJ VT NY none Lulu Lewis 28 dau NJ PA NJ S teacher, public school Charles Lewis 26 son NJ PA NJ S Mail Clerk, Railway Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1027; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 172; Image: 82 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
  Race	White  [1]
  FSID	LHGM-FPY
  Name	George Lewis  [1]
  Death	11 Mar 1921	Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
  	age 54
  Person ID	I7407	WETZEL-SPRING

  
  

  Father	Lewis, George Washington,   b. 20 Jan 1838, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 22 Jul 1909, Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Benson, Mary,   b. 23 Feb 1841, Ceres, McKean, Pennsylvania, USA d. 5 Apr 1926, Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	30 Sep 1860  [7]
  	"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). - One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. - The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. - The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; - his son, Brice B., has five, and - the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
  Issue, jt	They had 11 children  [7]
  	"Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). - One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. - The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. - The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; - his son, Brice B., has five, and - the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."
  Family ID	F3237	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Bell, Myra K.,   b. 17 Nov 1866, Vineland, Landis, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA d. 25 Oct 1954, Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	Abt 3 Nov 1889	Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA
  Children	1. Lewis, Lulu K.,   b. 24 Apr 1890, New Jersey, USA d. unknown  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Lewis, Charles B.,   b. 5 Jul 1891, New Jersey, USA d. 20 Dec 1968 (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 6 Nov 1866 - Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA Birth - Abt 1870 - Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 1870 - Pennsylvania, USA Census - 30 Jul 1870 - Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - Abt 3 Nov 1889 - Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA Death - 11 Mar 1921 - Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  census 1920 USA NJ Cumberland Vineland - George Eddy Lewis George Lewis in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 29 January 1920 Name: George Lewis Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey Street: Elmer Street House Number: 431 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House:Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Myra…

  
  

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  [S235] 1920 Unitd States Federal Census, census 1920 USA NJ, Year: 1920; Census Place: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1027; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 172; Image: 82. Record for George Lewis George Lewis in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 29 January 1920 Name: George Lewis Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey Street: Elmer Street House Number: 431 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House:Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Myra Lewis Father's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Mother's Birthplace:Pennsylvania Able to Speak English:Yes Occupation: Railway Industry: Mail Clerk Employment Field: Wage or Salary Home Owned or Rented:Own Home Free or Mortgaged:Free Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age George Lewis 50 Head PA PA PA Mail Clerk, Railway Myra Lewis 50 wife NJ VT NY none Lulu Lewis 28 dau NJ PA NJ S teacher, public school Charles Lewis 26 son NJ PA NJ S Mail Clerk, Railway Source Citation Year: 1920; Census Place: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1027; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 172; Image: 82 Source Information Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. census 1920 USA NJ Cumberland Vineland - George Eddy Lewis George Lewis in the 1920 United States Federal Census date: 29 January 1920 Name: George Lewis Age: 50 Birth Year: abt 1870 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Home in 1920: Vineland, Cumberland, New Jersey Street: Elmer Street House Number: 431 Race: White Gender: Male Relation to Head of House:Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Myra… [S239] 1870 United States Federal Census, census 1870 USA NJ, Page 119 census 1870 USA NJ Cumberland Landis Vineland. john homer lewis (6) facts 20200325HAv- no info; consolidating Geo Eddy Lewis (6) facts [S236] 1880 United States Federal Census, census 1880 USA NJ, ED#83, Page Nr 45 2nd district census 1880 USA NJ Cumberland Landis. john homer lewis (4) facts census 1880 USA NJ Cumberland Landis George Eddy Lewis (5) facts 20200325HAv- consolidating Helen Elizabeth Lewis (1) fact ...... (6) Arthur Fremont Lewis (1) fact ....... (7) Mary Benson (1) fact ................... (8) reorganized 20240213GHLn- john homer lewis (4) facts census 1880 USA NJ Cumberland Landis George Eddy Lewis (5) facts 20200325HAv- consolidating Helen Elizabeth Lewis (1) fact ...... (6) Arthur Fremont Lewis (1) fact ....... (7) Mary Benson (1) fact ................... (8) reorganized 20240213GHLn- [S238] 1900 United States Federal Census, census 1900 USA NJ Cumberland Landis Vineland, ED#146, Sheet Number 2A. [S233] census 1910 USA NJ, ED#130, Sheet Number 6A. [S235] 1920 Unitd States Federal Census, census 1920 USA NJ, ED#172, Sheet Number 6B. [S1558] M.W. Mann & Maria King, History of Ceres and its near vicinity, from its early settlement in 1798 to the present, (Name: Olean, NY: Gillett & Weston, 1896;), 139 "Potter BENSON, ... and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. ..." (16) facts. Potter BENSON (29) facts 20180921HAv- consolidated 3 references into this one (27) facts from (13)... (26) .. 20190228HAv-.. (27) 20200325HAv- pasted and edited from front Source Citation Text: "Potter BENSON, and his brother Daniel, came to Ceres in 1832. He married Henrietta GILBERT, daughter of Robert and Mary GILBERT. He was a farmer and owned a farm about a mile above town, where his wife still lives with her youngest son. Potter BENSON was a good citizen, honorable in all his dealings, and a truly good man. He left four daughters and one son. One son had died for his country during the rebellion. His oldest daughter is the widow of Justus Rice, of Eldred. She has four children living (pub. 1896). One of her sons was drowned the past winter, and was brought to Myrtle, making the fifth generation of his mother's people buried there. The second daughter is the wife of G.W. Lewis, of Vineland, and has eleven children. The third daughter, Elizabeth, is the wife of Rowland R. Bell. She has eight children; his son, Brice B., has five, and the youngest daughter, Harriet, wife of Alvah HALL, of Allegany, has three. Few have left a larger circle of descendants, and if they prove as worthy as they now give fair promise of being, his name will long be honored through them. His wife is now in her eighty-second and shows the infirmities of age."

  
  

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TNG ID: I7407

FSID: LHGM-FPY