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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => England => Topic started by: m-1 on Thursday 23 August 12 13:46 BST (UK)
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Hi all,
It's been a good few months since I've posted anything on here but I have a little mystery which I'm currently trying to solve but I'm not getting very far!
I was searching for a record of a Samuel Lever (b. abt 1845) which I'd guess is a rare name and whilst digging I found the most curious record for a man named Sir Samuel Hardman Lever. Now although he was born in 1869, I'm very excited about this as the Samuel I'm looking for is the son of Alice 'Hardman' and Samuel Lever. Although the dates don't correspond I'm almost certain there's a link there somewhere, but I'm struggling to find a birth record for Samuel Hardman Lever (b. 1869) or find out who his parents are.
According to his Wikipedia page, he was born in Bootle, Lancashire and a probate record for him shows he died in Winchester in 1947. My Lever and Hardman family in Lancashire are all based around Liverpool, Bootle and West Derby so this has got me quite excited...
I didn't post this in the Lancashire board because I think this will cover more than one county, but feel free to move it if I have made a mistake!
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Sir Samuel Hardman Lever, baronet (1869–1947) was born on 18 April 1869 at 21 Bedford Place, Bootle, Lancashire, the younger of the two sons of Samuel Lever, a cotton dealer, and his wife, Elizabeth, née Cain. Only the forename Samuel appears on his birth certificate. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Stan
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Samuel Hardman Lever (Sir Bt) is listed in the Electoral Register in 1922 at 64 Eaton Square, Knightsbridge St George's Ward, Westminster, London with Mary Edythe Lever (Lady).
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Samuel Hardman Lever married Mary Edythe Gault on 5th June 1900 in Montreal, Canada.
He was listed as living in New York.
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I cannot find a birth registration for Samuel (Hardman) Lever, or the family in the 1871 Census. The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography gives a full record of his life, e.g. In 1900 he married Mary Edythe, the daughter of Matthew Hamilton Gault of Montreal. There were no children of the marriage.
but the original post said that he was searching for a record of a Samuel Lever (b. abt 1845).
Stan
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Could it be possible that he was born illegitimately and be registered as Samuel Hardman ?
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I thought of that :) There is no Samuel Hardman.
Samuel Lever and Elizabeth Cain were married in the West Derby Registration District in the September ¼ 1866
Stan
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Interestingly in FreeBMD there are
Births Jun 1869 Lever Samuel W. Derby 8b 440
Deaths Jun 1870 Lever Samuel 1 W. Derby 8b 204
Stan
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Samuel Lever baptised St Peter's Church, Liverpool 2 Mar 1845, parents Samuel & Alice LEVER, living Great Howard Street, father a grocer.
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Samuel Lever and Elizabeth Cain were married in the West Derby Registration District in the September ¼ 1866
Stan
They were married at St John the Divine Church, Fairfield, West Derby.
He was listed as a merchant, living York Villas, Fairfield Street, father Samuel Lever a cotton broker and Elizabeth was listed as living at Derby Road, Bootle, father Christopher Cain a gentleman.
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Hi all just posting possibles for Samuel c 1845 and 1869:-
1851 census
Samuel 48 occ Dealer in Waster Cotton b Bolton
Alice 37 b Bolton
Sarah 16
Eve 14
Giles 11
Samuel 6 b Liverpool
In 1871 RG10/3849/112/29 he is with his mother Alice aged 56, and also a Samuel Lever Mogridge aged 10 Grandson
1881 census
Christ Cain 70 b Ireland
Elizth 70 b Wilton Lancs
Henry Lever 14
Saml Lever 11
RG11/3698/32/58
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