Help - John LEVIS

[Maggie1895]

Oops.   Bedfordshire Boy is absolutely right, of course.   
I was a bit tired when I finally got that together and suggested you get a death certificate to show details of the father when I know perfectly well that it's the marriage certificates that do that, not the death certificates.  (In England)   I think we get so used to the quantity of information on Scottish death certificates post 1855 that we tend to forget they don't appear on the English ones.
Dave, I hope that the correction is in time to save you a wild goose chase on that one, and BB, thanks for pointing out my error!
Just hope the rest of the information gives you some confirmed start points.

[bedfordshire boy]

When you say someone on another site did a check - did they actually check parish records or simply use their subscription to search a genealogy website.

I'm absolutely certain that "they" checked the Hunts Marriage Index, a fiche set produced by Hunts FHS, which has transcribed all marriages in Hunts up to 1837, indexed by surname (which is not online). What "they" couldn't check was if the name was so far removed from Levis that it didn't show in their search which covered all marriages starting Lev or Lew

Rachel Levis married Robert Wright at Sawtry All Saints in 1827 (Hunts Marriage Index) following the death of John Levis in Sawtry in 1825 (NBI).  Both were of Sawtry St Andrew. She appears to have been buried age 65 on 15 Apr 1850 at Sawtry St Andrew (NBI).

Robert Wright age 68 was living in Sawtry with the family of Thomas Levis in 1851, described as father in law (= step father) (1851 census image)

On the other site "someone" suggested that as Sawtry is only a couple of miles from the county boundary with Northants, which is even more difficult to research online than Hunts, you should try a look up request for the marriage on the Northants Marriage Index


BB

[dave192]

We may be getting some where.  Bedfordshire  found the following;

Rachel Levis married Robert Wright at Sawtry All Saints in 1827 (Hunts Marriage Index) following the death of John Levis in Sawtry in 1825 (NBI).  Both were of Sawtry St Andrew. She appears to have been buried age 65 on 15 Apr 1850 at Sawtry St Andrew.

I have just gone through my paper work and found the following notes note sure where they came from but i nearly jumped for joy. The note is as follows:

John Levis born 1784 and died 16th October 1825 Huntingdonshire.
Rachel born 1785 and died 1850 Huntingdonshire.

The reason I thought they were married in Sawtry is all the children are listed as beign born in Sawtry.

To comfirm what somthing Maggie siad about Reuben who married Mary, was my ggg granddad and his son Reuben was my gg granddad.  Reuben's brother John is another problem but will hit you with that one once this is fixed.

[c-side]

Wow, things have moved on since I went to bed last night!

Has anyone managed to find a marriage registration for Reuben - I've run out of alternative spellings and still not come across one?

Christine

[dave192]

Reuben Married Mary Taylor about 1845 but not sure where.  Mary was born about 1823 in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire.  Hope this helps

[bedfordshire boy]

According to Camdex at http://www2.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/db/ridmars.nsf/search?OpenForm Reuben LEVIES married Mary Taylor in 1846 in Huntingdon registration district

The marriage is on Freebmd as either Reubin LEVIES or Reuben LEVI_ in the Dec quarter 1846

David

[bedfordshire boy]

John Levis was buried at Sawtry St Andrew on 17 Oct 1825 age 41. That's where his birth of 1784 came from

But we're no nearer his baptism and parents' names until his marriage is found. And I'm no nearer finding that than I was when I posted this same information on the other site.

David

[bedfordshire boy]

The only census clue for John & Rachel Levis is 1841 when Rachel should be enumerated as Wright, living with Robert Wright. Robert was living in Sawtry in 1851, with one of Rachel's sons, but I can't find them in 1841

Can anyone else spot them?

David

[Selina]

I have only just been looking at ths thread so have not absorbed it all but is this 1841 relevant?

Holme, Hunts
Robert Wright 58 Ag Lab born in county
John Levis 17 Ag Lab
Ann Bellaire 7

On the facing page living with the family Ovenstall or Overstall is a Rachel Wright aged 57

Selina