John Henry Lewis 1a 2a 3

Birth Name John Henry Lewis
Gender male
Age at Death about 4 years, 3 months

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1870 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales Multiple possible in GRO index 1a 3
Census 1871 Royal Institution of South Wales, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales   1a
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Who is John Jones, widower, born Merthyr abt 1825? Is he related to Margaret Lewis née Jones/John? The John family lived in Merthyr around the time he was born.

Death between April 1874 and June 1874 Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales Vol 11a Page 458 2a 4a 3

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Evan Lewis16 May 18367 April 1928
Mother Margaret Jonesabout 184021 November 1901
    Brother     Idris Evan Lewis between September 1867 and December 1867 14 June 1904
         John Henry Lewis about 1870 between April 1874 and June 1874
    Brother     Llewellyn Collwyn Lewis between July 1871 and September 1871 29 July 1900
 
Father Evan Lewis16 May 18367 April 1928
Selina Lewisbetween January 1847 and March 184724 July 1921

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
WikiTree Lewis-54183
 
FamilySearch GHBB-5PP
 

Source References

  1. 1871 United Kingdom Census
  2. Gerald Gabb: Jubilee Swansea: The Town in the 1890s
      • Page: Page 89-91
  3. General Register Office: England & Wales Death Index
  4. The Cambrian
      • Date: 3 July 1874
      • Page: Page 8
      • Citation:

        THE ROYAL INSTITUTION.

        TO THE EDITOR OF "THE CAMBRIAN."

        SIR, - I perceive an effort is being made to raise subscriptions for the erection of a new house, attached to the Royal Institution, for the use of the resident keeper, Mr. Evan Lewis. The present accommodation is such, and the sanitary arrangements so defective, that probably (according to medical evidence) the death of one of the keeper's children, is to be attributed thereto. I would not, therefore, for a single moment throw cold water upon the efforts of the Council of the Institution; my only object in directing public attention thereto being the hope that they will look at the question in a far more comprehensive view, and deal with the whole subject of the Institution in a spirit more in accordance with the present times. It has long been felt that the Royal Institution does not meet the necessities of the present day. I do not say that the charges for membership are too high, but the air of exclusiveness which has always surrounded it prevents the classes for whose benefit it should exist from sharing in its advantages. A working-man, in his corduroy trousers and fustian jacket, would no more think of entering the reading-room of the Royal Institution to read your valuable journal than he would of going to fashionable St. James's Church or the equally fashionable Congregational Chapel in his working suit. It may be very wrong and very foolish to have such qualms - but there the thing is, and we must deal with matters as we find them. Then, again, the site of the Royal Institution is much against its usefulness. After business hours that part of town is almost deserted, and people won't walk a mile or more to read a newspaper, especially when there are so many attractions on the way thither. All observant people, too, must see that very shortly the Royal Institution premises must be utilised for other purposes - they will be required for some of the great public improvements which are in the not far distant future. If the Council of the Institute, therefore, are wise in their day and generation, they will even now be on the qui vive for another site upon which to erect other premises rather than incurring the expense for a new house for the resident keeper. The Royal Institution possesses a nucleus of a far more usefl Institution than at present exists, and if removed to a more convenient site would be of far greater advantage than at present. I, for one, therefore, hope the Council will take up the whole question in a far more comprehensive spirit than them seem inclined to do, and instead of soliciting subscriptions for a new house for the resident keeper, consider whether they should not take steps to remove the Institution to a more central and convenient place, where its great benefits could be more easily attained.

        Yours, &c.,
        SENEX.
        Swansea, June 30, 1874.