William Mewis

1877 - 1953  (76 years)

• Name	William Mewis
  Birth	1877	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [1]
  Christening	16 Apr 1877	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [2]
  	Name: William Mewis Baptism date: 16 Apr 1877 Baptism place: Leicester, St Margaret's Denomination: Anglican County: Leicestershire Parents: Joseph/Isabella Abode: Belgrave Gate Quality, Trade, or Profession: Waiter Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archive reference: 24D65/B8 Page: 450
  Gender	Male
  Residence	3 Apr 1881	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [3]
  	Address: 10 Nelson Square
  Residence	5 Apr 1891	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [4]
  	Address: 3 Heads Yard, Millstone Lane
  Residence	31 Mar 1901	Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, England   [5]
  	Address: 21 Garden Street
  Occupation	31 Mar 1901  [5]
  	Boot sewer
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	South Wigston, Leicestershire, England   [6]
  	Address: 33 Bassett Street
  Occupation	2 Apr 1911  [6]
  	Shoe operative machinist
  Residence	19 Jun 1921	South Wigston, Leicestershire, England   [7]
  	Address: 67 Timber Street
  Occupation	19 Jun 1921  [7]
  	Boot and shoe hand sole sewer
  Death	1953	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [8]
  Person ID	I11190	Gilbert
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2023

  
  

  Father	Joseph Mewis,   b. 1841, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1888, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Isabella Slowley,   b. 1840, Stepney, London, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	1862	St Martin, London, England
  Family ID	F8025	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann Mary Allen,   b. Abt 1878, Singapore d. 1952, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1899	Leicester, Leicestershire, England   [9, 10]
  	Marriage date: 3 Apr 1899 Place: Leicester, St Matthew's County: Leicestershire Denomination: Anglican Groom: William Mewis, 22, Bachelor, Boot sewer, 14 Melville St, Father - Joseph Mewis (deceased), Brewer Bride: Ann Mary Allen, 21, Spinster, Shoe machinist, 126 Willow St, Father - William James Allen, Navigator Witnesses: William James Allen, Susan Lester Archive: Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Archive reference: 3D71/74
  Children	+ 1. Charles Sidney William Mewis,   b. 3 Sep 1899, Leicester, Leicestershire, England d. 1971, Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England (Age 71 years) + 2. Iva Lilian Mewis,   b. 31 Oct 1900, South Wigston, Leicestershire, England d. 1992, Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England (Age 91 years) + 3. Violet Mewis,   b. 10 Aug 1902, Glen Parva and South Wigston, Leicestershire, England d. 22 Aug 1991, Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England (Age 89 years)   4. George Edward Mewis,   b. 3 Aug 1904, Glen Parva and South Wigston, Leicestershire, England d. 1925, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 20 years)   5. Thomas William Mewis,   b. 20 Dec 1905, Glen Parva and South Wigston, Leicestershire, England d. 1938, Blaby, Leicestershire, England (Age 32 years) + 6. Mary Ellen Mewis,   b. 13 Feb 1907, Wigston, Leicestershire, England d. 1992, Leicestershire Central, Leicestershire, England (Age 84 years)   7. Joseph Mewis,   b. 1908, Blaby, Leicestershire, England d. 1908, Blaby, Leicestershire, England (Age 0 years)   8. Alfred Ernest Mewis,   b. 23 Jun 1909, Wigston, Leicestershire, England d. 1951, Leicester, Leicestershire, England (Age 41 years)
  Family ID	F8031	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2023

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1877 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Christening - 16 Apr 1877 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 10 Nelson Square - 3 Apr 1881 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 3 Heads Yard, Millstone Lane - 5 Apr 1891 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Marriage - 3 Apr 1899 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 21 Garden Street - 31 Mar 1901 - Wigston Magna, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 33 Bassett Street - 2 Apr 1911 - South Wigston, Leicestershire, England Residence - Address: 67 Timber Street - 19 Jun 1921 - South Wigston, Leicestershire, England Death - 1953 - Leicester, Leicestershire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Mewis, William; Mother's Maiden Surname: Slowley; GRO Reference: 1877 J Quarter in LEICESTER Volume 07A Page 190 (accessed 4 Sep 2017). [S268] Leicestershire Baptisms (FindMyPast), Mewis, William; Birth year: 1877; Baptism year: 1877; Baptism place: Leicester, St Margaret's; Father's name: Joseph; Mother's name: Isabella (accessed 3 Aug 2018). [S5] 1881 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, William; Birth year: 1877; Birth town: Leicester; Birth county: Leicestershire; Reg dist: Leicester; Parish: Leicester St Margaret; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG11; Piece: 3157; Folio: 91; Page: 12 (accessed 30 Jul 2018). [S6] 1891 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, William; Birth year: 1877; Birth county: Leicestershire; Reg dist: Leicester; Parish: Leicester; Town: Leicester; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG12; Piece: 2538; Folio: 25; Page: 5 (accessed 25 Jun 2018). [S7] 1901 Census (FindMyPast) England, Wales and Scotland, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, William; Birth year: 1876; Birth town: Leicester; Birth county: Leicestershire; Reg dist: Blaby; Parish: Wigston Magna; Town: Wigston Magna; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG13; Piece: 2957; Folio: 113; Page: 28 (accessed 13 May 2018). [S8] 1911 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, William; Birth year: 1876; Birth place: Leicester Lester; Reg dist: Blaby; Parish: Wigston Magna; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG14PN18982 RG78PN1133 RD401 SD1 ED10 SN189 (accessed 2 Apr 2018). [S9] 1921 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Mewis, William; Birth year: 1877; Birth place: Leicester, Leicestershire, England; Reg dist: Blaby; Parish: Wigston Magna; County: Leicestershire; Ref: RG15 PN14812 RD401 RS1 ED11 SN362 (accessed 7 Mar 2023). [S180] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Deaths) - England and Wales, Mewis, William; Age: 75; GRO Reference: 1953 M Quarter in LEICESTER Volume 03A Page 638 (accessed 4 Sep 2017). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Mewis, William - Allen, Ann Mary; 1899; Leicester, Leicestershire; J Quarter; Volume: 7A; Page: 530 (accessed 20 Feb 2019). [S266] Leicestershire Marriages (FindMyPast), Mewis, William - Allen, Ann Mary; 1899; Leicester, St Matthew's (accessed 4 Aug 2018).