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EDWARD LEWTAS AND MARY BANKS of POULTON
Edward Lewtas was born on June 25th and christened on 5th August 1798 He was the son of George and Mary Banks and had 5 sisters and 2 brothers.
Edward became a successful joiner and cabinet maker with premises on the Breck. Edward obviously found plenty of work in the community; it was a period of building in Poulton - for example his name appears in the financial records of the Independent Chapel in Poulton Edward made sure that his sons followed in his trade - each of the five sons was, in his turn, apprenticed as a joiner to his father.
Edward's siblings
His sister Jane married William Hodgson and his sister Ellen married William's brother John Hodgson
His sister Catherine married Richard Seed of Poulton
His sister Mary married George Greenwood of Liverpool
His sister Margaret married James Boardman a merchant of Liverpool
His brother Thomas married Mary Wilding and became a surgeon in Liverpool
Edward married Mary Threlfall on April 1st 1818 in St Chad’s Mary or Molly - Threlfall was the daughter of William Threlfall of Newton with Staining yeoman and his wife Ann. She was born Oct 17th christened Nov 18th 1798.
The Threlfall children, brothers and sisters of Mary were:
Isabel 12th Sept 1793,
John 21st Nov 1794
Mary herself, Nov 18th 1798
James March 13th 1801
Richard Sept 1st 1803 and
William 13th July 1806
Edward and Mary had at least eleven children.
Ann was the eldest child, baptised on September 25th 1818 in St Chad's just five months after her parents' marriage. She died early as another Ann was baptised in 1830.
George, aged 20 in the 1841 census was a joiner and presumably was born around 1820 - no record has yet been found of his baptism in St Chad's. George Lewtas married Jane Whittaker in 1846 in Blackpool. He moved away from Poulton and in the 1851 census was married with three daughters, living in Hacking Street, Over Darwen. With them were daughters May Lewtas, born Blackpool age 4, Elizabeth born Blackpool aged 3 and Sarah J Lewtas born Over Darwen aged 8 months. It seems that the family moved from the Blackpool area around 1850. George was buried at St John's Blackburn on April 19th 1857 aged 37. Grave ref no. 818.
The census returns of 1861 show Jane as a widow living at 3 Old Chapel Street Blackburn a housekeeper with her children Mary, born in Blackpool, a cotton winder aged 18, (Jane must have been about 16 when Mary was born.) Elizabeth was a servant aged 11 , Margaret was born in Over Darwen aged 9, Edward 6, Lilly 4 and Sarah J 10 months (a second daughter with these names) all born in Blackburn. Another son William was born in 1862.
By 1881 George's widow Jane had the name Poulton (presumably remarried and widowed a second time). She was living at 3 Cook Street Blackburn and was working as a dressmaker. With her were her daughters Mary a cotton warper and Sarah Jane a cotton weaver.
Mary was their next daughter baptised in St Chad's on 11th March 1823 She appears to have died young as there was a second Mary baptised.
By now Edward had become involved in the pub life of Poulton. In the Alehouse reconizances of 1822 he is listed as landlord of the Bay Horse and giving surety to Richard Holden landlord of the Plough, Thomas Hardman landlord of the Green Man and James Taylor landlord of the Golden Ball.
At some time that year the family moved to Manchester. Possibly they only one child with them - George - as both Anne and Mary their eldest children must have died as other girls were later given these names.
Ellen was born in Manchester and baptised on 26th March 1826 in Manchester Cathedral She became a dressmaker & milliner appearing in the 1848 & 1852 Trades Directories on Breck Street with the name 'Lutas'. (An Ellen Lewtas married John Haigh of Stile, Halifax, on July 24th 1868 at the Wesleyan Chapel in Blackpool).
William was also born in Manchester and baptised on 11th March 1827 at St Marks Cheetham Hill. The family must have returned to Poulton soon after as he was baptised again on 1st July 1827 - St Chad’s register. William had been a Joiner's apprentice with his father and later became a carpenter. William married Jane Bamford, (born 1826 in Galgate to Frank Bamford, labourer)
In 1861 William and Jane were living in Hastings Place Lytham with their children Edward 1851, Mary 1853 and Francis 1856 all born in Poulton and William 1858.in Lytham. Twenty years later in 1881 they were living at 17 Adelaide Street Blackpool with their children Mary, and George 1861, Jane 1863, John T 1866, James 1868, the last four all born in Lytham William died in 1884 and Jane died in 1882; both are buried in Layton Cemetery Blackpool..
1) Their son James (1868) appears to be buried in Layton cemetery with his wife May. He died in 1926 aged 57 and she 1958 aged 87.
2) Their son John Thomas (1866) married Martha Ann. JT died in 1924 aged 58, she died in 1941 aged 77. They had 2 children buried with them - Florrie 1892-1918 and Billy 1899-1957.
3) Their son George (1861) appears to have married Elizabeth Haywood b 1864 (father Joseph) in Blackpool on 5.11.1888. George Haywood Lewtas was born Fylde Mar 1898.
4) Their son Francis (1856) married Grace Parr 1859 on 1.12.1877 in Blackpool, her father was Matthew Parr. They had a daughter Sarah Jane BVRI 14.5.1882, son William in 1879 (BVRI - 14.5.1882) and John Matthew 26.7.1885.
5) Their son William married Maria from Stockport (born 1856) A baptism on December 25th 1878 in Blackpool Weslyan Chapel records John Edward, a son, born on October 6th that year. Mary Jane was born January 5th and baptised 25th 1880 and (when they were living at 1 Porter Street) Herbert was born January 22nd and baptised March 13th 1881 This family went to Canada. Francis & Grace also had a daughter Kate, whose granddaughter is Olga who married Steve Beilby.
William and Maria emigrated to Canada.
Mary, a second daughter with this name, was born in Poulton and baptised on 17th May 1829 in St Chad's. She is recorded in the 1851 census for Liverpool working as a nurse for Dr Thomas Lewtas, her father Edward's brother.
Ann, a second daughter with this name, was baptised 24th April 1830 in St Chad's. She became a servant in the house of J Pattison of Poulton. She married Thomas Lawrenson on December 19th 1860. Both signed. Witnesses William Rossall & Catherine Lewtas (St Chad's reg.)
Catherine was baptised in St Chad's on March 1st 1833.
In 1851 Catherine was living as a servant nearby on the Breck with her Aunt Catherine Seed, Edward's sister, who had married Richard Seed
On January 22nd 1854 Catherine's illegitimate son James, was baptised in St Chad's. In 1861 Catherine was living with her parents, Thomas & her son James on the Breck. By 1871 Catherine was still living in Poulton on the Breck but had her own dressmaking establishment next door to her brother Thomas. She also had an apprentice Eleanor Roe aged 18 living with her. Her son James died and was buried on December 15th 1879 in Layton cemetery.
Edward was baptised on 27th Dec 1834 and died 15th July 1854 aged 20, possibly in the cholera epidemic which hit Poulton about that time. He was a Joiner’s apprentice.
Isabella was baptised on 28th December 1836 and died in Oct 1854 soon after her brother Edward.
John was baptised on 20th March 1839 in St Chad's. It seems likely that by 1881 John , a joiner, was living at 104 Warwick Street Toxteth Park with his wife Ellen.
Thomas was born on March 4th 1843 and registered on March 7th. The youngest of all Edward and Mary's children
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