Elizabeth (Pugh) Lewis (abt. 1815 - 1887)

Born about 1815 in Wales

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 22 May 1887 at about age 72 in Uxbridge, Durham, Ontario, Canada

Biography

Eliza was born in about 1815 to Hugh Pugh and Elizabeth Williams. She passed away in 1887.

"Hugh Pugh was born March 15th, 1777, near Llanbadarnfynydd, in the County of Radnor, in Wales. In February, 1805, he married Elizabeth Williams, who was born May 21st, 1787. They came to Canada in 1842 and bought Lot 26, Con. 4, from Chauncey Reynolds. Mr. Pugh was a deacon in the Claremont Baptist Church for some years till 1864, when he became one of the organizers of the Whitevale Baptist Church. His wife died June 26th, 1870, and he three years later, August 4th, 1873. They were the parents of thirteen children, of whom twelve lived to mature years, namely : Hugh, William, Edward, David, Josiah, Thomas, Stephen, Price, Eliza (Mrs. William Lewis), Mary (Mrs. Chapman), Sarah (Mrs. James Evans) and Elizabeth (Mrs. James White)." ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Past Years in Pickering: Sketches of the History of the Community, William R. Wood, 1911

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208770377/eliza-lewis

See Also

• Hugh Pugh Genealogy, 1936, held by the Pickering Public Library, https://corporate.pickering.ca/PLHCWebLink/DocView.aspx?id=171421&page=28&searchid=377d5d7f-43d0-47ea-b3a9-0959bb10a419