Marianne (Collis) Lewis (abt. 1830 - abt. 1896)

Born about 19 Oct 1830 in Richmond, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Thomas Lewis — married about 19 Oct 1851 in Canada West

Descendants

Died about 16 Oct 1896 at about age 65 in Richmond, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Marianne was born about 1830. We first find her in Richmond Ontario Canada at the age of 22 married to Thomas Lewis.^[1] She lives with her husband in Richmond from 1861 until his death in 1889^[2]. And remains their until her death in 1896 ^[3][4] During this time she had six children.^[5] She lists her nationality as Irish and her place of birth as Ontario Canada; She belonged to the Church of England,^[5][3] so it is likely she was Ulster Irish or Scots Irish.

Any information about Marianne's parents would be helpful here.

Sources

1. ↑ "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWR1-ZWV : 3 August 2016), Mary Ann Lewis, Richmond, Carleton County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 1, line 27; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11716, Public Archives, Ontario.
2. ↑ "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J6MM-XZC : 27 April 2019), Thomas Lewis, 19 Jul 1889; citing Richmond, Carleton, Ontario, yr 1889 cn 2266, Registrar General. Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,853,491.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW2V-TM3 : 3 August 2016), Mary Ann Lewis, Richmond, Carleton, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148132.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGR-3Y4X : 11 July 2016), Marianne Collis Lewis, 1896; Burial, Richmond, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada, Saint John the Baptist Anglican Cemetery; citing record ID 132496412, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVXD-798 : 4 October 2018), Mary Ann Lewis, Richmond, Carleton, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Thomas Lewis, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.