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Hi all
iam looking for lewis anderson who was born 1888 marfeild has he was my aunts husband he whent to war in the 1914 he is on the roll of hounor board in our church st micheals in markfeild as i saw it this morning at the remeberance day but can,t find it on anc his dad was lames anderson mother jane chaplain
steve

did he have a second name?

Cant find him with mum jane but this looks likely
1891 census

Name: Lewis Anderson
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Mary A
Gender: Male
Where born: Markfield, Leicestershire, England

Civil parish: Markfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Markfield
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Street Address:Main Street

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Market Bosworth
Sub-registration district: Ibstock
ED, institution, or vessel: 5
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James Anderson 33 occ Stone quarryman
Mary A Anderson 27
James Anderson 14
Wilfred Anderson 12
Marion Anderson 9
Irvin Anderson 5
Lewis Anderson 3
Edgar Anderson 5/12

Source Citation: Class: RG12; Piece: 2507; Folio 95; Page 5; GSU roll: 6097617.

All born Markfield

this is his birth Market Bosworth reg district covers Markfield

Name: Lewis Anderson
Year of Registration: 1888
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Market Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Volume: 7a
Page: 92

so no second christian name !

1901 census---- Mum is still Mary
Name: Lewis Anderson
Age: 13
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James
Mother's Name: Mary
Gender: Male
Where born: Markfield, Leicestershire, England

Civil parish: Markfield
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
Town: Markfield
County/Island: Leicestershire
Country: England

Street Address:Main Street

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Market Bosworth
Sub-registration district: Ibstock
ED, institution, or vessel: 6
Neighbors: View others on page
Household schedule number: 179
Household Members: Name Age
James Anderson 43 occ Secretary to CO OP Society
Mary Anderson 37
Marion Anderson 19
Irvine Anderson 15 occ stone mason at quarry
Lewis Anderson 13
Edgar Anderson 10
Elsie A Anderson 9
Percy Anderson 6
Ivy Beryl Anderson 3



Source Citation: Class: RG13; Piece: 2967; Folio: 17; Page: 26.

Name: Lewis Anderson
Year of Registration: 1911
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
District: Market Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Volume: 7a
Page: 104
spouse either Daisy G Moore or Elizabeth K Henson

looks like he married Daisy Moore
Name: Amy Anderson
Year of Registration: 1912
Quarter of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Mother's Maiden Name: Moore
District: Market Bosworth
County: Leicestershire
Volume: 7a
Page: 129

British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920
Name: Lewis Anderson
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Age at Enlistment: 30
Residence: Main St, Markfield
Document Year: 1918
Regimental Number: 205829
Number of Images: 11



Source Information:

Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data:


Next of kin - Daisy. Married on 11th February 1911. Daughter Amy born 12th July 1912.


Discharged November 1918 to return to work as a Coal Miner

he isnt listed on the CWGC site

1911

HOUSEHOLD ANDERSON LEWIS M 1888 23 Market Bosworth Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD ANDERSON DAISY F 1891 20 Market Bosworth Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD MOORE ELIZABATH F 1859 52 Market Bosworth Leicestershire
HOUSEHOLD GOSTELOW JAMES M 1853 58 Market Bosworth Leicestershire

according to his pension papers he was transferred to Reserve 29.11.1918 and released for Coal Mining,
Discharged surplus to military requirements 14.12.1918

James Anderson married Mary Ann Holmes 1885 Sep Q Market Bosworth 7a 129

Where did the name Jane Chaplain come from? Do you have Lewis's birth cert? Was he perhaps born out of wedlock?