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1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census
8, Artillery Road, Guildford, Stoke Within, Surrey, England

First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Sex Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
James Hewitt Head Married Male 34 1867 Life Assurance Superintendent Denham, Buckinghamshire, England
Annie J E Hewitt Wife Married Female 30 1871 - Croydon, Surrey, England
James W Hewitt Son Single Male 9 1892 - Croydon, Surrey, England
Mabel A Hewitt Daughter Single Female 3 1898 - Guildford, Surrey, England
James W Hewitt's Census Details


HEWITT, JAMES WILLIAM JEFFERY
GRO Reference: 1892 M Quarter in CROYDON Volume 02A Page 228


??? - he is not with his family in 1911 but his father is now a Brewers Manager which would fit with the occupation of 'Off licence' on the son's marriage.....

1911 England Census
Name: James Hewett
Age in 1911: 44
Estimated birth year: abt 1867
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Denham, Buckinghamshire, England
Civil Parish: New Malden
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County/Island: Surrey
Country: England
Street address: 221 Kingston Road, New Malden, Surrey
Marital status: Married
Occupation: Brewers Manager ****
Registration district: Kingston
Registration District Number: 40
Sub-registration district: Kingston
ED, institution, or vessel: 30
Household schedule number: 310
Piece: 3527
Household Members:
Name Age
James Hewett 44
Annie Hewett 40


Parents' marriage:
Marriages Mar 1891 (>99%)
Hewitt James Croydon 2a 316 Scan available - click to view
Jeffery Annie Jane E Croydon 2a 316 Scan available - click to view

I haven't found him as yet on 1911................

Dea x

???? No place of birth shown.

I've no particular reason to think this is the correct James - just throwing it in as a possibility.

James Hewett
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: James Hewett
Gender: Male
Marital status: Single
Birth Date: 1892
Residence Year: 1939
Address: Netherne Mental Hospital.Netherne
Residence Place: Coulsdon and Purley, Surrey , England
Occupation: Incapacitated
Schedule Number: 3
Sub Schedule Number: 128
OVSPI: Patient
Enumeration District: DMDB
Registration district: 31/3

I wouldn't be at all surprised AG - he doesn't appear to be entirely 'mentally stable' in his behaviour so far ??

I had been considering this one as his occupation seems to fit but his dob is way out (although at one stage in his army records he seems to have changed from 1892 to 1889 )??

James W Hewitt's life in 1939
Layton Cottage, Wantage R.D., Berkshire, England

(8 people)
First name(s) Last name(s) DOB Sex Occupation Marital status Schedule Schedule Sub Number
Lily A Bingham 30 Sep 1903 Female House Hold Duties Married 32 1
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
Tony Hall 29 Nov 1924 Male At School Single 32 3
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
The record for this person is officially closed. Can I get around this?
James W Hewitt 06 Oct 1895 Male Engine Driver Mate A M W D Single 32 6 ????????????
Joseph Harty 10 Sep 1885 Male Stable Man Single 32 7
Arthur E Walker 25 Aug 1887 Male Air Service Clerk Married 32 8

I am really not sure though that this is the correct one............

Dea x

The army record posted by Choccy seems to be the correct one:

James William Hewitt
in the British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: James William Hewitt
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Croydon, Surrey, England <<<<<<<<<<
Enlistment Age: 22
Regimental Number: 1954
Regiment Name: Battn Re??
Number of Images: 20
Form Title: Territorial Force Attestation
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
James William Hewitt Self (Head)

Address: 4 Clairville Gardens, Hanwell.
Occupation: Conductor.
Employer: LUET (?)

Wounded by shrapnel 1915.

On 30/09/1917 he was disciplined for "Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, in that he on the Zillebeke-Shrapnel Corner Rd. . . broke from the ranks when the enemy were shelling the vicinity, and when ordered to return failed to do so."
His sentence (can't make out what that was) was suspended in Feb 1918, and remitted in July 1918.

Father: James Hewitt, 221 Kingston Road, New Maldon, Surrey.

Re the 1941 death - that's what Ancestry suggests is your James's death, and presumably the tree owner has assumed that meant it was the right one.

Unfortunately, as we know well, it is not a sensible idea to believe everything which is 'suggested' or included in trees on Ancestry. - Everything should always be followed through and checked properly before accepting it as 'true'.

Dea x

I think the sentence he received was '1 year I H L' which I believe would be 'Imprisonment with Hard Labour' .

Dea x

The owner of the Ancestry tree is related to James William Hewitt;s sister Mabel Annie, but purchasing the death certificate might {or might not} confirm.

But the image of the burial register is on Ancestry Choccy and gives the address of the deceased - I have followed this through quite easily and have put all the details above - This 'proves' that it is certainly not the one we are looking for.

Dea x

Sorry Dea, I missed your posting for some reason. Obviously not the right one :-(