Alice Lewis (buried 1940)

At a glance

At a glance
Surname: 
Lewis
First name: 
Alice
Other Christian names: 
Mary
Gender: 
Female
Children: 
Yes
Burial number: 
1715
Born: 
8/8/1882
Died: 
23/01/1940
Buried: 
26/01/1940
Distinction: 
Born in Hong Kong
Heene Hallmark: 
No
Commonwealth War Grave: 
No

The Grave

The grave
Cemetery area: 
EB
Cemetery row: 
5
Cemetery plot: 
52
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Burial remains: 
Unknown
The headstone
Endowed grave: 
Yes
Headstone description: 
EndowedGrave: Cut grass and keep tidy. Supply spring and autumn flowering plants
Headstone inscription: 
To the dear memory of Allice Mary beloved wife of Ernest John Lewis passed to rest January 23rd 1940 and Ernest John Lewis united in peace November 21st 1967

Life story

Life story

Alice Mary Burnie married Ernest John Lewis in 1906, in Bromley.

Alice was born in Victoria, Hong Kong, daughter of Captain Edward Burnie, Surveyor to Lloyd's Register, Singapore, and his wife Janet, nee Inglis. Alice was born in 1882, the fourth of the six children of Captain and Mrs Lewis, five born in Hong Kong, the sixth in China..

Father Captain Edward died in 1900 in Hong Kong.

In 1901 Alice was living, with her Mother and two younger siblings, Constance and Arthur, and 2 Servants, in Beckenham, Kent

(Mother Janet died in 1931 in Berkshire.)

By the 1911 Census Ernest and Alice were living in Sumner Cottage, Bishopstone. He was living on his own means.

In 1921 the family were in Cromwell Crescent, in Kensington. Ernest was retired from the Foreign Office. Son John Basil, aged 2 and born in London, was there, with Alice. They had a  Domestic Nurse and a Domestic Servant.

According to the 1939 census, the couple was then living at 7 St Michaels' Road, in Heene. Ernest was a Retired Journalist, and Alice Incapacitated. She died a year later. With them was son John, now 20, and an Undergraduate at Cambridge.

Burial researcher: 
Liz Lane

Further information

Birth
Date born: 
08/08/1882
Marriage
Maiden name: 
Burnie
Marriage 1
Spouse one first names: 
Ernest John
Spouse one last name: 
Lewis
Marriage one date: 
00/00/1906
Marriage one address: 
Bromley, Kent, England

Death

Death (details)
Date of death: 
23/01/1940
Age (at time of death): 
58
Cause of death: 
Unknown
Address at time of death: 
7 St. Michaels Road, Worthing, Sussex, England
Personal effects
Executors: 
Charles Cedric Lewis status: Retired Journalist: John Basil Lewis status: Student
Probate pounds: 
£7,526

Census and miscellaneous information

Census information
1921 census: 

25 Warwick Mansions, Cromwell Crescent, Kensington, London

First name(s) Last name Relationship to head Sex Birth year Age Birth place Occupation Employer
Ernest John Lewis Head Male 1877 43 Ashford, Kent, England Not Occupied For A Living Service Retired Foreign Office
Alice Mary Lewis Wife Female 1881 39 Hong Kong, China Home Duties -
John Basil Lewis Son Male 1919 2 London, England - -
Ellen Mary Mills Nurse Female 1892 29 Hampshire, England Nurse Domestic Private
Elizabeth Scott Maxwell Servant Female 1892 28 Edinburgh, Midlothian General Domestic Servant Private