Lewis Worrall

Lewis was the son of Lewis and Ellen Worrall (née Sisson). His parents were married in 1887 (reg. JAS Basford) and lived in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

According to information provided on the 1911 Census they had had ten children, of whom two had died. Nine children have been traced who were born between 1889 and 1911, including one, Harry, who died in infancy: John William b. 1889, Harry b 1891 (AMJ) d. 1891 (AMJ), Elizabeth b. 1892, Ethel b. 1894, Hilda birth registered 1897 (JFM), Bernard birth registered 1899 (JFM), Lewis b. 1900 (AMJ), Eveline b. 1905 and Lenorah b. 1910. Another son, Eric, was born in 1914 (reg. JFM). Records have been found for six children who were baptised at Eastwood St Mary: John (27 April 1890), Elizabeth (31 July 1892), Ethel (25 November 1894), Hilda (31 January 1897), Lewis (29 April 1900) and Leonora-sic (20 July 1910).

Lewis (25), a coal miner, Ellen (22) and their son John were living at 27 Scargill Street, Eastwood, in 1891. Harry was born later that year and died in infancy.

Lewis, whose occupation was now given as coal miner contractor, his wife and their six surviving children, John, Elizabeth and Ethel, who were school age, and Hilda, Bernard and Lewis, were still living 27 Scargill Street in 1901.

The family had moved to 7 Grosvenor Road, Eastwood, by 1911: Lewis, Ellen and their eight children, William (sic), a coal miner holer, Elizabeth and Ethel whose occupations were given as 'at home', Hilda who was employed at a leather works, Bernard, Lewis and Eveline (5) who were at school, and Leonora (1). The youngest child, Eric, was born three years later.
Lewis and Ellen were living at the same address when their son Lewis was killed in 1917.

Ethel married Isaac Prince at Eastwood St Mary in February 1914 and in 1921 were living on Brookmill Leys Road with their two children, John Lewis and Emma Lillian. They had moved to Mansfield Road, Eastwood, by 1939 when the England & Wales Register was compiled. Ethel died in 1971 and her husband six years later.

Hilda married Moses Clifford at St Mary's in January 1915 and had a daughter, Phyllis, the following year, and then a son Joseph. Moses, a coal miner, and Hilda, a leather layer, were living on South Street, Eastwood, in 1939; their daughter had married three years earlier. Moses died in 1943 and Hilda married William Devonport the following year and John T Henshaw in 1956. She died in 1986.

John William married Lily Wilson (23) at Heanor, Derbyshire in December 1915; they had two daughters, Lily and Betty, and in 1939 were living on Nottingham Road, Eastwood. John died in 1966; his wife survived him.

Elizabeth married William Neale on 25 December 1916 at St Mary's; Elizabeth's address was given as 2 Grosvenor Road, which might have been her parents' home. William, a coal miner contractor, his wife and their daughter Dora Kathleen were living at 5 Scargill Street, in 1921 and were at the same address in 1939. Neither Elizabeth nor William have yet been traced after 1939.

Lewis and Ellen were recorded at 7 Grosvenor Road on the 1921 Census. Also in the home were four of their children, Bernard, a coal miner contractor, Eveline (no occupation), Leonora and Eric, who were school age, and also Ellen's widowed father, Eli Sisson (d. 1923).

Eveline married Fred Arthur Brown, a coal hewer/setter, in 1925.

Bernard married Mabel Hibbert in 1927 at Langley Mill parish church. Bernard, a colliery overman (below ground), and his wife were living at 12a Cardale Road, Mansfield, in 1939; the record of one other member of the household remains closed but may have been a daughter, Lenora. Also in the home were two school age boys who were evacuees. Bernard died in 1975; he was survived by his wife.

The youngest son, Eric, married Ethel Linnington at Colwick St John the Baptist, Nottingham, in 1936. They were living at 7 Springfield Avenue, Eastwood in 1939; Eric's occupation was given as colliery worker. Ethel died in 1980 and Eric in 1991.

Ellen Worral died in 1937 (JFM) aged 67.

Her husband Lewis was living at 13 Grosvenor Road, Eastwood, in 1939 with his married daughter Eveline Brown and her husband Fred. The record of one other member of the household remains closed.

Lewis snr. died in January 1941; the probate record gave his address as 13 Grosvenor Road. His daughter Eveline died in 1979; her husband Fred had predeceased her (1975).

The youngest daughter, Leonora, was working as a domestic servant/bar assistant at the County Hotel, Nottingham, in 1939. Leonora probably survived her siblings and was living in a Nottingham nursing home at the time of her death in January 1992.