AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
AITKEN to WHAITE - Person Sheet
NameAnnie LEWSEY 
, GG Aunt
, GG AuntBirth DateJun 18693624
Birth PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoMost information suggests birth in 1868 but Spelling of Lewsey varied from Luce, Lucey and even Louis. The only birth found that might be Annie is this one as Lewis so can’t be 100% this is her. The location is from census.
Reside Date3 Apr 18813625 Age: 11
Reside PlaceSteeple Bumpstead, Essex, England
MemoLiving at Old Hall Farm, Annie, age 13, was employed by the Houghton family as a nursemaid servant
Reside Date31 Mar 19013626 Age: 31
Reside PlaceHackney, London, England
MemoAnnie Blayney, head, married, age 33, a dressmaker lived with Elizabeth Ruth Argent, her niece, age 24, also a dressmaker at 3 Chapman Road Hackney.
trav Date6 Aug 19093627 Age: 40
trav PlaceLondon City, London, England
Memoto Wellington New Zealand on the Ruapehu, a ship of the New Zealand Shipping Company. She travelled as Miss A Blayney, dressmaker with Miss N Blayney (presumably Elizabeth Ruth Argent Annie’s niece).
trav Date2 Jun 19123628 Age: 43
trav PlaceLondon City, London, England
Memofrom Wellington NZ, via Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro & Plymouth on the Athenic of the White Star Line.
Death Date13 Jan 19133629 Age: 43
Death PlaceHackney, London, England
MemoAt 92 Cadogan Terrace, Victoria Park. In her will Annie Blayney (nee Lewsey), wife of Benjamin Blayney died on the 13th of January 1913. She left the sum of £297-10s-4d and was resident at 92 Cadogan Terrace, Victoria Park, Middlesex. (source: Louise Argent)
Occupationnursemaid servant (1881), dressmaker (1891 >)
FatherLewis LEWSEY (1830-1879)
MotherEmma MIDSON (<1830-1907)
Spouses
Birth PlaceBethnal Green, Tower Hamlets, London, England
MemoBorn at 5 Strouts Place father was Thomas Blayney, a master cabinet maker and mother Mary Ann Blayney formerly Harrifs. Informant was mother of 5 Strouts Place.
Reside Date31 Mar 19013632 Age: 37
Reside PlaceAlderbury, Wiltshire, England
MemoBenjamin Blayney, a cabinet maker, was a resident at Fiserton Anger without and classified as a lunitic.
Reside Date2 Apr 19113633 Age: 47
Reside PlaceEpsom, Surrey, England
MemoBenjamin Blayney,47, cabinet maker & married was a patient at the Institution, London County Council Horton Asylum, L.C.C. HORTON ASYLUM
Death DateDec 19413634 Age: 78
Death PlaceEpsom, Surrey, England
Memowife Annie arrived UK 1912 described herself as widow, see note.
Occupationcabinet maker
FatherThomas Charles BLAYNEY (1828-1913)
MotherMary Ann HARRISS (<1833-1864)
Marr PlaceHackney, London, England
Marr MemoAt St Lukes Church. Benjamin Blayney was 26 old and a Cabinet Maker married Annie Lewsey, 21 both of Rigby Road. Benjamin’s father was Thomas a Cabinet Maker and Annie’s was Lewis Lewsey a farmer. Both signed their name. The witnesses were Albert Blayney and Maria Lapridge.
Reside Date5 Apr 18913637
Reside PlaceHackney, London, England
MemoBenjamin Blayney, head, age 26, a cabinet maker lived with his wife Annie , age 22, a dressmaker, at 15 Gainsboro Cottages in Cut Side Road, Hackney.
No Children
Notes for Benjamin (Spouse 1)
Annie claimed she was a widow when she returned to UK from NZ in 1912. This may well have been the easiest way of describing her marital status. Benjamin was in an lunatic asylums at the time of the 1901 & 1911 census.
Notes for Benjamin & Annie (Family)
The possibility that a child born 1903 called Benjamin Lewis Blayney was a son of Benjamin and Annie. This was not the case as Benjamin Lewis Blayney’s parents were William Edward and Emily Grove Blayney .