Researching Lewis Isaacs
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2580 people with the Isaacs surname? In that year Isaacs was ranked number 1522 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lewis means "Form of LOUIS. Famous in Battle" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Lewis Isaacs on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lewis Isaacs and the Isaacs Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Isaacs Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Isaacs family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2894 people with the Isaacs surname in the UK? Isaacs is now ranked number 1858 for popularity in the UK. |
Isaacs Family History Databases
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Isaacs Forums
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Some Famous People called Lewis Isaacs
Lewis Henry Isaacs
Lewis Henry Isaacs (3 January 1830 – 17 October 1908) was an English architect and surveyor and a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1892.
Isaacs was the son of Isaac Isaacs of Devonshire Square and his wife who was a daughter of Lewis Henry, a merchant, of Liverpool. Isaacs was educated at the Lancaster Royal Grammar School and at University College School, London. He became an architect and worked in partnership with Henry L. Florence. He was surveyor to Holborn Board of Works and for the Society of Gray's Inn for whom he designed rooms. Isaacs was the architect for The Farmiloe Building which was completed in 1868. In 1874, he designed Cadby Hall for J. Lyons & Co. which was built in West London. He was deputy chairman of Westcombe Park Estate Co and of the District Railway. He was a Major 22nd Rifle Volunteers. His publications included A Treatise on Sewerage and Drainage.
At the 1885 general election Isaacs was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Walworth. He held the seat until his defeat at the 1892 general election. Isaacs was a member of the Kensington Vestry from 1885 until it was abolished in 1901 and then an alderman for the new Royal Borough of Kensington. He was Mayor of Kensington from 1902 to 1904.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and a Member of the Society of Arts.
Isaacs lived at Pembridge Square, Bayswater. He died at the age of 78
Isaacs was married and had a daughter. He employed a nursery governess Elizabeth Vincent from 1878 to 1881 and after his wife's death in 1882 he reestablished contact with her. In 1887 she had a child by Isaacs and Isaacs made some provision for them both. In 1890 an incident occurred when she demanded money and Isaacs was shot in the arm. Vincent was indicted for attempted murder, but acquitted.
Source: Lewis Henry Isaacs, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Isaacs
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