Records of Willie Lewis on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Willie Lewis in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Willie Lewis and the Lewis Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lewis 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 Lewis family tree.

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Lewis Family Tree Databases

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Lewis Forums

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Some Famous People called Willie Lewis

Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician)

Willie Lewis (born 1946 - died Oct. 17, 2014) was a rockabilly recording artist and founder of The Rock-A-Billy Record Company, a record label based in Denver, Colorado.

Lewis started the label in order to release rare and authentic rockabilly recordings, most of which were pressed on colored vinyl between 1982 and 1998. He released music from artists such as Go Cat Go, Ronnie Dawson, Don Rader, Marti Brom, High Noon, Jonny Barber & The Rhythm Razors, Little Roy Williamson & the Denver Ramblers, Kidd Pharaoh, and the Redline Rockets.

Lewis recorded his own music under a variety of names, including Willy & the String Poppers, Billy & the Bop Cats, King Cat & the Pharaohs, the Bop-a-Whiles, and most recently Willie & The Rhythm Razors. The Rock-A-Billy Record Company celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2007, and in honor of its birthday Lewis released new Silver Anniversary records on colored vinyl once again.

Source: Willie Lewis (rockabilly musician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Willie Lewis (boxer)

Willie Lewis (21 May 1884 – 18 May 1949) was a professional American boxer from New York. His career spanned from 1901 to 1915. He was best known in the United States and France where In early 1910, Lewis made an unsuccessful bid at the world middleweight title losing to Billy Papke and made two unsuccessful attempts at the World welterweight title, controversially drawing against World welterweight Champion Harry Lewis (no relation) twice in Paris. In 1913 Lewis' heavyweight hunting gun exploded, damaging his leg. In 1920, Lewis was shot in an ambush attack and seriously wounded in his Cafe in New York.

Lewis died of cancer 18 May 1949.

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Source: Willie Lewis (boxer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Lewis

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