Joseph LEWIS

Birth:
1 Jun 1823
Bath, Somerset, England
Chr:
12 Jun 1823
Wesleyan Church, Bath, Somerset, England
Death:
25 Mar 1900
Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
Marriage:
11 Aug 1844
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Sources:
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, Apr 2015
Ancestry.com
Find a Grave Index, #65523635
FamilySearch.org/FamilyTree, Oct 2015
1880 Census Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
1900 Census Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho
1870 Census Paris, Rich, Utah Territory
1851 Census St. Phillip and St. Jacob, Bristol, Gloucester, England
Eliza FREEMAN
Birth:
27 Sep 1822
Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester, England
Chr:
3 Apr 1825
Dursley, Gloucester, England
Death:
17 Oct 1857
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa
Father:
Job AXFORD
Sources:
Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1913 (Ancestry.com)
Children
Marriage
1
Mary Ann BLOOMER
Birth:
24 May 1845
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTE: adopted by the Bloomer family
2
Joseph LEWIS
Birth:
6 Jul 1847
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Death:
20 May 1912
Dingle, Bear Lake, Idaho
 
Marr:
 
3
John Hyrum LEWIS
Birth:
27 May 1849
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Death:
1849
Bristol, Gloucester, England
 
Marr:
 
4
Benjamin Charles LEWIS
Birth:
1 Jun 1850
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Death:
1 Nov 1872
 
Marr:
 
5
Thomas George LEWIS
Birth:
26 Apr 1852
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Death:
 
Marr:
 
6
Edward Dexter BLOOMER
Birth:
20 Apr 1854
Bristol, Gloucester, England
Death:
18 Mar 1935
Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona
Mary Isabell SIRRINE 
Marr:
16 Feb 1877
Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho 
Notes:
                   NOTE: Edward Dexter Bloomer, originally named Edward Phillip Lewis, was adopted at age 3 by Dexter Chamberlain Bloomer and Amelia Jenks after the death of his biological mother, Eliza Freeman in Council Bluffs, Iowa.  His father, Joseph Lewis, left him and his siblings to either be adopted or to live with friends when he left Iowa to travel on to Idaho.
7
Heber Brigham LEWIS
Birth:
4 Jul 1856
Iowa
Death:
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   NOTE: Adopted by the Blake family and further known as John Blake
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Joseph Lewis - Eliza Freeman

Joseph Lewis was born at Bath, Somerset, England 1 Jun 1823. His parents were Benjamin Lewis and Jane Caswell.

He married Eliza Freeman 11 Aug 1844 at Bristol, Gloucester, England . Eliza Freeman was born at Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucester, England 27 Sep 1822 daughter of Job Axford and Hannah Freeman .

They were the parents of 7 children:
Mary Ann Bloomer born 24 May 1845.
Joseph Lewis born 6 Jul 1847.
John Hyrum Lewis born 27 May 1849.
Benjamin Charles Lewis born 1 Jun 1850.
Thomas George Lewis born 26 Apr 1852.
Edward Dexter Bloomer born 20 Apr 1854.
Heber Brigham Lewis born 4 Jul 1856.

Joseph Lewis died 25 Mar 1900 at Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho .

Eliza Freeman died 17 Oct 1857 at Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa .