The early years of Henry Turle and Jane Hobbs

This update will look at the early years of Henry Turle and his wife Jane Hobbs before they married in Cannington, Somerset, in 1844. 

Starting with Henry Turle, we can learn from the marriage document (see post) that he was living in Taunton at the time of his union, was a Grocer, and that his father was Richard Turle, also a Grocer. Using this as my starting point, I searched the 1841 England Census on Ancestry for Henry. We find him living on Fore Street in Taunton, Somerset, England [1]:

Henry is living with his father, Richard, a Tea Dealer, Sarah, who was most likely his mother or could possibly be a younger sister of Richard, his elder brother, John, along with Eliza Turle, a younger sister or maybe the wife of John, and a baby, Ellen. His occupation is given as a Draper. His age is probably not accurate as the ages of those older than 15 years rounded down to a lower multiple of 5. If we look at the ages given on the other census records for Henry (see post), it would seem that his year of birth was about 1816/7, rather than around 1821. 

Next, I searched the Somerset Baptism records for Henry on Ancestry, born around 1816/7, and find records for him, an elder brother and sister, who are baptised on the same day at St Mary Magdelene Church in Taunton in 1818 [2]:

I would surmise that Sarah on the 1841 England Census is the wife of Richard Turle based on the information so far. I could not find a Baptism record for Eliza Turle +/- 5 years around 1821 that complemented the information already collected. I did though find a Baptism record for Ellen Turle [3] and an associated General Register Office (GRO) entry [4]:

As we now know Eliza's maiden name was Mercer, I searched the FreeBMD website and found a record for the union of John Turle and Eliza Mercer in 1838 in Battle, Sussex [5].

Looking further back, I searched for marriage documents on Ancestry relating to Richard Turle marrying Sarah in about 1810, +/- 5 years. Only one match was returned [6] for a marriage by licence at St Mary Magdalene Church in Taunton, Somerset, between Richard Turle, a Bachelor, and Sarah Davey, a Spinster, both of the parish, on 11 February 1806. 

I then turned to finding out more about Jane Hobbs, born in Cannington, Somerset, England, in about 1821. I was unable to find a 1841 England Census record that was definitively Jane. So I searched the baptism records for St Mary's Church in Cannington on Ancestry to see if I could find her, which was located [7]:

With a name for her parents, Benjamin and Elizabeth, I returned to searching the 1841 England Census and found Jane was living with them in Cannington [8]:

Next, I searched for the baptisms of the other children of Benjamin and Elizabeth Hobbs, finding their entries in the baptism records for St Mary's Church in Cannington on Ancestry:

I have searched the marriages on Ancestry for a union of Benjamin Hobbs and an Elizabeth in Cannington and more widely to cover Somerset but could not find a definitive answer with three possible matches being returned. I will leave this mystery to one side for now.

As we know, Henry Turle married Jane Hobbs on 27 August 1844 and was living on The Crescent at the time of the 1861 and 1871 England Census' (see post). On the next update I will look into the Turle family beyond the 1871 England Census as part of my One Place Study of The Crescent, Taunton. In the meantime, I hope that you have enjoyed reading this blog much as I have enjoyed researching this family for my One Place Study. 

It would be wonderful to hear from you via the comments section on this blog or via my Facebook page. If you would like to see the tree that I have been building for my One Place Study for each individual house, it is on Ancestry under 1 The Crescent Taunton One Place Study. This study is also part of the Society of One Place Studies. 

[1] Ancestry.com 1841 England Census - The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1841 England Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 72; Book: 3; Civil Parish: St Mary Magdalen; County: Somerset; Enumeration District: 1; Folio: 7; Page: 7; Line: 6; GSU roll: 474611

[2] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\tau.m/2/1/5 page 84

[3] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\tau.m/2/1/7 page 56

[4] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Births GRO Reference: 1840 S Quarter in Taunton, Volume 10, Page 415

[5] FreeBMD (https://www.freebmd.org.uk/) - Marriages GRO Reference: 1838 M Quarter in Battle, Volume 7, Page 242

[6] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\tau.m/2/1/18 page 275

[7] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\can/2/1/7 page 36

[8] Ancestry.com 1841 England Census - The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1841 England Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 935; Book: 2; Civil Parish: Cannington; County: Somerset; Enumeration District: 10; Folio: 27; Page: 5; Line: 1; GSU roll: 474594

[9] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\can/2/1/7 page 15

[10] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\can/2/1/7 page 65

[11] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\can/2/1/7 page 65

Tracing the parents and siblings of Martha Alford

This post will look into the parents and siblings of Martha Alford. Following on from last week's blog, where I researched the Alford family through the England Census' from 1841 to 1861, I am able to create the start of a family tree of them as below:

First, I decided to do a search of the birth index on the General Register Office (GRO) website for the 5 youngest children of Thomas Alford and Mary as this civil records started in 1837 in England. I set my search criteria with the surname of Alford, starting from the year 1837 and filtered to the district of birth as Shepton Mallet. I found all 5 of the youngest Alford children as detailed below:

So we have discovered that Mary Ann, Martha's mother, had the maiden name of Galphin or Galpin. I next did I search of the Familysearch website and found a marriage entry [6] on 19 January 1830 between Thomas Alford and Mary Ann Galpin in Broadwindsor, Dorset, England, which would fit with all the information that we have collated as far. 

I then began to research backwards using the Ancestry website for the baptisms of the children of Thomas and Mary Ann Alford beginning with the youngest child, Clara. The table below details of the baptisms found:

This found one additional child, a daughter, Mary, born in about 1833 [14]. Also, the dates of birth were listed on the baptism records of the 5 youngest children, born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England. One of the daughters was baptised with the name given as Helen [8]  although the GRO website index details her name as Ellen [4]  as do the 1851 and 1861 England Census (Click here to see the blog post). 

As a number of the children were absence from the Census records from 1841, 1851 & 1861, I did search of the burial records for Dorset and Somerset on the Ancestry website to try and establish if these children had sadly passed away when they were young. The table below details my findings:

Of the 10 children Thomas and Mary Ann Alford had, I have found 4 who sadly died in childhood. It is interesting to note, that although they had moved to Shepton Mallet by the time of the 1841 England Census, 3 of the deceased children were returned to Sherborne to be buried. The deaths of Rosa [21], Jane [22] and Frederick James [23] are also noted on the death index on the General Register Office (GRO) website.   

Finally for this update, I wanted to establish when Thomas Alford passed away. He is listed on the 1841 England Census [24] with his family in Shepton Mallet, Somerset. On the 1851 England though he is not listed [25]  and Mary Ann Alford is listed as widowed so he died between 1841 and 1851. 

First I decided to check to see if he was listed in a county trade directory for Somerset. For this, I visited the University of Leicester Special Collections website where they have local trade directories for various English counties along with Wales from 1766 to 1946. Only one of them was from a time period and covered the area relevant to my research and that was the Pigot & Co's Directory 1844 which included  Somersetshire along with other counties. Thomas Alford is listed alongside an entry for the George Inn, Market Place, Shepton Mallett [26] so he was alive until 1844.

Next, I used the FreeBMD website, setting the criteria to search for Thomas' death, with a date range between 1844 and 1851 and confined to the county of Somerset. 4 results were returned. On checking the General Register Office (GRO) website, two of them were too young to be this Thomas. The remaining two were in the right age bracket of between 40 and 50 years of age at death, in 1845 and 1846. I now needed to establish which one it was!  

I now turned my search to the Ancestry website to look at burials in Somerset. The parameters that were searched were the name of Thomas Alford, who died +/- 1 year around 1845 in the county of Somerset. Two matches were returned, with one being a Thomas Alford of Shepton Mallet being buried in Northover, Somerset. The entry was as follows [27] 

However, the two GRO death indexes I located in the county of Somerset were in the wrong quarters and years for them to be the right match for this burial. Was his death not registered or been incorrectly indexed? Or is the burial record wrong? I guess that this will just have to be one of those little mysteries for now as I do not have a copy of either of the death certificates that might prove or disprove my findings. So I am going to go with the information from the burial record that this is the Thomas Alford connected to this family tree and that his year of birth is about 1799 instead of being born in about 1811 according to the 1841 Census. This is due to an adults age being around up or down depending on their actual age when it was taken so this will not narrow us down to an approximate year. Also we do not know where Thomas was born, only that it was not in Somerset as his 1841 Census entry records that he was not born in the county.  

So, here is the Alford Family Tree updated to include all the family that we discovered from this week's research:

In my next update, I will investigate Mary's life after Thomas died and return my focus to Martha Groves (nee Alford) and her family. In the meantime, I hope that you have enjoyed learning about Martha's parents and siblings as much as I have. It would be great to hear from you via the comments section on this blog or via my facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/lucythecrescentops/ - If you would like to see the tree that I have been building for my One Place Study of 1 The Crescent, it is on ancestry.co.uk under 1 The Crescent Taunton One Place Study.  

[1] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Births GRO Reference: 1838 S Quarter in Shepton Mallet Union, Volume 10, Page 422
[2] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Births GRO Reference: 1840 J Quarter in Shepton Mallet Union, Volume 10, Page 432
[3] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Births GRO Reference: 1842 M Quarter in Shepton Mallet Union, Volume 10, Page 467
[4] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Births GRO Reference: 1843 D Quarter in Shepton Mallet Union, Volume 10, Page 441
[5] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Births GRO Reference: 1845 D Quarter in Shepton Mallet, Volume 10, Page 426
[6] "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVGY-G61 : 13 March 2020), Mary Ann Galpin in entry for Thomas Alford, 1830.
[7] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\she/2/1/17 page 179
[8] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\she/2/1/17 page 150
[9] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\she/2/1/17 page 128
[10] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\she/2/1/17 page 101
[11] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\she/2/1/17 page 79
[12] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1906 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 2/1 - 2/4 page 88
[13] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1906 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 2/1 - 2/4 page 60
[14] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1906 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 2/1 - 2/4 page 45
[15] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1906 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 2/1 - 2/4 page 27
[16] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1906 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 2/1 - 2/4 page 4
[17] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-2010 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 4/1-7 - 5/1 page 167
[18] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-2010 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 4/1-7 - 5/1 page 60
[19] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-2010 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 4/1-7 - 5/1 page 98
[20] Ancestry.com. Dorset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-2010 ~ Dorset History Centre; Dorchester, England; Reference Number: PE/SH: RE 4/1-7 - 5/1 page 186
[21] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Deaths GRO Reference: 1841 S Quarter in Shepton Mallet, Volume 10, Page 271
[22] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Deaths GRO Reference: 1845 M Quarter in Shepton Mallet, Volume 10, Page 359
[23] General Register Office (https://www.gro.gov.uk/) - Deaths GRO Reference: 1841 S Quarter in Shepton Mallet, Volume 5C, Page 381
[24] Ancestry.com 1841 England Census - The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1841 England Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 963; Book: 11; Civil Parish: Shepton Mallet; County: Somerset; Enumeration District: 2; Folio: 23; Page: 5; Line: 1; GSU roll: 474606
[25] Ancestry.com 1851 England Census - The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1851 England Census; Class: HO107; Piece: 1933; Folio: 470; Page: 6; GSU roll: 221092
[26] http://specialcollections.le.ac.uk/ - Pigot and Co.'s Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cornwall, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Oxfordshire, Somersetshire, Wiltshire, and North and South Wales .... 1844. [Part 2: Hampshire to Wiltshire, and Wales] - page 274
[27] Ancestry.com. Somerset, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1914 ~ Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Reference Number: D\P\north/2/1/7 page 11

The Lewis Family - From Spring 1901 to the Mayoral Year of 1904/5

This post continues with the history of Josiah and Ellen Norah Lewis and their family.

The next big event for the family is the wedding of their 4th born daughter, Fanny Elizabeth, to Mr Frederick William Penny, on Tuesday 22 April 1902 [1]. The ceremony was held at the Silver Street Baptist Church, conducted by Reverend John Pickles Tetley. A long article was published in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser (too long to feature here!) on Wednesday 23 April 1902 [2], going into great detail about the event, including the weather on the day down to the details of the outfits worn by the bridemaids and wedding gifts given to the couple.

On Wednesday 2 November 1904, Josiah was unanimously selected as Mayor of Taunton at a private meeting of the Town Council. The following article was in the West Somerset Free Press on 5 November 1904 [3]:

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

There were other notices in local newspapers including the Western Gazette, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Chard and Ilminster News and Western Chronicle to announce the news. He is also listed along side other elected Mayors in the Times on Thursday 10 November 1904 [4].  

There is a Mayoral Portrait of Josiah Lewis, taken by John Chaffin & Sons of 65 East Street, Taunton, c1904 available to view at the Somerset Heritage Centre, Taunton, Somerset, England [5]. It shows Josiah in his Mayoral Chain of Office and formal Robes. 

During his year as Mayor, Josiah keenly advocated for the working classes, taking a particular interest in health, education and literacy. There are numerous articles in the local newspapers from the period when he and his wife undertook many public duties as the Mayor and Mayoress of Taunton.

One example is when Josiah as Mayor opened the Taunton Public Library on Corporation Street on 24 August 1905. The library was built following a donation from Mr Andrew Carnegie in 1902 of £5,000. Below is a clip from a long article which featured in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on 30 August 1905 [6].

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

A plaque was unveiled at this ceremony and now hangs in the new Taunton library on Paul Street [7].

The inscription is as follows:

Taunton Public Library

Built with funds provided by

Andrew Carnegie LLD   

On site purchased by Public Subscription and 

the work carried out under

TRUSTEES

 Josiah Lewis J.P. Mayor

       A E Perkins J.P.  Chairman of the Trustees        

          H J Spiller J.P.                                B Chivers          

H Corner                                        A J Spiller

A Hammett                                           C Tite

J E Kirkpatrick                                    J G Vile

T Penny J.P.                                  A Villar J.P.

T S Penny                                        W J Villar

W Poole J.P.                             W H Westlake

   A Colbourne Little &  } Architects T H Moggridge    

Ingleson C Goodison }                                Builder

Presented to the Corporation and opened  

by the Mayor the 24th August 1905

George H Kite

Town Clerk

Sadly, the library on Corporation Street closed in 1996 and today is home to a public house instead.

On October 13th 1905, as Mayor and Mayoress of Taunton, Josiah and Ellen Norah attended a Ball for the Lord Mayors and Mayors, and the Lord Provosts & Provosts of the United Kingdom in London. It was hosted by the Right Hon. Sir John Pound, Baronet, the Lord Mayor of London, at the Mansion House. According to the Mayor's Programme of Dances [8], he danced the first Valse 'Weinerhaft' with the Lady Mayoress. Others, whose names are handwritten onto his dance card, include the Princess of Wales, with whom he danced the Lancers 'The Earl & the Girl, the Princess Victoria, dancing the Valse 'Choristers', the Queen of Holland, stepping out to the Valse 'Phonographen' and the Duchess of Albany, for the Valse 'Bleu'. However, I think that we can be certain that these Royal guests were not present at this event they are not mentioned in newspaper articles regarding the Ball, such as the one in the London Evening Standard on Saturday 14 October 1905 [9].      

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

The next update will take us beyond 1905 for Josiah and his family. 

[1] Ancestry.com, FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

[2] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday 23 April 1902 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 

[3] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, West Somerset Free Press, Saturday 5 November 1905 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 
[4] "Election Of Mayors." The Times [London, England] 10 Nov. 1904: 6. The Times Digital Archive. 
[5] Somerset Heritage Centre; Taunton, Somerset, England; Pictures of former councillors, aldermen, mayors and officers of the Borough. 1877-1964; Reference Number: D\B\ta/42/17.
[6] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday 30 August 1905 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 
[7] Photograph of the Taunton Public Library plaque taken by Lucy Sarson on 2 July 2018.
[8] Somerset Heritage Centre; Taunton, Somerset, England; Scrapbook of Josiah Lewis, Mayor of Taunton, 1882-1915; Reference Number: A\DSG/1.
[9] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, London Evening Standard Saturday 14 October 1905 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 

The Lewis Family - Spring 1881 to Spring 1901

This post will continue with the Lewis family history from Spring 1881 to the time of the census in 1901. 

In the Spring of 1881, Josiah and Ellen Norah's daughter Gertrude Agnes dies [1]. 

They have two further children [2]: 

• Elsie Gertrude (1882)

• Harold Martin (1884)

In total, they had 9 children between 1871 and 1884 - 2 sons, one who dies in infancy, and 7 daughters, one who dies in infancy. 

On 18 May 1881, Josiah was initiated into Freemasonary at the Unanimity and Sincerity Lodge, No 261, at the Masonic Hall, The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset [3].  His passing took place on 14 September and his raising on 12 October. He remained a member of the Freemasons until his death in 1915.  

In the Kelly's Somersetshire and Bristol Directory of 1889 [4], Josiah Lewis has a residential listing at 9 Crescent, Taunton. 

On the 1891 census [5], Josiah is living at 9 The Crescent, aged 45 years, with his occupation given as an Outfitter. His wife is again listed as Norah instead of Ellen, aged 45 years, along with their children, Annie, Edith, Fanny, Winifred, Elsie & Harold. 

Their eldest daughter, Ellen, is living as a Boarder at 7 Richmond Road, Staplegrove, Taunton, with the occupation given as a scholar on the 1891 census [6]. Also at this address is Rachael E Barford, whose occupation is given as an English Teacher (School). 

During a search of the British Newspaper Archives (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk), I found that Josiah Lewis stood to become a Councillor on the Taunton Town Council in 1894. An article in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 31 October 1894, Mr J Lewis, along with Mr W Goodland and Mr Steevens, are named as attending a meeting at St James School-room as candidates in the Municipal Election for the North Ward [7]. An article in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 7 November 1894, tells of Messers Goodman and Lewis being elected on Thursday 1 November 1894 following the withdrawal of Mr Steevens from the Election [8].

On 15 August 1895, Josiah and Ellen's eldest daughter, Ellen Norah Lewis, marries Alfred Samuel Tetley, eldest son of the Reverend John Pickles Tetley, at Silver Street Baptist Church, Taunton [9]. An announcement of their marriage is made in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 28 August 1895 [10].  

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

An announcement was also placed in the Chard and Ilminster News on 24 August 1895 [11]. 

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

In the 1897 Kelly's Directory of Somerset [12], Josiah is listed as a Tailor at 11 North Street. 

On 22 May 1900, Edith Mary Lewis, the 3rd born daughter to Josiah and Ellen Norah, marries Horace White Goodman [13]  at the Silver Street Baptist Church in Taunton, Somerset. An announcement of their marriage was placed in the Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser on Wednesday 6 June 1900 [14].

Image © THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 

By the time of census of 1901 [15], Josiah is living at 1 The Crescent, aged 55 years, with the occupation of Outfitter, and that he is also listed as an employer. Living with him are his wife, again listed as Norah instead of Ellen, aged 55 years, and their daughters, Fanny and Winifred. 

On the 1901 census [16] Ellen Norah Tetley is living with her husband Alfred Samuel, a Schoolmaster, and their 4 month daughter, Ethel Norah, at Llwynow in Llanllwchaiarn, Powys, Wales. Elsie Gertrude Lewis is also at this residence, listed as Sister-in-Law, along with a general domestic servant, Mary S Rhun. 

Annie Louisa Lewis is living as a Lodger at 43 Dickenson Road, Rusholme, Manchester, on the 1901 census [17]  and is working as a teacher.  

Edith Mary Goodman is living at 1 Fairwater Terrace, Taunton, Somerset, on the 1901 census [18] with her husband, Horace White, who is an Auctioneers Assistant.  

I have been unable to locate Harold Martin Lewis on the 1901 England or Wales census. 

The next update will continue with the history of Josiah and Ellen Norah Lewis and their family from 1901 onwards. 

Sources:

[1] Ancestry.com, FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915

[2] Ancestry.com, FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
[3] Ancestry.com, Library and Museum of Freemasonry; London, England; Freemasonry Membership Registers; Description: Register of Contributions: Country and Foreign Lodges, 322-420 (1832); 258-335 (1863) - England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921

[4] Ancestry.com, Somersetshire and Bristol Directory, 1889; Publisher: Kelly, UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946

[5] Ancestry.com, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 1875; Folio: 19; Page: 31

[6] Ancestry.com, The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 1878; Folio: 89; Page: 25

[7] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday 31 October 1894 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved.
[8] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday 7 November 1894 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 
[9] Ancestry.com, FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

[10] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday 28 August 1895 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 

[11] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Chard and Ilminster News, Saturday 24 August 1895 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved.
[12] Ancestry.com, 1897 Kelly's Directory of Somerset; Publisher: Kelly's Directories Ltd, UK, City and County Directories, 1766 - 1946 

[13] Ancestry.com, FreeBMD, England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
[14] Britishnewspaperarchvie.co.uk, Taunton Courier and Western Advertiser, Wednesday 6 June 1900 - Image (c) The British Library Board - All Rights Reserved. 
[15] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 2278; Folio; 16; Page: 23
[16] Ancestry.com, 1901 Wales Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 5196; Folio:136; Page: 4
[17] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 3683; Folio: 68; Page:41
[18] Ancestry.com, 1901 England Census, Class: RG13; Piece: 2276; Folio: 118; Page: 13