Lewis, William, 1708-1781
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Epithet: JP for Anglesey
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Epithet: Reader at the Inner Temple
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Epithet: vicar of Hillingdon, county Middlesex
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Epithet: of Add MS 36051
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Epithet: of Add MS 36065
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Epithet: of Add MS 41803
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Epithet: of Abersychan Mon
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Epithet: Reverend; of London
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Epithet: Lieutenant of Marines
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Epithet: Member of the Council of State; of Stowe MS 142
Title: Baronet
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Biography
William Lewis was born in Providence, Rhode Island; he decided on a dancing career after seeing the Frisco Kid perform in the early 1920s; began in vaudeville with the group, Sunshowers, and later with a travelling minstrel show; his wife Elsie studied Russian ballet and tap dancing; danced at Capital Music Hall in New York with the the Chester Hale Girls; William and Elsie joined a touring group, Gobs of joy; after 1932, William Lewis returned to Rhode Island and opened a dancing school; after their baby was born, Lewis danced and served as an MC throughout the state; after the U.S. became involved in World War II, he took a job in an ammunitions factory; continued to do MC work until 1960, after which he continued to perform in nursing homes.
From the guide to the William Lewis Papers, 1918-1947, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)
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- Vaudeville
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- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Oxwick, Glamorganshire (as recorded)
- Liege, Belgium (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Bruges, Belgium (as recorded)
- Rochdale, Lancashire (as recorded)
- Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Prussia, Germany (as recorded)
- Bremen, Germany (as recorded)
- Sherrington, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Dover, Kent (as recorded)
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire (as recorded)
- Argentine Confederation, South America (as recorded)
- London, England (as recorded)
- Drumclog, Lanarkshire (as recorded)
- Torquay, Devon (as recorded)
- Devynnock, Brecknockshire (as recorded)
- Uruguay, South America (as recorded)
- Cologne, Germany (as recorded)
- Sussex, England (as recorded)
- Danzig, Germany (as recorded)
- West Indies, America (as recorded)
- Dublin, Ireland (as recorded)
- Lincoln, Lincolnshire (as recorded)
- Paris, France (as recorded)
- India, Asia (as recorded)
- Melfi, Italy (as recorded)
- Welton-cum-Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Southampton, Hampshire (as recorded)
- United States of America (as recorded)
- Cornwall, England (as recorded)
- Flanders, Belgium (as recorded)
- Cashel, Tipperary (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Carlisle, Cumberland (as recorded)
- New York State, U.S.A. (as recorded)
- Coventry, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Culloden, Invernesshire (as recorded)
- Scotland, Kingdom of, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania, U.S.A. (as recorded)
- Great Kimble, Buckinghamshire (as recorded)
- Bristol, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- Italy, Europe (as recorded)
- Hamburg, Germany (as recorded)
- Coventry, Warwickshire (as recorded)
- Glasgow, Scotland (as recorded)
- Netherlands, Europe (as recorded)
- Norberne, Norway (as recorded)
- Chichester, Sussex (as recorded)
- Bristol, Gloucestershire (as recorded)
- North Erpingham, Hundred of, Norfolk (as recorded)
- Bayonne, France (as recorded)
- Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany (as recorded)
- Buckinghamshire, England (as recorded)
- Barbados, the Carribean (as recorded)
- Flintshire, Wales (as recorded)
- Lewes, Sussex (as recorded)
- Scotland, United Kingdom (as recorded)
- Gelderland, the Netherlands (as recorded)
- Lindley, West Riding of Yorkshire (as recorded)
- Hamburg, Germany (as recorded)
- Dover, Kent (as recorded)
