NOBLE LEWIS

Male 1831 - 1916  (85 years)


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  • Name NOBLE LEWIS  [1
    Born 5 Aug 1831  England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Oct 1916  [1
    Person ID I20750  Gynzer's Genealogy Database
    Last Modified 4 Jul 2005 

    Father NOBLE JOHN,   b. 1792, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1878  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother DYSON MARTHA,   b. 1795,   d. 15 Jul 1852  (Age 57 years) 
    Family ID F07156  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family TURNER HANNAH,   b. Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Dec 1903 
    Married 2 Jan 1854  [1
    Children 
     1. NOBLE MARTHA JANE
     2. NOBLE HARRIET ELLEN
     3. NOBLE EMILY CELIA,   d. At age 8 years. Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. NOBLE ADELAIDE HANNAH
     5. NOBLE ESTALLA ANN
     6. NOBLE EDITH MARY
     7. NOBLE EMMA BLANCHE
     8. NOBLE LEWIS HENRY
    Family ID F07164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Lew lived at farm near English Settlement, Racine County, Wisconsin.


      Lewis Noble was born in Yorkshire, England, August 5, 1831, and was ten years of age when he came with his parents, brothers and sisters to America. He married Hannah Turner, January 2, 1854; she having come from Huddersfield, England, with her parents at the age of four years in 1840. Thought the families had lived within a mile of each other, they were not acquainted until they met in Wisconsin. A short time was spent at Belleville, Wisconsin, but most of their married life, almost fifty years, was lived on the farm at the English Settlement, where his grandson, Herbert Noble, resided in 1942.

      Eight children were born to them: Marth Jane (Mrs. Thomas Edwards); Harriet Ellen (Mrs. Andrew Hinchliffe); Emily Celia, who died at the age of eight years; Adelaide Hannah, (Mrs. Ellsworth Schofield); Estella Ann, (Mrs. John Saunders); Edith Mary (Mrs. Edwin Jacksono); Emma Blanche, (Mrs. George Clark) and one son, Lewis Henry, who married Louise Sheard.

      Lewis Noble united with the English Settlement church in 1857 and in 1903 joined the Congregational Church at Rochester. He was at one time a school teacher, superintendent of the Sunday School at English Settlement and examined teachers for certificates. He was superintendent of the Sunday School at English Settlement for several years and for a time of the Belleville Sunday School. He was a lover of music and at one time taught the singing school He was called to the draft in November, 1863, but was dismissed on account of disability. He was also an ardent worker in the cause of temperance.

      At the time of the Centennial in 1942, there were the eight children of Lewis and Hannah Noble, 11 grandchildren, 8 living, 21 great grandchildren, 18 living and 8 great great grandchildren.

      Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Henry Noble celebrated their 61st wedding anniversary on December 22, 1941. Three of the Lewis Noble grandchildren have served as Sunday School Superintendents. Mrs. Edwin Hinchliffe, Walter Hinchliffe and Forest Jackson.

      Mrs. Lewis Noble died December 16, 1903 at the age of 67. Lewis Noble died October 16, 1916 at the age of 85.

      The only surviving children were Lewis Henry Noble of Rochester, Mrs. Stella Saunders and Mrs. Edith Jackson of Big Bend.

      From "Joseph Henry Noble and Annie Haigh Noble Family History and Genealogy"

  • Sources 
    1. [S067874] Jo Ann Noble.


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